Why so much hatred and anger towards (India)? Is it more convenient to blame India for Bangladesh's misfortunes than to than a deep Introspections at the problems which ail The Bangla Nation. I would like to correct a few 'facts' in your mail.

1."India is constantly trying to destabilize Bangladesh"- India is too big and important in using all its efforts to block development of its smaller neighbours In fact It is in best interest of India to have strong and prosperous neighbours as it makes the whole region an Economically Dynamic zone.

2."The liberations of Bangladesh would have never happened had it not been for the Indian Army"-True. Mukti Bahini played an important part but without Indian Army and Naval Support it would have been no match for 80,000 strong West Pakistan army.

3."India is going to break in 15 years" -after 58 years of Indian Independance Indian Nation is still strong.

4. True there is still a lot of poverty in India and there are still a lot of communities which are marginalized but then the constitution of India as well as its Judiciary provide protection and safe guards to such communities and they have come a long way since 1947.India Economy is growing at an average of 7% p.a ,with a growing middle class ,secular and democratic institutions and a large pool of educated workforce ,there is a confidence and a new self respect among Indians of all classes ,regions That India will find its place among the elecheons of great Nations.

So Instead of blaming India for all Bangladesh's problems you should ask yourself why is bangladesh so economically backward today -is it India or the bangladeshi politicians to blamed ,who have used 'The India Card" instead of working for the betterment of her people.I request you not to spread hatred which is nagative and destructive but provide positive Inputs which make the whole South Asian Region economically progressive and vibrant.

Nandan Nadkarni
Mumbai [ 28 September 2005 ]

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While there may be scope of debate on a few points within Ms. Farida's step-by-step narration of the history, I would like to restrict my response to the core of her letter, which is certainly appreciable. The essence of her letter is that we, Bangladeshis, should do our best to promote the good image of our country in order to counter Indian propaganda. She has portrayed well, how and to what extent India has been unleashing its plots against Bangladesh. Without contradicting her comments, I would like to add a few lines of caution, which I think is very important for our self-consciousness. We very often get so much carried away with blaming others that we tend to ignore some faults of our own which is equally damaging our future as a nation. Of course blowing things out of proportion is condemnable, but intentionally neglecting things also cannot be rational. The case in point is that not all problems have their roots outside. We all know, till to date we have not been successful to contain the miscreants of another sorts within our country. Isn’t a Bangla bhai venomous enough to ruin our image as a nation? Frankly speaking, issues related to India are important, but those are not the only ones. No matter how logical our urge or demand is, stronger powers are not likely to pay heed to us; this is the case everywhere in the world. As a nation, we have to strive hard to reach to a position when other countries find it important to take notice of us. To do that we have to annihilate corruption, retrieve our morality and detain the reprobates who are at large. Let me put it in this way- our battle is at two fronts, one against the external conspirators, and, equally important another one is against the problems within our country. The solution of the latter rests purely on us, why not giving it proper attention!

Faisal Ibney Hai
University of Tokyo [ 28 Feb 2005 ]

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Assala-mu-Alaikum

Most of the information are correct with the true findings that The Saddam regime in Iraq killed millions of innocent Iranians and many Iraqis as well. On the other hand the Muslim Monarchs are playing their pipes in full confidence that their generations will continue to rule. It is no matter, whether the nation exist or not. Similarly, there is enmity between Muslim nations due to the ill motives of the rulers. If you read different verses of the holy Quran (especially Sura Saba (2nd - 4th chapter, Sura Hamim Sejda (last 2 chapter) & Ahjab) you will find the reasons. We are driven, guided and mobilised to fulfill the evil design of the social, economic and political rulers. If you read "Panjeri" by Farrukh you will find a better picture of our society.

To get rid of these bloody people we must learn more from the Quran and practice more. We must find a political platform that lead us to the peace of this world and the after words. It is un wise blaming others where we are (our leaders) do not see the interest of us or we are not courageous enough to nourish our Muslim interest.

Allah Hafez.
Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan
Division Head, Survey & Data
Institute of Water Modelling (IWM)
Dhaka [ 19 Feb 2005 ]

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Dear Ms Farida,
Really thanks for your thoughtful writting. Well, we are really nice people when we are in abroad. We try to work hard and be a good foreigner for those countries where we stay. But we have a very big problem . What is that? When we are staying on our own soil (motherland), we do corruption, tell lies, and so on. I think, first, we should be devoted to our country. Mainly, political leaders should be honest. After that we can fight internationally. If we can make us strong, automatically everybody will respect us. So I am requesting Ms. Farida, please write something for our own country also where most of the people are quarreling and screaming. Again thanks for your nice article.
Regards
M amun
Niigata, Japan [ 17 Feb 2005 ]

Dear Ms. Farida,

Congratulations for your well-thought writings. I also share mostly similar views with you. We Bangladeshis should try to uphill our images by protesting any propaganda and doing something better from our existing capacities. As you see, the situation has been changing. After causing 13th SAARC summit to postponement, India was criticized from every corners of the world, except some of our Bangladeshis, and Bangladeshi newspapers. Where Indian newspapers criticize its decision very strongly, our well known newspapers couldn’t be able to place any strong words against this in their editorials. Even they failed to write editorials on the subsequent day. Some of us are more Indians than Bangladeshis. It is unfortunate. We should understand that we are in a position to bargain with India due to being one of the biggest trade partner as well as from strategic point of view. India's seven sisters are lacking well behind than other parts only because of India's indecisive decision to cooperate with Bangladesh.

With strong protest against their unilateral decision not to join SAARC summit in Dhaka, 2-days ago they unveiled their South Asian Doctrine where they said that they want to cooperate with small neighbors, and small neighbors should think India as opportunity rather than threat. But they will not tolerate any security threat to their territory.

India thinks itself a super power in the south Asian region, mostly for its sheer physical size and military strength. But Indians may be not aware that world is watching them. The country which has no respect to its neighbor countries, which can’t show minimum commitment to regional cooperation, how do they think that they would be superpower? Of course, their recent debilitating blow against SAARC posed a serious question on their capability to attain permanent seat in the security council of the UN.

Let’s see their position against the claim to be economic powerhouse of the 21st Century. Last year, a report by JP Morgan showed that India was 13 years behind China in almost every area, except in its financial system and rule of law. Just for a record, China has a foreign reserve of US$403.3 billion, while India has only $115.3 billion. China's GDP is twice than India's $1.09 trillion. This comparison simply foresees where India is, and becoming an economic powerhouse in Asia would not be so easy for India. Can they supersede China in any respect?

India should realize that it has to stop being defensive towards everything that is not Indian. An open India is as good for India as it is for the rest of the world.

I also thank administrator of Bangladesh Tigers Cricket Club’s website for publishing the article of Ms. Farida. I think they can publish open comments on this article too.

Regards,

Monzur Hossain

Tokyo. [ 17 Feb 2005 ]

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