[Reader-list] BANGLADESH: Yes, I Voted ;hopes & wishes

[Lalit Ambardar]

Dear Naeem,
Your apprehensions are understable.It does'nt take long in a fledgeling democracy, for an 'absolute majority'  to sccumb to the 'absolute authority' syndrome.
 
Even AL has embraced the Islamists in the past , yet,as pointed out by you the majority of the electorate having been youth this time , it is hoped that there  will be a continued pressure on the Govt. 
 
It is also hoped that there will now be a  check on the growing nexus between ISI & the anti India groups operating from there.
 
Actually, Bangladesh has all the potential  to emerge as a robust secular democracy.
 
Our congratulations & best wishes to the people of Bangladesh.
LA
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> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:12:53 +0600> From: naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] BANGLADESH: Yes, I Voted> > I meant to write "I hope we GET the Mujib of 1969, and NOT the one of 1974"> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Naeem Mohaiemen> <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> wrote:> > Everyone is a bit stunned at the size of the Awami League victory.> > Personally I get nervous about brute majority, I hope it does not go> > to their head. I hope we do not get the Mujib of 1969, and not the one> > of 1974, who cancelled multi-party democracy.> >> > However, on personal note, I am very happy that the Islamists were> > crushed at this election. In 2001 they won 17 seats, and were given 2> > ministries. Now they have won in only 2 seats. All major Jamaat> > leaders were defeated in the seats they ran from.> >> > Let us see. I think calling it "second independence" is hyperbole and> > sets us up for disappointment. Rather let's keep level head and keep> > the pressure on. Last night Abul Barkat (author of comprehensive study> > on Hindi disenfranchisement, whom I quoted in a recent report) was> > pointing to the religious/ethnic minority candidate victories and> > saying the overall election was a landslide mandate for secularism.> >> > Well easy to say those things on election day. I remain cautiously> > optimistic, and committed to keeping the pressure up to build secular> > Bangladesh.> >> > And saludos to the youth vote-- 52% of the total electorate.> > http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2008/12/28/mohaiemen-rtv2/> >> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:> >> Dear Naeem> >>> >> That is a very nice piece by you.> >>> >> Wish Bangladesh all the best. Hope the elections live up to what has been> >> called Bangladesh's "second independence". Hope it is the final one.> >>> >> Best regards> >>> >> Kshmendra> >>> >>> >> --- On Tue, 12/30/08, Naeem Mohaiemen <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> wrote:> >>> >> From: Naeem Mohaiemen <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com>> >> Subject: [Reader-list] BANGLADESH: Yes, I Voted> >> To: "reader-list at sarai.net" <reader-list at sarai.net>> >> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 9:02 AM> >>> >> Crushing defeat for Islamist candidates in the 9th Bangladesh elections.> >>> >>> >> Yes, I Voted> >> Naeem Mohaiemen> >> Daily Star, December 30, 2008> >> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=69228> >>> >> The Secular Vote Bloc> >> Naeem Mohaiemen> >> Daily Star, December 29, 2008> >> http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2008/12/29/secular-vote/> >> _________________________________________> >> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> >> Critiques & Collaborations> >> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe> >> in> >> the subject header.> >> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list> >> List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>> >>> >> _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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