Foreign trained Bangladeshis

The expatriates miss their homeland. Some feel uneasy as they have stayed away for too long, some feel as if they are in exile. But, sadly, all of them suffer from a feeling of insecurity due to the circumstances prevailing in the country.

It is a pity that we don't seem to realise, as a country, the enormous potential that they possess. So many countries, during the last century, benefited from their expatriate population's knowledge and expertise. This is regarded as the cheapest and the most convenient way of technology transfer. Also their presence would help change our mindset towards progress. Forgive me if I am a bit rude in saying that a good number of us belonging to the 'educated' society in Bangladesh are economically well off but think differently of the non-residents and love 'above self' the country we live in.

The industrialised countries had to change their attitudes towards progress to come to this stage. However, there is a precondition for attracting these expatriates-- you have to create a tourist friendly, investment friendly or at least a hazard- free society.

Against many odds we can do it. Here is a tip. Along the coastal belt of Bangladesh the prawn cultivators get their regular supply of eggs and fish fry just by keeping their shallow beds open to tides. A sufficient quantity of fish fry enters with tidal water. What follows next is simple work, nurture it. Make sure that there are no catfish (or boal) with voracious appetite. Now if the ordinary people in our rural set-up can exploit this gift of nature and make a jolly good living, why can't our leaders open the doors to our own sons and daughters? By the way, service to the nation and its people, an easy by-product, becomes automatic. It's honest living, by all means.