I wish...

Perhaps if Husain were to separate issues, treat each individually, in a reasoned and coherent manner, and preferably in simple English so that uneducated people such as me could understand, then we'd all be able to understand and appreciate what he's trying to say.

As it is, I'm left trying to understand the link between the shooting of a person in the London Underground, or Palestine self-determination or "Chechnya's struggle for independence" to the assistance of victims of Katrina or the Pakistani earthquake.

In short, Husain, I'm confused. I do remember when, as a student, I would join almost any demonstration in London or in the US. We would chant and shout about the war in Vietnam

(yes, I'm showing my age here!), about equality, imperialism, women's rights, capitalism, and so on. In short, whatever the cause, we would join in and make a noise. And that's how I see Husain's convoluted and archaic rhetoric. Any cause in a storm.

Could we not attack each issue on its merits, without a general and somewhat disorganised tirade against the West? I'm sure, deep down, if I cared to translate and digest the rhetoric, Husain has a point to make, but let's calm down, take a deep breath, and then discuss. Or, let's all go down to Dhaka University and make a noise, it's all they seem to do there.