WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/48608
This is an extremely important subject whose importance is undermined by the unintelligible title of the piece by Ripan Kumar Biswas. What does he mean by "Not a worthy interest rigth now"? It is possible that he does not mean what that phrase expresses, in which case I would attribute the confusion of meaning to the lapse of the writer's command of the English language.
Any time, and all the time in all activities undertaken by a democratic State the Constitution should provide the guiding principle.
What is Law of the Land but the guaranteed constitutional protection of the individual freedom and rights of all its inhabitants?
I have no doubt Ripan Biswas belives in that. He has reported that Rashed Khan Menon and Motia Chowdhury (both happen to be my childhood friends) have protested, in seperate staatements, against this unelected goverment's desire to "review" the Constitutoion. Only a duly elected Parliament can engage in that kind of activity.
What stands between mob frenzy or rank majoritarianism and a democratic polity? It is the Constitution. Please read my relevant article published in the New Age on Saturday, June 14, 2008:
http://www.newagebd.com/oped.html
We need to generate more discussions on this matter in order to deepen our understanding of secularism as a constitutional principle. Childish pitter-patter on religion vs science will not do the job.
Regards.
Farida Majid
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