The daily Amar Desh systematically went on disseminating untruth and rubbishing reputations until a few months ago. Now it admits, at least where a particular photograph is concerned, that it was wrong. Strangeness leads to the bizarre. Followers of the Zia clan come together in London, to proclaim to the world that sycophancy is not dead, that even respectable men are willing to turn against themselves. Veteran politicians, two lapsed vice chancellors and journalists have just given us ‘The Political Thoughts of Tarique Rahman’. They tell you the elder child of the Begum is the future. In your naughtiness, you recall the sordid tales of the past — Hawa Bhaban, electric poles without electricity, Justice Aziz and false and dead voters, the Iajuddin farce, the persecuted Hindus and Awami Leaguers of October 2001, the academics and journalists humiliated through arrest and remand, the police assault on Shamsunnahar Hall, the move to rewrite the nation’s history, the entry of Pakistani collaborators into the cabinet, the ten-trucks arms haul, the grenade blasts of August 2004, the rise of Bangla Bhai and his cohorts, the purloining of Jatiyo Sangsad cafeteria provisions by the chief whip of the ruling party at the time, the stealing of votes in Magura in 1994. And more. Recall. And try not to forget. Political thoughts, did you say?
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:10:14 +0000
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