I have not studied in Yesterday (22.10.2008) this college was officially declared as university. This college was built on With much opposition of powerful hindu leaders and eminences including Rabindranath Thakur Dhaka university was initiated on the backdrop of Muslims lag in education by the Muslims Nawabs of Dhaka in 1921. Today's greater Rangpur is the symbol of poverty, destitute, impoverishment and unspeakable human sufferings. Who would believe that the district's 'Hoki garial bhai, hakao gari tui Chilmarir Bondore', Abbas Uddin who made Bengali songs popular with a classical instinct of localised version so established today yet so uncared for, like its(districts) all other insticts, 'Vaoia'. 'Chilmarir Bandor' is gone and gone are all its prestige and dignity. Like the thousands out of poverty and deprivation due to lack of economic activities and savage nature that continuously have been devastating the homestead and the economic wealth of the people of Teesta and Jamuna's delta in this district (greater Rangpur) fleeing bus full, train full to any possible destination that can provide them a piece of bread, a handful of rice just to sustain 37 degree temperature of them and their families. What a human calamity befallen on the people of these district. And it has been continuing like its inundation in past years and without any structured planning it will come in next year with its most likelihood. What brought most prestige and hope, it took, almost one hundred chastised year to get only a recognition to operate as a university in a rented premise. Though 75% of this magnificent heritage now will be mutilated with obscure constructions to house classrooms, that, if follows the legacies of other institutions which are much touted with reprehensible quality, morality and ethics, people of Rangpur have to hope that it does not repeats or induced into their place of enlightenment that situated much in their hearts. Only to hope. I was so emotional while I took a tour around the area, which looked so small and so little for the purpose and what intended by those Zamindars who donated 750 thousand Rupees (in todays term as its present value can be calculated in financial term should be more than 100 crore taka roughly, it also demonstrates that Rangpur was wealthy hundred years ago). I am not belittling it, if it was, it was our successive governments in the name of nationalism, liberty and development they did nothing to improve our education rather pamper and breed bundles of cronies and their own sympathisers, who successfully hoodwinked, have been playing to their favours only, our national interests. Much hated, Ayub Khan, most of the great monuments as our educational institutions were built or initiated (consider the design of Once I asked the popular writer who born in this district – do you have any write up/books on Another singer, who said on a TV show, who's all albums I have in my collection and love and enjoy listening to those, I am from Gaibanda but now settled in
Even the offspring of that great singer, his daughter and sons are well known people in our homestead, in our system, yet with due respect to them Rangpur's deprivation did not lead them to any outcry procession for their birthplace. Lobbying does many think in this world, even they could not share the little good of those tyrant Zamindars in today's context. None of them. I can make it louder, nothing to change the lives for better living. No wonder whole nation is paranoid with 'speeches' that has no underlying values or meaning beneath and let go unchallenged. I was not crying but felt as 'have lost all', ask the driver to leave and since than I was cried in every personal gatherings or in few blogs. In the media people are crying wolf on monga and other severity, yet I would think no serious thinking, I mean with real intention, is made by any. Had it been so, the hundred of kilometre canals that was built, again by another dictator (who happen to be from this district) would not have dried up or its sources wouldn't have let to be silted. There was no enough attention for the people, men and women, even who fought hilariously during the liberation war, mocked as Bir protik, had to survive malnourished and almost dying of hunger (only rescued to save their faces). Like in west (or as we live in a planet) or Federal Reserve who all of a sudden found trillion of dollars to rescue the wrongdoings that was derived from mainly greed, as doctrine by John M Cayenn or Milton Friedman, of nourished few while their education, healthcare found no enough allocations. Overnight a country with much touted highest per capita income go bankrupt, yet nothing happens to those economic theorists or financial plunderers. If my information is correct, 16 crore taka to start a university (compare the private contribution of those Zamindars hundred years ago), an astounding paltry, what it will do, is it political rhetoric and belittling the prestige of such a monumental institution (albeit with its underutilisation). I love Rangpur, I love vaoaia, I love Begum Rokeya, has no meanings until one link oneself with the plight of the people of their own folks. You have to rise, and voice for good class rooms, where thousands of students from middle and lower middle class can gain quality education to equip themselves fighting poverty, physical and psychological hunger, bring back their lost glory. The highest tax payer – Bharsha Pramanic, world famous model designer Bibi Russel, eminent singer writers, the famous actor, all should forge unity to look into the issues that are crippling human lives in their forefather's land. Should they come out of their current ghetto type thinking and embrace the issues and people as it should be embraced, to critically analyse and produce solutions to part of the marching nation - for well being of their own people. Lets hope the opening and establishment of this university bring much hope to wipe off their past insult, to gain their lost pride.
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