Our legacy

It's all well and good. This day needs more attention and requires more celebration. But, what it also requires of us is that we respect this day for the other 364 days of the year. Do we really do that? The amount of corruption and crime in our country today clearly reflects that majority of the people in our country have no respect for the sacrifice of 34 years ago. They have no respect for our country. Patriotism is simply an idea, one that everybody claims but in reality doesn't exist. We may have different laws and bills that bring forces like Rab onto the streets, a coalition with the Jamaat-e-Islami party and even ban smoking in public. On a day to day basis people are being terrorised by murderers, robbers, kidnappers, acid-throwers, people who take bribe, people who give bribe, hoodlums etc. Do these people ever think about the legacy that we are leaving behind for our kids? How many of these people do we think commit heinous crimes against others because they think it is the only way to earn their living to support themselves and their family? What are they passing on to their future generations? So we can easily claim that poverty and illiteracy are the main causes of crime in our country and as long as that exist our future is bleak.

Well unfortunately, corruption in our country starts from the beginning. The wealthy and the educated take advantage of the weak legal system and ineffective government and commit crimes that we are probably aware of but fail to punish.

What legacies are they leaving for their children? As a nation we owe it to ourselves, to our forefathers, to our children and especially to our country to think before we act.