No face value

Our politics is almost on the point of collapse, due to disregard of rules and ethics. if politics were a football game, the ball cannot be deflated or inflated. Sometimes the air pressure inside is too much, hence the ball bounces, and is difficult to control (for more than three decades). Too many headers and spot kicks. Ground-passing is not possible when the turf is not level. The referee is invisible most of the time, and there is something wrong with his whistle.

Political cricket is easier to imagine. The bat is crooked, the stance is faulty, and the cross-bat strokes offer simple catches. There is no plan in the fielding; and the boundary marking is not visible at many points. There is no time for singles, and a 5-day Test match is beyond the phlegmatic temperament, (compare with the 5-year term of office after a general election).

A three-year term would be unstable, and a 4-year term would be taxing the exchequer. Louis Kahn's superb architecture cannot induce the members to sit in the august building. We are witnessing the clapping of democracy with one hand. The message from the politicians of Dhaka is that Democracy cannot be shared (with the Opposition). Hence retire, not to the Sundarbans forest, or Himalayan heights, but to the crowded streets of the metropolis, with the voters. Direct approach--the paper work can wait.

Do you like political music? Be-taal; Har-taal is no taal. No tuner or conductor; and now, few listeners. Piped dreams? The pipe is leaking Chariot ride? The pankhiraj is not willing.

Where the politicians relax to deliberate? Not on our wide and breezy rivers-too many launching ceremonies! Pajero rides? May be-the petrol bill of Tk two lakhs per annum would be charged to the national exchequer. [The amount is not too high-it is less than two gallons per day]

CNG means compressed natural gas. We need CPG-compressed political gas. it might compress the ego also. Our politics is like the expanding universe. But the latter theory is now being questioned. The alternative is LPG-liquefied political gas. Cannot export it; hence we need more politicians to make the idea viable. The other side of the coin is: from where do our politicians get so much energy, to do so much damage, with so little professional expertise? Our system loss in politics is better than none.

We are saturated with negative achievements-fully eligible for the international dubious awards'.

Our politics is like drafting a budget without head or tail. It rolls and gathers momentum. It gathers no moss, hence no accountability (in an one-eyed parliament). To be an MP is a nice avocation.

What is the difference between a teacher and a politician? You learn from one, and unlearn from the other. Why sick a large percentage of the young men like to go into politics, judging from its popularity in the campus? Easy come, easy go (including leisurely earning).

We were a lazy society. Not now. Now novel types of extra-curricular services are available, for a fee. The spirit of entrepreneurship is gathering momentum, but there are black holes in the handling and distribution of the dividends. That is the way the bosses desire. "Yes, boss!" is a magic taabiz.