Political greenhouse effect

Of course there is apparently no visible leadership outside the domain of politics, as the politicians dominate the social scene, and elbow out others. Others take it weakly and try to merge under big tents; giving birth to a new fashion cult. The 'neta' vanity is arrogant and volatile, and puffed up like filled balloons.

Ballons, floating and flying, have no anchor or root in the ground, hence our politics is so unstable. A balloon bursts high up in the sky, due to atmospheric pressure difference. On the Dhaka metro playground, the same phenomenon is noticed. Notice how one party bagged only 60 seats out of 300 in the last general elections, after running the preceding regime for five years. Name-calling has become a profitable game.

There are two visible features in our politics: tribalism, and caste system. There are achhut kanyyas and trigger-happy self-protection brigands earning their living through mystical or mysterious means. They listen to the gaibi awaaz from classified sources, known as godfathers. The latter are independent of time, place, nationality, religion, and educational degrees. There is a siren god on earth, known as the Mammon. They use steel, but it is not stainless steel.

There are two major political parties in Dhaka, alternating in governance. The fixations of these leaders are pitiable. They cannot get out of the groove, and confine their thesis most of the time on each other (mud-slinging, accusations and counter-accusations, as if there is nothing else to talk about.) Why the taxpayers should bear their public expenses? While in power they talk about development projects, and while in the opposition they have one fixation, and see nothing but their opponents, forgetting the 60 million voters.

The Political Greenhouse Effect, is already a global epidemic. Perhaps we need GE (genetic-engineered) leaders.