Agree , however are we moving toward Islam, Hindu or something else.
My personal observations tells me that we are not clear and stuck in confuse state.
We can neither leave Islam nor become full Hindu. To me we are half of each at current state.
We have to choose one or loose respect all together.
Let me ask about Malaysia then...
Are they Hindu?
I know they have modernity and Islam both - and combines these two elements flawlessly.
Why can't we have that? The thing is - our Indian blood is too strong and we don't know how to tolerate differing opinions and beliefs. Dushito Rokto. We must learn how to tolerate each other instead of this 'maramari' and 'katakati'.
Felixia Yeap was a well-known Malaysian-Chinese Playboy model. This is her 'before' shot,
This is her - 'after'. Her husband told her what he wanted and she was delighted to oblige. Changed her name to Rania Raisyyia as well.
Who can tell that this woman was Chinese? Such harmony between races in Malaysia - we in Bangladesh can only wish. Still- our situation is a heck of a lot better than India.....
Interesting post. Thanks for the tag. With regards to BD, honestly speaking, for us younger generation Pakistanis that country has no relevance whatsoever. Whether they succeed or fail has no bearing on us. Unfortunately for Bdeshis though, they are ruled by a government that still obsessess over Pakistan and 1971 in order to remain relevant to it's people.
The operative term being "a government that still obsesses over Pakistan". The Govt. is using that as a tool to garner votes, which is true. But if we solely harp over that factor, we'd be amiss. In Bangladesh - most people don't care about Ahmadiyyas, the Ummah, whether hijab should be made compulsory, or any such garbage.
They care about one thing - good well-paying jobs and money. You HAVE to be laser-focused on that.
Being no fan of Hasina and acknowledging that she has plenty of detractors (Jamat), I'd still argue that Hasina and company runs a
much tighter ship concerning development and jobs compared to the rest of the subcontinent, with the notable exception of Sri Lanka. She has cadres in her govt., true. But she also has a bunch of very bright, young, progressive technocrats. I don't know how much she pays her Son, but that guy (Joy) is a technocrat as well.
Govts. steal from the people, fine. Every govt. in South Asia does. But if you give back some share of the pie (three square meals a day, housing, some clothes, roti/kapra/makaan) that can be tolerated. Not entirely just - but tolerable to a much higher degree. First things first.
No small reason that Bangladesh has THE most equitable income distribution situation in all of South Asia.
For what she is doing for Bangladesh, I'd gladly tolerate her 'Pakistan' related noise.
If Pakistani's knew better - they would too.