IRA decision

There are signs of initial overtures towards surges of unity among at the Muslim countries. The latter are too divided, with huge communication and economic gaps. Islam ruled the world for centuries, before the tide, or the sine wave, turned. Live and learn; necessity is the mother of invention.

South Asia is suffering, for half a century, from the after-effects of partition of India in 1947. Religion divides, but it should not, as the Creator for all is one and the same. What is the fuss about: in the medium, or in the message?

Bangladesh has a role to play, however local or small. How our leaders are sending the signals to the masses? There is too much brinkmanship at the leadership levels. The stars cannot be touched; come down to mother earth.