A father's biological connection to a child is a confidential truth. But a mother's right to her child is an open reality. Being an emotional person all along my life I viewed my relationship with my two children as more than affection. When my daughter was a few days old I saw my wife suckling her baby and that was always a very interesting sight for me. As my daughter gradually grew up she became more attached to me and my wife enjoyed that deep relationship and felt reassured that my indulgence towards 'Sanyas' will evaporate one day altogether. As a traditional Bengali father I wished my kids to be highly educated and successful in material and philosophical life. My attachment with them anchored me in life and pushed me to seek financial success for their safety and wellbeing. A mans attachment to his sense of pride as an individual gets a serious boost when he becomes a father. A father does everything to support and enhance that pride. He takes risks, goes through turmoil and toil and behaves prophetic to bring happiness to his offspring's. Dedicated children's recognizes these momentous tasks and sacrifices of their father and follow his foot steps in their own lives.
Another important aspect of a good fatherhood is to guide and respect his kids. I have given total freedom to my children to choose their way of life with honest and pragmatic advice. I prod them to success but in the meantime steered them to the right direction. In the western society I always took care that a balance is maintained between the oriental and occidental values. They must not be regimented mentally or psychologically. I gave them total religious freedom and always insisted that personal goodness must get priority over religion. I hope and confident that they heeded my advise. I told them that religion could be a stepping stone but should not be a resting place. When my daughter wanted to marry a Christian boy I happily accepted her choice and my wife and me gave her total and unconditional support. We being a religiously secular family, my daughter was confident that she will not face any resistance. Later on she told me jokingly that 'Baba, if I get a second birth I wish to be your daughter again: My son told me that he feels proud of his father. Today on this Fathers Day I feel proud too.
Akbar Hussain
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
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