50 Years and...

We as a country became half a century old. It's nothing much as a country probably but for us, it's a freedom for more than 50 years. That's a lot.

We are proud, yeah. But there is something that always bothers us. Many people say, we have to pay collateral damage for anything like even development. I don't know why I can't agree with you. From my point of view, we are progressive on infrastructure development which is easy to eyewash but we are far away from actual development as a nation.

I know, you will say, "See, it doesn't take you a minute to start criticizing your own country. You are not a patriot."

Am I? I believe we are neutral people who can see black and white with clear eyes.

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One thing I must mention about the development in the medical sector, girl's education, child marriage; overall sustainable development goals. It's a huge achievement for Bangladesh. And sustainable development means there are a lot of good things coming in the chain.

However, if you look at our socio-political culture, our social development, educational development, etc it will give you a different picture. And to be honest, no matter how much we progress without addressing these we can never go ahead in a healthy way.

And about addressing, nowadays it became like a strategy or I would say propaganda to eyewash by not addressing the real problems rather throwing some figures, some numbers. I mean, general people never check the numbers; if they are right or wrong. They don't understand how GDP growth doesn't impact our economical life.

But one thing we all understand is what's going on in our life.

There's a phase of frustration going on among the majority of us. We who are not connected with any kind of power play, politics and all can see the clear picture from a distance. It seems like darkness is coming to capture us all. That always makes me fearful.

Yes, I'm proud, I feel good to mention I'm from Bangladesh. But all these things make me alarmed for our future. I wish and pray people who are in power as well as 'we' would be more careful about our actions as a nation.