Monga and the 'super-expensive lehenga'
With the near-completion of the holy month of Ramadan, one that teaches the rich and the able to refrain from luxury, a group of people is struck by Eid fever and is engaged in buying lavish costumes like lehenga.
A second group is now facing starvation in the monga-hit areas.
Apart from all these, a relatively tiny third group feels very satisfied and happy to be able to throw grand and lavish Iftar parties in five-star hotels in honour of the handful of 'elite' . Such a 'high-profile' feasting congregation is sure to provide the hosts with social and political mileage and help dazzle with fake dignity .
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. In a country like Bangladesh, democracy cries for freedom at the cruel expense of natural and man-made disasters like monga, flood, cold-wave, arson, rape, murder, abduction and toll-collection , and also smiles, but in a mocking tone, before stage-shows of the blazing lehenga and Iftar galas.