Trip to Tunisia

By Mr. Jingles, On e-mail
28 December 2004, 18:00 PM
I was reading the article in Star Holiday on Mr. Inam Ahmed's rather unpleasant trip to Tunisia and, although it did quote some amusing instances, there were some bits of it which, I feel, should not have been mentioned and/or rephrased.

This mainly has to do with the manner in which some African nationals were described in it. Although I profoundly acknowledge the effort made as well as the vividness of the description, I must add that there was a certain hint of disrespect for others that may be detected from it. It is quite likely that the writer may have meant it all in good humour, but I feel that the people of other nationalities who also read this daily may fail to get the joke.

I, as a Bangladeshi, would also have been insulted if an African newspaper mentioned our nationals in such light, and, hence, I would definitely not like our well-respected journalists to do the same.