“What must be said”

By Mobarak Ali, Gopibagh, Dhaka
18 April 2015, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 13 May 2015, 16:25 PM
Gunter Grass drew sharp criticism after publishing the poem “What must be said” in 2012. In that poem, he criticised the Western

Gunter Grass drew sharp criticism after publishing the poem “What must be said” in 2012. In that poem, he criticised the Western hypocrisy over Israel's nuclear program and labelled Israel as a threat to "already fragile world peace" over its belligerent stance on Iran. He was declared persona non grata by Israel after this but Iran states that, “Never before in Germany's post war history has a prominent intellectual attacked Israel in such a courageous way.”

Anyway, observing the world's situation, we wish that the superpowers of the world would understand the message of his poem.