Food for Thought

Perhaps one cannot realize how strong a relationship can be with an animal if he didn’t experience to keep a pet or didn’t see to raise a domestic animal. The bondage in no way is lesser than the human relationship which is particularly based on emotions. When a little kid communicates with us with its speechless cute smile and eye contact, we feel so good to receive the responses to our touch. We feel the heart touching emotions out of that very non-verbal communications. There is no give-and-take situation which signifies the innocence of love! The same situation emerges when you have a pet that can’t speak but respond gently, friendly and playfully. While you are at home, your pet follows you all the time. When it is the time to come back from the office or outside, he waits for you in front of the door as a family member does. They rush to you as soon as you enter the home to make you understand that he has missed you so much. Similarly, when the pet is out of your home, mean...

Perhaps, ‘Duronto Aatharo’ is the most enthusiastic batch of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of CVASU. I have really got the feel of ‘Durontopona’ in each and every one of you, which have really kept the meaning of ‘Duronto’ vibrant. The amazing part is you were not only involved in the extra and co-curricular activities but also showed the excellence in your academic curricula. That is the perfect blend for any students of any given disciplines. I have found throughout my course that you are really open to embrace the new challenges and to offer the cent percent cooperation. That should be the ideal case what we expect from the students. I feel lucky that I have got such a nice starting in the very beginning of my university career. And I truly mean that. Simultaneously, I have also sensed the huge potentiality and caliber lying with you all. But you also need to believe in those potentials and calibers to bring the very best out of it. I do believe all the ‘Duronta’ bo...

The big size population is not a problem when they are human resources equipped with skills and knowledge. And one of the major aims of the education system is to develop human resources so that humans do not become a burden for a country. And that is why the education system is the most indispensable component of national development strategy. Any lacking of the system will contribute to lagging behind in development race. Overall education system: Our education system is producing hundreds, thousands of Masters Degree holders every year. In spite of this, it is surprising that still we are slowcoach in many development areas and we hire foreigners for the top positions of the big companies. So the question arises – if our graduates are not productive enough. A British Council sponsored report prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on graduate unemployment in South Asia published earlier of 2015 estimated that 47% of the graduates are unemployed in Banglades...

On one side there is a teacher who abused his female students, on the other side there is another teacher who was ill-treated by the leading members of the village. It is a matter of grave concern that such incidents are rising at an alarming rate. Lots of reports are there in newspapers where we see the parents killing their children, children killing their parents, and the spouse killing his /her partner and so on. These are the most sensational cases considering the nature of the relationships between the victims and the victimisers. Very recently we have been observing the very emergence of Young Gang Culture in the cities with its aggressive and destructive faces. Basically, very young school/college students who are supposed to be soft minded are the members of such gangs. Photo: Google Image  The perspective I would like to focus light on is that it’s not about the profession or the relation, but it’s about the changing minds and human nature in society. Mayb...

It is good to see that the proposed and much talked about Road Transport Act draft has been finalised. To me, articles, seminars, talk-shows, and laws do little while the death toll continues to rise. Until and unless, that is, people learn how to behave responsibly. Laws are undoubtedly necessary, but punishment can only be served after the occurrence of any incident. But as a nation, we have to do something. Something to make people conscious enough so that accidents are reduced, if not eliminated. My intention is to introduce “defensive driving” as a simple, cost-free technique for motorists, which can ensure demonstrating safe and responsible behaviour, which can lead to significant progress in the upkeep of road safety of the country. Many of our drivers do not have safety in mind / Photo By: Mehedi Hasan It means that while driving, the drivers need to keep in mind that other drivers or pedestrians are prone to be careless and make mistakes, and it is up to ...

“Five killed in a head-on collision.” “Three killed by a truck.” “Two schoolboys run over while crossing road.” “Five members of a family killed in a road crash.” These have become mere sentences in our everyday news which, honestly, do not hold the shock value like they did in the past. But the families who have lost their loved ones are the only ones burdened with the pain of such unexpected and sudden loss. The pain is unbearable when a person has to hear news of his/her child’s early death due to someone’s recklessness behind the wheel. If we closely study the road accidents which occur in our country, we will find that most of them are not really accidents per se — because, for a catastrophe to be classified as an “accident,” it is implied that all the necessary measures/precautions were taken by the motorist. Photo: Rajib Dhar In the case of most of our road accidents, we can point to a motorist’s carelessness (bordering on callousness) as the cause of the fatali...

Continuing degradation of the morality of the society is eating into our nation with a high volume of silence. When the sound of silence stops, there will be nothing but a hatred nation. The nation will be like an emotionless monster in the realm of evils. Why am I saying so harsh? Because each day goes on, each hope goes down. When the game of up and down goes on and on, there remains no more hope actually. Because all the remaining hopes get expired! Why am I so pessimistic? It’s not about one year, it’s not about two years; it is about forty four years of liberation of our beloved country! What was the dream and what has happened to this country? Where are we? Are we going forward or going back? We are in nowhere! Photo Credit: Google Image We really don’t know what is right and what is not right. The standard of morality is unknown to us. I am wrong, aren’t I? What will you say when you see the students of higher education in universities come out of their classes and...