[Reader-list] Former Army Chief Shoe-Beaten As Plans To Crack BNP Roll On

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

>From blogger Asif S:

Have you read the Tagore poem about a learned man bragging about his
knowledge to a boatman. No? Here is how it goes. A pundit gets on a
boat and seeing the wonders of nature asks the boatman, "Majhi, have
you studied philosophy?". The illiterate majhi (boatman) stares at him
blankly. Pandit says quarter of your life is a waste then (tomar
jiboner char anai britha).

He asks then if the majhi has traveled abroad. The poor majhi never
got out of his village. "Alas!! One more quarter of your life is a
waste then, majhi", the pundit repeats. Do you know any science, he
asks? Seeing majhi shaking his head, panditbabu says there goes
another quarter of your life to waste.

At this time, a violent storm approaches and the boat is about to
sink. The majhi asks the terrified pundit, "Do you know how to swim?"
The pundit replies in the negative and starts crying and the majhi
says "Babu, then all four quarters of your life is a waste. ("Apnar
jiboner sholo anai britha").

Those words ring true as the Army's attempts to crack Bangladesh's
right-wing BNP starts revealing the claws of the so-called
"Army-backed Caretaker Government."

Read on....

Army's Candidate Gets Shoe Beating
http://rumiahmed.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/pictures-tell-a-thousand-words/

http://rumiahmed.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/picture-of-today-reality-of-future/

http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2007/11/07/juta-pita/

It's a mess!
http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/11/08/its-a-mess

All The Chess Moves

http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/11/06/open-thread-5/