Protecting the basic rights
I was watching live talk show Front Line on Bangla Vision on June 16, 2014. In that show viewers ask questions from the guests through telephone calls. A viewer called and said that he will not ask any question, instead he will tell them a story. The story he told was that one day a grandfather came home after work, his grandchildren crowded around him and requested him to tell a ghost story. The grandfather started the story, ” On January 5, an election was held” The grandchildren became very disappointed and said that, “We wanted to hear a ghost story, not this” The grandfather replied, “I do not know any scarier ghost story than this.”
This story reveals how people are feeling about January 5 voterless general election, everything has turned upside down. Those who took charge of the country in a very unusual way talk constantly of democracy when actually they trampled on the basic rights of the people. Ghoulish incidents are happening regularly, maybe one day this will become the unchangeable reality so far the state of affairs are concerned.
Nur Jahan
Chittagong
