Unheard Voices

Our highly polarised partisan supporters agree on very few things. But probably even the most partisan of AL/BNP supporters would agree that the President of our People’s Republic, His Excellency Prof Dr YesIajYesuddin Ahmed bears a large responsiblity for the sorry mess we find ourselves today. Of course they’d think so for different reasons. BNP partisans would argue that not only did Prof Dr Ahmed fail to tackle Awami-led andolon anarchy, he failed to see that a conspiracy was brewing in the cantonment, and he betrayed the party (and the people they’d claim) on 11 Jan 2007. The Awami partisans would say that it was Yesuddin’s yes-madam actions to rig the election in BNP’s favour that made the coup possible in the first place.

Tiktiki is not a party hack. Nor is he privy to any inside information. But his observation of politics tells him that not only is this man one of the worst tenant of Bangabhaban (and previous tenants include characters like Khondoker Mushtaq Ahmed or Dr Abdul Malik - East Pakistan’s last governor), the Prof Dr is the single most responsible individual for 1/11 and its aftermath. If he had shown an ounce of integrity and resolve, we would have had an election participated by everyone on 22 Jan 2007. And regardless of the result - Grand Alliance landslide, hung parliament, or a BNP-JI re-election -we would probably have been better off than we are today.

So, dear reader, Tiktiki is no fan of this sorry excuse of an educator. But whatever his sins, Dr Yesuddin remains the only constitutionally elected person in our republic. The question is, for how long?
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I’m lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart
I wish I could carry your smile and my heart
For times when my life feels so low
It would make me believe what tomorrow could bring
When today doesn’t really know, doesn’t really know

Chorus:
I ‘m all out of love, I’m so lost without you
I know you were right believing for so long
I ‘m all out of love, what am I without you
I can’t be too late to say that I was so wrong

I want you to come back and carry me home
Away from this long lonely nights
I’m reaching for you, are you feeling it too
Does the feeling seem oh so right
And what would you say if I called on you now
And said that I can’t hold on
There’s no easy way, it gets harder each day
Please love me or I’ll be gone, I’ll be gone

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Man proposes….

Our present government is a national government, army-backed government. That means it is a collective government,” adviser Barrister Mainul Hossain (BaMo) said at a briefing after a meeting with the heads of news of different private television channels.

God disposes…

“I don’t think so. Government is here and it’s a caretaker government,” General Moeen said when reporters sought his comment on the law adviser’s remarks to chiefs of news sections of the electronic media on Monday.

General Moeen further said: “Army is always with the government like police and civil administration. It can’t remain isolated from any government. It will remain with the government as it had been in the past.”

While the Bangladeshi ambassador out in DC went to lobby for the exile and somehow managed to piss off Boro chacha majorly, choto chacha has been grumbling in London as well. So here is a suggested decision making checklist for the decision makers before taking any decision.

1. List outstanding items to take decisions on.
2. Mark with a red pen the very urgent election related decisions like which politicians to export and which politicians to import and which politicians to breed.
3. Call Boro chacha at country code 1-202….. Ask for permission.
4. If Boro chacha says no, DO NOT proceed any further. If Boro chacha says yes, then and only then, call choto chacha at country code 44.
5. If choto chacha says yes, then go to to next step, if not, go back to step 4 and ask boro chacha to convince choto chacha.
6. Once both chachas are happy, sms the PID to news papers.
7. If it’s a law of the country and you dreamt about it while dozing off at your cushy new office, write up the ordinance before you forget and send it out to press.
8. Oh, you should really consult someone at the ministry of law before taking step 7. If you don’t, its fine, you can always send another press release tomorrow correcting today’s one. But if you do it over and over again, it may be a bit embarrassing. You should perhaps do step 8, before 7.

The above suggestions will do wonders to conserve our wasted energy and time.

Chacha(uncle) ref credit: RK
Boro=elder
Choto=younger

M&M’s are small, sugar-coated, milk chocolate candy pieces popular in many countries around the world, as per wikipedia. The characters in the advertisements Red and Yellow have also starred in their own video game “M&M’s Shell Shocked”.

Get a front row seat to watch the high stakes games of our M&M duo —

Gen Matin and Barrister Mainul, the hyper active advisers of the current regime.

The only thing is that it would have been funny had the fates of 140 million people were not involved in this game.

Good old Shafiur came up with this quiz. In these heady days, we can surely use some irony and laughter. Oh yes, we also need a torch-bearer left winger to make fun of everything without providing any alternative solution. Take the quiz and see where you stand?