In the contemporary times web sites are like libraries which accommodate contradictory ideas with dignity and peace. Our ideas spread faster than fire. If we do not express our ideas with absolute freedom our existence will become rusted and useless. The school of thought that believes and propagate that our thought process is guided by some super natural being does not really believe in the ultimate freedom of our mind. Everybody is not Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawkin but that does not mean that exploration of knowledge will not be done by common man. The early man were definitely helpless in many ways but did not surrender to the difficulties of their times. They continuously challenged their times and difficulties which made it possible that we are here now.
When some one dares to challenge an established dogma we need to raise our hats to welcome that audacity rather than castigating. The little boy who wrote Jal porey pata norey, the same boy later wrote Anondolokey monglalokay birajo shattyo sundoro.
Therefore human knowledge always goes through revolutionary transformations. That's the beauty of knowledge and enlightenment.
This Alochona forum, despite its predominant conservative philosophy, kindly allowed me and some other recalcitrant minds to express our views with generosity. This is wonderful we are thankful to them. No discussion can be frank and worthwhile if we do not express our views frankly and fearlessly. Anyone who values knowledge must accept the principles of freedom of expression. A synthesis will come out from this mutual clash of views which will benefit all and the posterity.
A Muslim gentleman who works with me goes to Friday prayers without fail. On a Friday he went to the wash room, cleaned himself to go to the prayers but a non Muslim man came to him and he had to shake hand with him. My Muslim friend told me that he needed to perform odu again because a non believer touched him. I asked him if a human beings touch makes him unclean than he was not following the path of enlightenment. He did not agree with me. I was appalled by the depth of ignorance of my colleague and very limited perception of human dignity.
Akbar Hussain
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