7th March Speech of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
A speech gave birth to an independent nation. The speech captivated
all present and all heard it. The mixture of love, command, instructions,
motivation, and dream made the speech a success for which it was delivered. It
is amazing that in his historic 7th March speech he addressed the people of the
land as ‘tumi’ and “tomader” (the informal you Bengali). One has to remember
that he was barely 50 at the time. According to the current writer
Bangabandhu’s becoming so popular and loved by the people lies primarily with
three things –charisma, courage and his genuine devotion and affection to his
people. It is the last factor which is probably the most crucial. Bangabandhu
was a genuine people’s leader. The historic speech’ historic importance
is no less immense than other renowned speeches. The Gettysburg speech of
Abraham Lincoln and the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King
Junior are masterpieces in the oratorical tradition. Speech of Bangabandhu is
not merely an oratorical art. Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech cannot be said to be
limited only to a clarion call for emancipation of the 75 million people of
Bangladesh. It transcended to every aspect of the lives of the people after the
independence of the country. It brought about a revolutionary change in the
psyche of the nation. They transformed into a brave and invincible nation.
Against all odds, they embarked on rebuilding the country under the leadership
of their leader who returned to his new born country on January 10 from
captivity in Pakistan. These are some of the achievements of the country
after its emergence as an independent country through a bloody war of
liberation in 1971. All these happened primarily because of the change in the
psyche of the people and that change can be attributed to one single important
factor the 7th March, 1971 speech of Bangabandhu. It transformed a subdued
nation for hundreds of years into a nation of brave people who can conquer even
death for a rightful cause. Now as the 8th largest country in the world in
terms of population the sky is limit for the brave and resilient people of
Bangladesh. Salute to the father of the Nation for transforming us as brave and
ever challenge seeking people and country.
FOOD ADULTERATION
We, the people of Bangladesh have the every
legitimate expectation to get the food free from adulteration as of our
constitutional right. This is the responsibility of the state apparatus to
ensure that for the common people. Food adulteration can be substantially
combat by the legal paradigm presently we have with few renovations of law. But
it is very important, how these laws are being implemented by the state. No
more hyperactive drives without following the spirit of law by the Mobile
Courts are expected, because judicially established Courts are there to act
under the protocol of law. The manufacturers and producers should not hanker
after money by the way of delivering adulterated food to the innocent people.
Let us live and let others live on food free from adulteration of any kind.
TRAFFIC POLICE
At the railway stations,
street crossings and important public places, one often comes across a
well-built man, wearing a khaki dress and a leather belt round his waist. Well,
everybody knows him —he is the policeman. He is appointed to protect civilians
from criminals and evildoers. He has many duties to perform. He maintains law
and order in the country. He is, therefore, called the guardian of law and
order. He keeps a sharp eye on bad characters. Whenever they break the law, he
arrests them and takes them to the police station. There is traffic police
also. The main duty of the traffic policeman is
to control and regulate the traffic. He generally stands on a raised platform
and regulates the traffic by making certain signs with his hands. If any driver
goes against the rules, he blows his whistle and stops him. The duty of the
traffic policeman is very hard because he has to stand under the scorching sun
or in heavy rain for hours together. At night the policeman patrols the streets
and guards our property. He traces thefts and brings the culprits to book. But
nowadays, there have been some incidents and situations wherein the police have
acted brutally. There have been some corruption charges on the police also. It
is a pity that some policemen accept bribe and shrug off the great
responsibility they have for the society as a whole. The police should be aware
of the fact that if the protectors turn to be destructors – our society will be
ruined and the country will not progress at all. Individual interests should
always be sacrificed for the interest of society. The social attitude towards
the police has also become that of terror. Generally, people do not
discriminate between an evildoer and a policeman. We should not look down upon
him since he is our social protector. We should try to put a little faith on
him. The government should also better his lot so that he should have a
comfortable living. Then, he would not accept bribes. Again, only educated
persons should be recruited and besides their tough training they should be
taught to be polite and well-mannered. Only then, the public will have no
problems with the police and together they will be able to eradicate crime.
Etiquette and Manners
As a social being, humans are social in nature.
But living in society is not an easy job. How one behaves with another, how he
approaches another person and how far he is successful in playing his role in
the society indicates his manners. So, broadly speaking, we can define manners
to be well established standard of conduct on the social life. Good etiquette and manners
are a socially respectful & acceptable way of displaying consideration,
care and respect towards others. It can further help you to have a better relationship with
other people around you. To master good etiquette and manners you must learn to
master phone etiquette, dining etiquette as well as basic etiquette. Learning
good manners & etiquettes can help you to convey respect to people with
whom you interact with. At the same time it also means that you can command
respect from people you interact with. People having good etiquette and manners
practice basic courtesy, speak politely, hold doors open for elder people,
behave well at public places, drive courteously, greet people and never use
harsh words and hurt others. Nobody is born with good manners. Everyone either
learns or acquires them. The best place to harness manners and etiquettes is
the home which is a miniature society and where the child spends most of its
time. A child tries to stimulate its parents and elders in their behavior and
slowly learns and acquires certain traits of character that it has learnt at
home. It learns a lot in company of his friends at school or college. In the
school or college, the teacher plays an important role in cultivation of good
manners and etiquettes. Teachers with their ideal behavior imbibe good manners
in the school students. So we can say that the success or failure in the
life of a man depends largely upon his manners and etiquettes.
Adolescence
Adolescence is a time of rapid physiological and psychological
change of intensive readjustment to the family, education-institutes, work and
social life and of preparation for adult roles. It starts with puberty and ends
with the achievement of an adult work role. It usually begins between 11 and 16
years in boys and between 9 and 16 years in girls. Websters’ dictionary defines
adolescence the ‘process of growing up’ or the ‘period of life from puberty to
maturity’. Adolescence has been associated with an age span, varying from 10-13
as the starting age and 19-21 as the concluding age, depending on whose
definition is being applied. This period is a very important and exciting stage
in life that are marred by many stages of development and challenge, it is a
time when adolescent experiment so many thing that can either make or break
their life and future, a period of exposure, it is a very unstable,
inconsistent and emotional period, there are different stress and storms
attached with adolescence. Adolescent period is often believed to be a
difficult period and very critical stage of transition because of various
qualitative shift that they pass through at that moment of life and this
conflicts with breaking away from the old self and interest of the childhood
memories and all these periods are accompanied by significant changes of
various degrees for instance, all the characteristics involved in puberty such
as menstrual cycle in girls and hair growth in certain part of the body in boys
as well as deepening of the voice. It is generally believed that most if
not all adolescent experience difference stages of storm and stress at this
period of their life. Apart from the factors mention above earlier,
conflicts with parents, mood disruption and behaviour, there are different
factors responsible for why adolescent experience various storms and stress
during this stage and this is due to the rapid changes and transitions going on
in the body and in the environment around them. Not all individuals
experience this process of storm and stress but it does happen and it only
affect most adolescent but not all as it is widely perceived and portrayed by
the media, society and parents.
Higher Education
in Bangladesh
The education which is offered in the universities is called
higher education. A student will be eligible for higher education
after completing his SSC and HSC examination successfully. As places for
higher education are limited in our country all the students completing their
HSC will not be allowed to get higher education. They have to face an admission
test in different educational institutions. The scope of higher
education in our country is very limited. Our colleges and universities cannot
accommodate all the students who are eligible for higher education. As a result
a lot of students go abroad for higher education every year. The
development of a modern society depends to a large extent on the nature and
standard of higher education. Higher education has enormous potential to
promote prosperity in the developing nations. Throughout the World,
universities change the society and remain the center of change and
development. In the context of Bangladesh various Education Commissions that
were set up so far theoretically emphasized on unlocking potential at all
levels of society and creating a pool of highly trained individuals to
contribute to the national development. But in practice these universities are
very weak and do not change anything. Better understanding among teachers and
students, introduction of modern teaching methods and dedication of teachers
and students can improve the culture of higher education in Bangladesh. A proper
academic calendar can bring discipline. Initiate to free the universities from
the clutches of politics can play a lot of the overall improvement of the
universities. The strategic plan document for higher education suggests that in
the face of a changed scenario of higher education, quality improvement in the
higher education has to be the main focus of attention and development of
science and technology based education should be given top priority by the
government and the private sector in the next two decades.
CHILD LABOUR
Child labour
is the crime to humanity which has become a curse to the society and big issue
preventing the country growth and development. Childhood is the most memorable
period of the life which everyone has right to live from birth. Children have
full rights to play with friends, go to school, feel the love and care of
parents and touch beauty of the nature. However, just because of the improper
understandings of the people (parents, owners, etc), children are forced to
live life of the elder. They are forced to arrange all the resources for life
survival in their childhood. Parents want to make them very responsible towards
their family in the early childhood of their kids. They do not understand that their kids need love and care,
they need proper schooling and play with friends to grow properly. Such parents
understand that their kids are the only property of them, they can use them as
they want. But really, all parents need to understand that they have some
responsibility towards their country too. They need to make their kids healthy
in every aspect to make the future of the country bright. Parents should take
all the responsibility of the family by own and let their kids to live their
childhood with lots of love and care. The main causes of the child labour all
over the world are poverty, parents, society, low salary, joblessness, poor
living standard and understanding, social injustice, lack of schools,
backwardness, ineffective laws which are directly affecting the development of
the country. Nothing effective is happening to prevent the child labour from
society as quickly as possible. Children are too young, cute and innocent to
realize the things happening to them in the early age. They are unable to
recognise that what is wrong and illegal for them instead they become happy
getting small money for their work. Unknowingly they become interested in the
getting money on daily basis and ruining their whole life and future. It
needs some effective rules and regulations by the government to completely end
its roots forever.
