Thirty-three years ago

By M M Haque, Jeddah, K.S.A
10 March 2005, 18:00 PM
If we consider our position as a nation 33 years ago - it was so unique, the whole nation was so united under one leadership that emerged from a big sacrifice. But, we missed the opportunity. Slowly and gradually not only we proved ourselves in many spheres of our nationhood as ineffective and incapable but successfully managed to divide the nation into two houses of extreme beliefs. Recently, these two houses allowed another thought to creep in, into the mainstream. This could be an allowance or due to their incapability.

These divisions alone put us far behind than what is even reasonably expected. We all are going certain extent of extreme to support our schools of thoughts and often with dubious reasoning. We keep failing to rise above the mindset to support the national causes by going beyond the identity of our alienation as if we have promised to the devil our soul. Our mind, thought and arguments whirl around and within the spectrum of agendas of the houses.

Various illogical ethics, beliefs and norms are made to flood the strategic outlines. Many of the ethics or beliefs are alien, norms are fictitious and impractical, yet we remain faithful. Be it political, cultural, social or illusive enough on the knowledge front.

The consequence is, with all the overwhelming and overriding social issues and mountain high failures of our institutions we couldn't come up with a solution or resolve together.

While these failures should have enough resources and potentials for the economists, poets, essayist, writers, journalists, social activists to excel, we have become the spectators of award ceremonies of other people from other countries.

This happens because we all are toeing the line of our 'house of belief' and forget or sideline the reality on the ground and keep adding glasses to the pyramids.

Unless and until we are able or flexible enough to break the glass pyramid, set our mind free and manage to write a play that touches the heart of one hundred and forty million people, an essay that enlightens the whole nation in true perspective to rise beyond and defeat our enemies of progress, we will keep living in the past.

Earlier the division is minim- ised better would be our achievements. Don't you think time is ripe yet?