I was appalled to see the picture of a minor Bangladeshi girl hanging cold and dead from the barbed wire fence on the India Bangladesh border. No, I am not going to touch politics in this matter but I would definitely write something on the state of the mind of the people on the both side of the border. I find a serious gap between their perceived human culture and the realities of life. The concept of human dignity is a general term but it starts from a single human being. This unfortunate innocent girl whose brutal killing hardly made any wave in the conscience of the people of Bangladesh and India proves one truth that they are far away from the meaning of human dignity. Life is unpredictable but life is not something that can be wasted. This is a mockery of truth when people claim legendary wisdom from their ancestry but after thousands of years they are yet to know the implications of wisdom. Many enraged people who will blame the Awami League government for their inaction to this gruesome crime and will hold the Indian government responsible for not doing anything to ameliorate the charged feelings of the aggrieved but I would strongly advise them to look into this matter from another angle.
The refinement of moral senses is not a matter of time; it's a development which takes place in the human psyche through social development. The notion of social progress is not based on history; it's based on enlightenment and economic stability of life. If the number of people brings down the value of life than morality is a victim of ignorance.
When I look at the picture of this unfortunate girl hanging from the barbed wire fence in a desolate place, I find the human conscious hanging from there.
If such a thing would have happened in the western world the reaction and repercussion would have been totally different. A charge of murder and manslaughter would have followed against the culprit. The national conscious would have been questioned. The government responsible would have been sued for millions of dollars. The minister responsible would have resigned in shame and remorse.
Finally I would say societies that tolerate and appease such medieval barbarian actions end up being consumed by those actions.
Akbar Hussain
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