From: raza@franklin.ee.umr.edu (Md Ishfaqur Raza)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: bashing
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:20:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: umr.1992Nov16.192013.3406
Reply-To: raza@ee.umr.edu (Md Ishfaqur Raza)
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla
Originator: raza@ee.umr.edu


Dear Netters( specially Bangladeshi ) ;

Since the first day I started reading soc.culture.bangladesh I had been noticing
a trend amongst netters from our neighbouring countries to use 
soc.culture.bangladesh newsgroup as a bin to dispose 
their anger and rage resulting from their insecurity and natural inclination 
towards resurrection of controversies which time wants to forget, we want to 
forget but they want to keep alive. But the sad thing is we are not helping in
any way in trying to diminish this pattern but on the other hand adding fuel to 
the fire.

The west has targeted bangladesh as the IDEAL IMPOVERISHED country. The country
that gives meaning to the word poverty. The people represent the ideal strata of
human civilization who depict the failure of humankind to come out of hunger
and starvation. How many of you Bangladeshi feel proud of it ? We look for 
consolation in the past as the present has effectively nothing to offer. 
Media and civilization has nothing but contempt for a whole nation of 110
million people. News from Bangladesh contains nothing but the tragedy of death
and the wrath of the nature. Ofcourse there are sometimes news out of the 
ordinary but a drop of fresh water in the vile contaminated and filthy drain
water makes little if no difference. I ponder to think how bad are we ( statis-
tically ) from the general public who reside accross our borders or a little bitbeyond ? Is our great neighbour in such economic strength that they could be
the ultimate destination we would want to be in ? The whole point i want to makeis this .....

What is the use of repetitively bringing up the point that our country is poor ?
Do we learn something out of this sort of propaganda ? 21 years has gone by and
everything has changed for the worse. Maybe the time has come for us to be more
optimistic about ourselves. It is not maybe , if we don't change just think 21
years from today where we would be. Stop the bangladesh bashing. Stand out
amonst the crowd to tell something good. Yes for arguments sake it is easy to
say that we have to face reality and self criticism will help us move ahead. Yes
but bangladesh need pride and no more prejudice. Since I came here my ego as a
bangladeshi has been hurt much . The view I got here of bangladesh is much more
depressing than that I had at home. YES soc.culture.bangladesh had a lot to
contribute because amongst other things bangladesh-bashing seems to be one of
its agenda. Maybe the bangladesh we have here is not the true bangladesh. 
Most of us here are those that are more appreciative of the foreign culture
than our own. I just cannot imagine what bangladesh would be as the century
turns over. News is news, bad news will be there. But to those who bring up
discussions or pursue them, please do not hurt yourself anymore. And to those
foreigners, may allah ( or your god ) help you in being a better person and
be appreciative of the true person  that resides within the common bangladeshi
human flesh and blood.   


Md Ishfaqur Raza
BUET-UMR-Rolla.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh