Tarek Masud, Ashfaq Mishuk Munir's death is not a mere accident. It can be considered a perpetual destruction of our creative mind and soul. Mysterious demise of Zahir Raihan, Alamgir Kabir suffice to the notion.
Was it a mere fault of the driver?
Reckless, inefficient or incompetent licensing as many have been saying while crying for their death. Some notable literalists bringing drama to their accent and pronunciation – oh, it is very untimely, unexpected – their kind of understanding of the matter and so is their sorrow. And this kind of deliberation that surrounds the two notable's killing on the highway, in our media.
Face to face, head on collision, that is, in one track both ways vehicles has to ply. It is not even 100km from the epicenter of transport management office. 40 years of our freedom, our main highways are in a dire condition, only Rajakars might have cherished such a condition of our infrastructure perhaps even not upto this level. Today even important highway is closed for traffic, thirteen districts has no surface communication link with Dhaka and as 'Piyas Karim' put it (RTV 14.08.2011) 'even during the Liberation war no district was disconnected from Dhaka'.
Hundreds of people, ministers and elite media men/women talks on losses, bemoan the death but avoid putting their point on 'neglected' road networks, which the most coveted liberation war spirited government failed to put in her priority. Only recently 2 top secretaries were killed while going to attend the liberation torch bearing PM's official function, on the road.
BUET research records that 4000 to 7000 people get killed on yearly basis, every day we watch silently because it is not happening under Ayub Khan, Yahia Khan or Ershad's policy plan .
When a girl get tortured or humiliated by a 'kathmollah' in a remote village a strong community arose to their extreme , a strong media men put their whole show against it but for thousands of regular killing do not touch their hearts. How can one put this mental condition of those people!
A cat's eye actresses 'yet' hopes that Katarina Masud would finish Tarek's unfinished works and like wise the eulogy continues, elitist of elite in our cultural and social sphere pays their tribute to a person who just began to create 'something extraordinary' for this unfortunate nation. Because they simply do not understand what is required to 'create'!
'Truth' and 'Beautiful' is under attack.
Many of us will hide and cover its root cause as it harms our mentors and protectors. We devise a perpetrator who is non existence and our prowess embellished with delight when the whole matter keep recurring and Common People under duress and fear remain as spectators until they receive the same fate.
Sunk in a feeling of personal loss.
May good sense prevails! Ameen!
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