Stop celebrating bizarre birthdays
Like other countries in the world, Bangladesh also has a tradition of celebrating birthdays. This day is celebrated by cutting cakes and lighting candles to catch up with friends and family. However, in recent times, the celebration of different types of birthdays among young people has added a different dimension to the prevailing norms. In the name of celebrating a birthday, they tie a birthday boy or girl to a tree or a pole with a rope and throw rotten eggs from a distance. Then apply wheat, flour or abir on the egg-soaked body and feel very satisfied. But such a chaotic, bizarre and insane festival can never be a birthday celebration. Rather the stench of rotten eggs and random egg throwing can be fatal for anyone.
It is doubtful whether there is a different kind of weird birthday celebration in Bengali culture or anywhere else in the world. Celebrating such a lavish birthday may bring temporary happiness, but it goes without saying that it can be a cause of danger to anyone’s life. If any pleasure causes harm to anyone, then there does not seem to be any need for such demonic pleasure. Therefore, I would like to ask all the parents and guardians to be aware of the celebration of their children’s birthdays and the highest intervention of the administration to stop such strange birthday celebrations.
MonirulHaqueRony
Jhikargacha, Jashore
Abuse of drugs
Youths are goaded into drug abuse from an early age. Personal trauma mixed with bad company can lead to drug abuse, and often addiction. The negative impacts range from loss of appetite, malnutrition, infections, changes in personality, etc. to severe mental health issues and memory loss.
Imprisonment and arbitrary detention of drug abusers only make things worse. Rehabilitation is the proper way to fix this problem, along with steps to discourage the use of drugs.
Md Shamim Hasan
Dhaka College
