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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Re: [mukto-mona] মন্তব্যের জন ্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না অমর ্ত্য



According to his biography, the tendency of this loose cannon/mouth professor to be in the limelight from his childhood is apparent.  Nobody should take him seriously.  


2013/8/1 Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
 


Getting a Nobel Prize in a subject does not make someone expert in everything else.
 
Prof. Sen expressed his opinion about his political view on Modi, which is fine.  But, his reaction to the remark to one of the BJP leaders was unpatriotic. The Bharat Ratna title is not a personal gift from the then Prime Minister Vajpei - that Prof. Sen can return to him; it was given to him on behalf of the people of India to show their appreciation and respect for him on his achievement. By expressing his desire to return the medal and the title if Vajpei ask him to do so, he disrespected the desire of the people of India. This shows his level arrogance and self-righteousness. The fact that he misjudged this honor - is a proof that even a Nobel Laureate can make stupid mistakes.
 
I will never forget his comment on the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh after the 2001 general election, when BNP came to power by defeating Awami League government. We were running around the world to raise awareness about the atrocities to the international communities, and asking them to intervene and save religious minorities from the BNP/Jamat onslaughts. At that time, Sen visited Bangladesh on the invitation of the BNP government.
 
End of his visit, he said in a press conference that - religious harmony exists in Bangladesh. He just recited the same line that Khaleda Zia was propagating to the outside world, when villages after villages were being burned down in the southern belt of Bangladesh. In Charfashion, entire Hindu village was burned down and 200 women were raped in one night; even pregnant women were not spared; mothers and daughters were raped simultaneously. Can this image be forgotten? If we could know these facts from abroad, how come this Nobel Laureate could not find them out during his visit in Bangladesh? That's the question I ask. After his statement of support, Khaleda Zia's propaganda found legitimacy in the international community; we had hard time to establish our credibility on the issue. Wherever we went, everybody was pointing to the comment of the Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, who is after all a religious minority from Bangladesh. Therefore, I know this loose cannon professor very well. 


Jiten Roy



From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না অমর্ত্য

 
Sen has the liberty not to vote for somebody.  However, he does not have the right to express his wish about who should be posted where.  Apparently, he has little or no respect to the democratic right of Indians to select their premier.


2013/7/30 subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
 
It is interesting and surprising too to notice that Shiva Sena considers over-zealous BJP parliamentarian Chandan Mitra's proposal to snatch away Sen's Bharatratna title as improper.
 
A careful study of the report on Sen's comment on Modi reveals that Sen's "No" to Modi is conditional----Modi has to be more secular and he has to do more so that the religious minorities feel more safe under his present and future rule. This soft attitude is kind of a narrow canal through which the crocodile may enter the locality. Most of the voters are guided by short term memory. It will not be hard for Modi to prove himself to be more secular and a greater lover of the religious minorities. He will have no difficulty in having some influential Muslim leaders on his side. This is all politics. Modi is shrewd enough to how to play political game in Gujarat and nationally. 
 
We must not forget that Indians once voted BJP to power for a full term. Looks like this time the Indian capitalists are in favor of having Modi as the new PM. There is a great challenge ahead for the secular forces of India. 
 
Water sharing depends mostly on Mamata Banerjee.        

From: QR <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না অমর্ত্য
 
মোদি প্রসঙ্গে সাম্প্রতিক মন্তব্যের প্রতিক্রিয়ায় বিজেপির সাংসদ চন্দন মিত্র বলেছেন, অমর্ত্য সেনের 'ভারতরত্ন' পদক কেড়ে নেওয়া উচিত।
এর জবাবে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেছেন, সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী অটল বিহারি যদি চান, তবে তিনি ওই পদক ফেরত দেবেন।
অমর্ত্য সেনকে রাজনীতিতে নাক না গলানোর আহ্বান জানিয়েছে ভারতের হিন্দু জাতীয়তাবাদী দল শিব সেনা।
>>>>>>>> Shib Sena thinks Dr. Sen lives in their daddy's country. Dr. Sen expressed his views based on rise of fanaticism and Modi with BJP. He is not the only one who sees this. Besides India is facing economic crisis and severe social crisis. There are no indications for these elements to go away anytime soon. If a character like Modi leads future India, it will go for worse by dividing the country even more. In international relations, it is also facing lack of credibility in friendly country like Bangladesh. Even the hard core pro-Indian Bangladeshi do not expect India to live up to it's obligation to it's neighbors. Bangladeshis were hoping against hope for our critical issues to be resolved (River water sharing, border killing, enclave exchange, removal of trade barrier etc). Except partial progress in trade barriers, no other critical issues were resolved with such a India friendly administration. It seems India is tied up in it's own bureaucratic mess. Hope India will be able to sort these out with Bangladesh soon. Shalom!

-----Original Message-----From: SyedAslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>Sent: Sat, Jul 27, 2013 10:14 amSubject: [mukto-mona] মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না অমর্ত্য
 

মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না অমর্ত্য

অনলাইন ডেস্ক | আপডেট: ১২:০০, জুলাই ২৭, ২০১৩
অমরতয সনগুজরাটের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী ও ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টির (বিজেপি) নির্বাচনবিষয়ক প্রধান নরেন্দ্র মোদিকে নিয়ে মন্তব্যের জন্য ক্ষমা চাইবেন না বলে সাফ জানিয়ে দিয়েছেন নোবেলজয়ী ভারতীয় অর্থনীতিবিদ অমর্ত্য সেন। 'দ্য টাইমস অব ইন্ডিয়া'কে দেওয়া এক বিশেষ সাক্ষাত্কারে অমর্ত্য সেন এ কথা বলেছেন।অমর্ত্য সেন বলেন, 'মোদিকে নিয়ে মন্তব্যের জন্য আমি ক্ষমা চাইব না।'কয়েকদিন আগে একটি টেলিভিশন চ্যানেলকে দেওয়া সাক্ষাত্কারে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেন, 'গুজরাটের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী ও ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টির (বিজেপি) নির্বাচনবিষয়ক প্রধান নরেন্দ্র মোদিকে আমি দেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী পদে দেখতে চাই না।'সিএনএন-আইবিএন চ্যানেলকে দেওয়া এক বিশেষ সাক্ষাত্কারে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেন, 'একজন ভারতীয় নাগরিক হিসেবে আমি মোদিকে আমার প্রধানমন্ত্রী হিসেবে চাই না।তিনি দেশের সংখ্যালঘুদের নিরাপদ ভাবার মতো যথেষ্ট কিছু করেননি।'মোদিকে কেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী পদে দেখতে চান না—এমন এক প্রশ্নের জবাবে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেন, সবার আগে তাঁকে আরও বেশি ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ হতে হবে। সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদায় যাতে নিজেদের আরও নিরাপদ ভাবতে পারে, তাঁকে সে রকম কিছু করতে হবে।মোদিকে নিয়ে দেওয়া বক্তব্যের যৌক্তিকতা ব্যাখ্যা করতে গিয়ে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেন, এ বিষয়ে কথা বলাটা তাঁর মৌলিক অধিকার। সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ সম্প্রদায়ের সদস্য হিসেবে সংখ্যালঘুদের ভীতির বিষয়ে কথা বলা তাঁর দায়িত্বও বটে।
মোদি প্রসঙ্গে সাম্প্রতিক মন্তব্যের প্রতিক্রিয়ায় বিজেপির সাংসদ চন্দন মিত্র বলেছেন, অমর্ত্য সেনের 'ভারতরত্ন' পদক কেড়ে নেওয়া উচিত।
এর জবাবে অমর্ত্য সেন বলেছেন, সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী অটল বিহারি যদি চান, তবে তিনি ওই পদক ফেরত দেবেন।
অমর্ত্য সেনকে রাজনীতিতে নাক না গলানোর আহ্বান জানিয়েছে ভারতের হিন্দু জাতীয়তাবাদী দল শিব সেনা।একই সঙ্গে মোদির বিষয়ে মন্তব্যের জের ধরে তাঁর 'ভারতরত্ন' পদক কেড়ে নেওয়ার দাবি তোলা সঠিক হয়নি বলে মন্তব্য করেছে দলটি।
গুজরাটের ২০০২ সালের হিন্দু-মুসলিম দাঙ্গার জন্য বিতর্কিত মোদিকে সম্প্রতি বিজেপির নির্বাচনবিষয়ক প্রধানের দায়িত্ব দেওয়া হয়।গুরুত্বপূর্ণ এ দায়িত্ব পাওয়ায় বিজেপি ভারতের আগামী সাধারণ নির্বাচনে জয়ী হলে মোদিই প্রধানমন্ত্রী হবেন বলে ধারণা করা হচ্ছে।মোদিকে ওই পদের দায়িত্ব দেওয়া নিয়ে দলের ভেতরে-বাইরে ব্যাপক আলোচনা-সমালোচনা হয়েছে

পাঠকের মন্তব্য

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    সাবাস এই না হলে বাংগালী। ভারতে তো সেলিব্রেটীর অভাব নেই, কিন্তু ধর্ম ব্যাবসায়ী, দাংগাবাজ মানবতার শত্রু নরেন্দ্র মোদী শম্পর্কে একমাত্র তিনিই সাহসী কন্ঠে সোচ্চার হয়ে তাকে প্রত্যাখ্যান করেছেন।আমি মনে করি এটা বাংগালী জাতির জন্য গর্বের।
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    অমত্য মহান !
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    বাঙালী অমর্ত্য সেন । বাংলাদেশেই যার শিকড় প্রোথিত । তিনি অাজ প্রমান করলেন , বাঙালীর পরম গর্বের ধন প্রথম নবেল লরিয়েট রবীন্দ্রনাথের স্বার্থক উত্তরসূরী ।মনে পড়ে তার জালিয়ান ওয়ালা বাগের হত্যাকান্ডের প্রতিবাদে নাইট উপাধি বর্জনের ঘোষনা । অমত্যের্র মননে সেই অমর গানের ধ্বনি শুনি , "দুর্বলেরে রক্ষা করো,দুর্জনেরে হানো ,নিজেরে দীন নিসহায় যেন কভু না জানো " । তাকে অামাদের অভিনন্দন ।
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    প্রশ্নই ওঠেনা এই তৃত্বীয় শ্রেণীর রাজনীতিক মোদীর জন্য নেভেল জয়ী ডঃসেনের ক্ষমা চাওয়ার। তাঁর এই দৃঢ় উচ্চারণের জন্য বাঙালি হিসেবে আমরা কৃতজ্ঞ।
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    brave heart
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    আমাদের বাংলাদেশেও কিছু তার মত ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ লোক দরকার.মানবতা। যে পরম ধরম এটা আমৄত্যসেন বুজালেন। বড় যত মানুষ তত বড় মন.
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    একেই বলে নোবেল বিজয়ী। যে শুধু তার কর্মে নয়, মর্মেও উদার, ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ এবং সুশীল।আমাদের নোবেল যদি যুদ্ধাপরাধী আর মৌলবাদী দের বিরুদ্ধে এমন ভুমিকা রাখতেন তবে আমরাও সত্যিকারের আদর্শ পেতাম।
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    অনেক ভালো লাগলো, সাহসী মন্তব্যের সাহসী স্ট্যান্ড!
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    রাজনীতিবিদদের কাছে ক্ষমা চাওয়ার কিছু নাই। ডঃ ইউনুসকে নিয়ে যা করা হয়েছে, অমর্ত্য সেনকে নিয়ে অবশ্য তা করা সম্ভব নয়। বাংলাদেশের আওয়ামী লীগাররা যেমন হাসিনার কন্ঠে কথা বলে, ভারতে সবাই হয়তো মোদীর কন্ঠে কথা বলবে না।
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    একেই বলে নোবেল বিজয়ী। আমাদেরও ত একজন নোবেল বিজয়ী আছেন। কেউ কি তার মুখে মানবতাবিরোধী এবং এদের লালনকর্তাদের বিরুদ্ধে কোন কথা বলতে শুনেছে? তার ত ধরি মাছ না ছুঁই পানির মত অবস্থা। তিনি দেশকে নিয়ে ষড়যন্ত্রে মেতে আছেন। তিনি জাতির দুশমনে পরিনত হচ্ছেন। অমর্ত্য সেনের মত যদি একজন দেশপ্রেমিক ও নিরপেক্ষ ব্যক্তি থাকতেন বাংলাদেশে, তাহলে মৌলবাদী এবং এদের লালনকর্তা বিএনপি পালানোর পথ খুঁজে পেত না।
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    সবাশ ! আপনাকে বাংলাদেশের জনগনের পক্ষ থেকে আন্তরিক অভিনন্দন ! আপনি ও ড. ইনুস আমাদের গর্ব।
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    Amartya Sen is more a humanist than a politician and so took a stand based on his values. Dr Yunus behaves more like a politician because unlike Amartya Sen, he has different agenda.
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    BNP, Jamayat, Hefajat in Bangladesh is like BJP, Shib-Sena in India. Dr. Yunus, Please say something. Indians feel proud of Amarta Sen and we are proud of you.
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    নিজের বাঙ্গালী পরিচয়ে খুব গর্ব হচ্ছে। স্যালুট জানাই অমর্ত্য সেনকে। ড: ইউনুসের কাছ থেকেও এমন অবস্থান আশা করি। শেখ হাসিনা ড: ইউনুসের সাথে যা করেছে তা নিন্দনীয়। কিন্তু দেশের বিভিন্ন সংকটে গত পাঁচ বছর ড: ইউনুসকেও তেমনভাবে পাইনি। কক্সবাজারে সাম্প্রদায়িক সহিংসতা, মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধ, শাহবাগ, হেফাজত- এরকম বিষয়গুলোতে ড: ইউনুসের কাছ থেকে গঠনমূলক দিকনির্দেশনা পাব আশা করেছিলাম। ড: সেন যদি অর্থনীতিতে নোবেল পেয়ে দেশের দুর্যোগে নিজের অবস্থান প্রকাশ করতে পারেন, তবে শান্তিতে নোবেল পাওয়া ড: ইউনুসের কাছ থেকে আমাদের প্রত্যাশা আরো অনেক বেশি।
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    It was honestly desired that Dr Yunus would break his silence during communal harassment on the minority occurred in last several times specially in 2001 and then later near past . But very unfortunate, unlike Dr. Sen he kept himself silent keeping busy in his own agenda. Sorry.
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    ''সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ সম্প্রদায়ের সদস্য হিসেবে সংখ্যালঘুদের ভীতির বিষয়ে কথা বলা তাঁর দায়িত্বও বটে '' - শিখুন বাংলাদেশের বুদধিজিবি পরিবার ।
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    বাঙালী অমর্ত্য সেন । আপনাকে অভিনন্দন !
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    নোবেলজয়ী ভারতীয় অর্থনীতিবিদ অমর্ত্য সেন সিএনএন-আইবিএন চ্যানেলকে দেওয়া এক বিশেষ সাক্ষাত্কারে বলেছেন , "একজন ভারতীয় নাগরিক হিসেবে আমি মোদিকে আমার প্রধানমন্ত্রী হিসেবে চাই না।তিনি দেশের সংখ্যালঘুদের নিরাপদ ভাবার মতো যথেষ্ট কিছু করেননি"। তাই আরও বলেছেন "সবার আগে তাঁকে আরও বেশি ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ হতে হবে। সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদায় যাতে নিজেদের আরও নিরাপদ ভাবতে পারে, তাঁকে সে রকম কিছু করতে হবে"। এবং বিজেপির সাংসদের দাবীর মুখে তিনি 'ভারতরত্ন' পদক ফেরত দিতেও রাজী হয়েছেন। তবুও ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ ও সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদাযইয়ের নিরাপদ এর বিষয়ে মাথা নত করতে রাজী হননি । একেই বলে "নোবেলজয়ী" । আর অতিসম্প্রতি রামুতে ৪০০ বছরের পুরানো মুক্তি ও মন্দির রাতের আঁধারে ভাঙচুর, লুটপাট ও অগ্নিসংযোগ করা হয় এবং তারপর দিন চট্টগ্রাম, কক্সবাজার সহ সারাদেশে আরও অনেক কয়টা মন্দিরে ভাঙচুর, লুটপাট ও অগ্নিসংযোগ করা হয় । সারা দেশের মানুষ প্রতিরোধে ফেটে পড়ল । কিন্তু তারপরও আমাদের "নোবেলজয়ী" একটা বার প্রতিবাদ করেননি । পরিদর্শনে যাননি । এমনকি আজ অবধি কোন বক্তব্য করেনি । এও "নোবেলজয়ী"। অতএব আমদের বুঝতে হবে কেন দেশের একটা বড় অংশ এই "নোবেলজয়ী" র সমালোচনা করে । আমি অত্যন্ত দুঃখিত এভাবে তুলানামুলুক বিশ্লেষণ দেওয়ার জন্য ।
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    " এক জন বাঙ্গালী হিসেবে আমরা তাকে নিয়ে গর্ব করতেই পারি "
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    ডঃ ইউনুছ স্যার কে এখানে না আনাই ভালো । গ্রামীন ব্যাংক নিয়ে ব্যাস্ত আছেন উনি ।








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Re: [mukto-mona] Fw: France struggles to separate Islam and the state



The ban on veil in Australia and France was imposed after the cease of a Moscow theater by Chechen rebels.  It was done to prevent terrorist activities.  Veil, according to revelation, was meant only for the wives of the Prophet and not for other men and women.  Those who place religious sentiment over the rule of the land should be quarantined in cage and be given a choice to live elsewhere.


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France struggles to separate Islam and the state

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ELAINE GANLEY 5 hours ago ReligionSocietyFrance
In this photo dated Tuesday, July 23, 2013, a veiled woman walks with her children in Trappes, southwest of Paris. Police clashed last week in Trappes with crowds protesting the arrest of a man who allegedly attacked a police officer after his wife, a convert to Islam like him, was ticketed for veiling her face in public.(AP Photo/Elaine Ganley)
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TRAPPES, France (AP) — Riots broke out over a full-face Islamic veil. A woman may have lost her unborn baby in another confrontation over her face covering. Tensions flared over a supermarket chain's ad for the end-of-day feast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
France's enforcement of its prized secularism is inscribed in law, most recently in a ban on wearing full-face veils in public. Meant to ensure that all faiths live in harmony, the policy instead may be fueling a rising tide of Islamophobia and driving a wedge between some Muslims and the rest of the population.
Yet ardent defenders of secularism, the product of France's separation of church and state, say the country hasn't gone far enough. They want more teeth to further the cause that Voltaire helped inspire and Victor Hugo championed, this time with a law targeting headscarves in the work place.
A new generation of French Muslims — which at some 5 million, or about eight percent of the population, is the largest in Western Europe — is finding a growing voice in a nation not always ready to accommodate mosques, halal food and Muslim religious dress. Political pressure from a resurgent far-right has increased the tension.
Women who wear Muslim apparel "are no longer safe," said Mohera Lukau, a 26-year-old mother of three living in Trappes, a town south of Paris known for its large immigrant population, high unemployment and women who wear long robes or hide their faces behind veils.
Police clashed last week with crowds protesting the arrest of a man who allegedly attacked an officer after his wife was ticketed for veiling her face in public. Dozens of cars were set afire in two nights of unrest in Trappes and an adjoining town. A 14-year-old boy suffered an eye injury.
Weeks earlier, a man allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman and ripped off her veil— one of two separately accosted in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil. She lost her baby days later, although the link with the incident remains unclear. Insults have been unleashed on women wearing Muslim headscarves, with investigations or court cases in three attacks in Reims and three more in Orleans.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls has denounced "a rise of violence against the Muslims of France." At a dinner breaking the Ramadan fast at the Grand Mosque of Paris, he insisted that Islam and the French Republic are compatible. But he signaled the belief by some French people that Muslims want their own rules, denouncing "those who want to make France a land of conquest."
Lukau has received the message as a sign that she is not entirely welcome in her native country. She veils her head and body but not her face, and covers the heads of her daughters, two and four years old, with hijab scarves that drape over the shoulders. People tell Lukau, who is of Algerian origin, "If you're not happy, leave, go home," she said. But, she pointed out, she was born in France.
Most French people are baptized Catholic, but church attendance has been in decline for decades and secular ideals run deep. With the growth of France's Muslim population, lawmakers have increasingly turned to legislation to try to stifle public displays of Islamic faith.
In 2004, lawmakers passed a law that bans "ostentatious" religious symbols in public schools, a measure clearly directed at Islamic headscarves. It has been enforced with barely a hitch, although no one knows how many students dropped out of school rather than submit. A two-year-old law banning burqa-style veils from the streets of France has had a bumpier ride, even though only some 2,000 Muslim women cover their faces. Islam does not require face veils or even hair coverings, and most Muslim women in France wear neither.
A report by the Observatory of Secularism, installed this year by President Francois Hollande, revealed that a handful of the 705 women stopped by police for covering their faces in public chalked up more than 10 tickets each — two of them more than 25, suggesting that some are provoking authorities intentionally.
But it is not just veils that have raised controversy. A local official in Nimes, in southern France, posted on his Facebook account an ad by the Carrefour supermarket chain publicizing "oriental" dishes for the nightly breaking of the fast during Ramadan — with the comment, "Our Republic, is it still secular? Everything is on the way out." After an outcry from Muslims, the post was quickly removed.
"Why, when there are Catholic feasts, is no one upset? Why, when there are Jewish feasts, is no one upset? Why, when there are Chinese feasts, is no one upset? Why, when there are Muslim feasts, is that upsetting?" asked Abdallah Zekri, the Nimes representative of the French Council for the Muslim faith. "Muslims are French citizens and live in France."
While several European countries embrace secular values, France has been at the forefront of enforcing them, with the separation of church and state enshrined in law since 1905. But France is also home to the greatest tensions over them. Some defenders of secularism say the country needs to be educated about keeping religion out of public life — and needs one more law to protect secularism in private companies.
"When the rules aren't clear, things can get out of hand," said Alain Seksig, a member of the High Council of Integration who led a government-mandated mission on secularism that encourages rules for companies concerning dress and other religious practices.
"Laicite," the French word for secularism, is a la mode today. Associations throughout France work to uphold it. Far-right groups use it as a mantra, and leftists embrace it as well. There is even a secularism prize.
Defenders often evoke Voltaire, the 18th-century Enlightenment philosopher whose writings condemn religious fanaticism and espouse tolerance. Or Victor Hugo, who advocated education free of the grip of the then-powerful Roman Catholic Church.
But the concept is meant to protect religion from government, as well. Many Muslims say that France's obsession with secularism is trampling on their rights and more moderate advocates for secularism agree, arguing that the 1905 law is being twisted. Conceived to ensure freedom of conscience, it is doing the opposite, they contend.
Hicham Benaissa of the National Center for Scientific Research said today's secularism "appears to be a sort of (protection) against the religious influence of Islam" when "its spirit is to protect the faiths."
In the latest case to provoke calls for new regulations, a pre-school fired a woman who refused to remove her headscarf. An appeals court ruling in March calling the firing illegal spurred a demand for laws protecting secularism in private companies that would govern, for instance, dress and schedule requirements for prayer time or religious holidays.
A resulting bill to regulate religion in companies, sponsored by the opposition conservatives, failed. President Hollande says there's a need to "protect" children in private pre-schools, but his Socialist Party does not appear ready for a new law quite yet. Another report, released in June by the Observatory, tried to tone down the controversy, suggesting that slights to secularism have been exaggerated and dialogue, not a new law, may solve problems.
Guylain Chevrier, a member of the High Council on Integration who trains social workers, says the government is being too soft, trying "to put a Band-Aid on the situation."
"One educator offered a prayer rug to a child," he said. "Religion has no right to be mixed up in the private lives of citizens."
For Lukau, such laws are encouraging the separatism they are trying to prevent. She believes they are driving Muslims away from the mainstream, leading to the growth of private Muslim schools and propelling Muslims to open their own businesses.
The law and the media "with their constant finger-pointing at Muslims are the reason the French population has become aggressive," she said.
Because of her robes, Lukau sells cosmetics from her home. "I myself couldn't apply for a job in an office."





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[mukto-mona] Serving Country without scripted strategy



Dear Editor,
 
Hope you are doing well and thanks for publishing my previous write ups.
 
This is an article titled "Serving Country without scripted strategy". I will be highly honored if you would publish this article. I would appreciate your time to read this article.
 
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Ripan Kumar Biswas
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Serving Country without scripted strategy
 
Ripan Kumar Biswas
 
Amid high unemployment and sluggish economic growth, the winning strategic decisions made by President Obama's team during the 2012 presidential campaign would be focusing Latino and minority voters, building the world's most sophisticated media targeting program, or the Biden debate strategy since Obama lost the first debate with a listless performance etc. But surely all of these strategic decisions were based on why people should support the president and why they should get out and vote.
 
David Plouffe, former Senior Advisor to President Obama from 2011 to 2013 and campaign manager for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and, according to the Chicago Tribune, who was "the mastermind behind a winning strategy," told that his biggest challenge was to make sure the advices he used to give must be consistent with what president promised to the American people.
 

Though the news is yet to be confirmed and verified and may be too early to write about, but according to a Dhaka based national daily newspaper, the ruling Awami League party in Bangladesh is about to set its next election campaign strategies, especially by engaging a Harvard professor, who is highly expert in publicity campaign for political parties. Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who is also a Harvard graduate and son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is now working on the party's publicity strategy and would strengthen his team by adding up that Harvard specialist.

 

Report says that the campaign strategies would be tailored to a specific constituency, mindset of the voters' in the constituency, or regional factors etc. Suppose, if a constituency needs something special like a bridge or a road, the campaign will be focused on it in that constituency. Among other strategies would be focusing on terrorist and militant activities occurred during the last BNP-Jamaat rule or engaging theology scholars to remove confusion over religion-based propaganda.

 

In general, strategy is all about "what to do" and "what not to do." In research on political campaign strategy, it is often assumed that campaign strategies and tactics are highly important for explaining election outcomes. Most research in political science tends to emphasize the importance of political substance, long-term factors such as party identification, and real-world conditions for explaining election outcomes. On the other side, although political parties in practice treat election campaigns as highly important and consequential, but there is virtually no proved strategy available on how party elites perceive the importance of campaign strategies and tactics when explaining election outcomes.

Observing Bangladesh's political parties's vigorous effort toward formulating campaign strategy just before the election rather doing nothing over the years, people believe that campaigning is usually only done when all else has failed. Rather an in-depth analysis and understanding of voters' needs is essential. All the strategies and analysis are usually set to find, "why should people support a party and why they should get out and vote." And the answer is according to David Plouffe, what the party has promised and what it has given.

 

While Awami League got only 62 seats in 2001 Parliamentary elections when Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led alliance got 193 seats which allowed them to form a government, but in 2008, Awami League led alliance won landslide victory having 229 seats out of 295. That landslide victory clearly indicated that the voters were hungry for change that the BNP government was simply incapable of delivering. Bangladesh had no evident economic development and the people's living standard also had no clear improvement in BNP time. The people wanted a country free of terrorism and corruption; they wanted a just and progressive society. So what the changes general people have after 4 and half years of Awami Leahue led alliance's ruling?
 
In a recent party meeting, Awami League led grand alliance partner and Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon MP said that the ruling Awami League has failed to fulfill people's expectations due to rampant plundering, extortion, killing and terrorist activities by the leaders of activists of the party and its associate bodies. He further mentioned that the 11-party had jointly participated in the last polls with Awami League and formed the government based on 23 points, but none of them fulfilled properly.The government failed to bring to justice the instigators of the share market crash that harmed around 33 lac investors. People expressed their anger over Padma bridge corruption issue. There is also growing dissatisfaction over Chattra League's persistent reckless behavior that went fairly unchecked by the government. Also, people didn't like the Awami League's stand against country's only one Noble Laureate Professor Yunus.
 
There are lot of things can be mentioned. But did the Awami League make good on their promise to clean up Bangladesh's historically graft- and violence-plagued politics? In Bangladesh, concentrated wealth, fear of terrorism, theocracy, empire building, corruption in government and politics, arrogant and ignorant executives, and violation of civil liberties and human rights always put the country in many difficulties. How then do voters go about evaluating and choosing a right candidate who really cares about those important things? In politics, for providing an objective, quantified approach to explaining and predicting political behavior, tact, diplomacy, and hospitality are essential. Political campaigns and candidates' sudden and seasonal appearance can bombard voters with sound bite impressions of candidates and their positions that are often more confusing than informative.
 
In his first public speech on his return to Bangladesh on July 16 at an Iftar party at Dhaka, Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that if the Awami League would come to power again through the next general elections, it would develop the entire country as the capital Dhaka has been developed. He further heavily criticized the main opposition BNP and asked the countrymen to compare the Awami League's four years and a half with the BNP's past tenure. But people are far less interested to judge who the best is. Rather they want to see what positive changes they would have. People count those who put more positives agendas in front of them rather using any negative narrative for any matter that goes against national expectations or interests.
 
In its 2008 election manifesto, Awami League says that it is committed to freeing Bangladesh from its current state of crisis and building a country whose citizens are able to live prosperous and happy lives. Though giving a prosperous and happy lives to all citizen won't be done overnight, but since Joy has living and working experiences in a developed country, he would better understand what are the basic rights Bangladesh people should have and what strategies are needed to accomplish those rights.
 
We believe, there's no scripted strategy available to serve the country. To reach a consensus on basic national issues, shunning all negative and destructive politics, all political parties have to come up with right and best interest to establish a congenial and stable atmosphere so that the nation can come out from the vicious grip of backdrops and corrupt elements.
 
August 01, 2013, New York
Ripan Kumar Biswas is a freelance writer based in New York


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