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Brother Kamal,
I received the link to your ebook and reading it now. It is an excellent reading for anyone interested in true history of Bangladesh. I see two factors of Mujib's character and their effect on our national psyche are not emphasized enough. Thanks -Altaf
1) Mujibur always emphasized the Bengalis’ right to go to power due to our single majority number in the federation of Pakistan . But he seriously thought that power meant entitlement rather than any responsibility. He probably believed that the Punjabis were just enjoying power, nothing else. He had the idea of power from the perspective of a king, not a servant of people. Power was about rights and authority, not hard work and service. Mujibur Rahman, when speaking in public including his March 7 speech in Race Course, always said that ‘amra godite boste parini’ (we could not sit in the couch of power) because of the westerners. To him, power meant ‘godi’ where one could sit and enjoy privileges like a king. When he finally became the prime minister in 1972, he put himself in the shoes of a king and behaved accordingly with people being his subjects. The rest is history.
His Awami disciples have emulated after their leader very well, and till today they clamor for power only to indulge and do ‘loot pat’. As soon as they win the elections, they start going after the loots and the leaders sit on the ‘godi’ and start ordering their subordinates for their comfort. There are no works done by the Awamis in power as it is not in their culture, and their ‘father’ did not teach that. How could he – he himself was devoid of the true sense of power. Work has no place in their ideology. He also made believe the Bengalis that as a nation, we have certain entitlements, and not much responsibility. Everybody was after Rs20 rice per mound. He failed to inspire the nation for any greater cause above our own petty interests, because that was not his quality. The Awamis are after money and enjoyment, and the problems have piled up. After all, is it not what they fought for – enjoy godi, no work for solving any problem of the people?
2) Mujibur was all along an intolerant person, and he could not stand any criticism. He had a severe inferiority complex that prevented him from doing any open and honest negotiation. His upbringing and poor education must have contributed to that. He spoke about democratic rights, but it was ok as long as it was his rights. His call for pluralistic democracy was the biggest hypocrisy of our time. He pushed for the same rights which he clearly denied to his opponents both before and after assuming power. Even in 1970 during elections, he and his party resorted to all types of terror tactics against JI including disrupting their meetings, beating and killing their workers, stopping their candidates from submitting nomination papers. He was not ready to take 'any chance'. Obviously he did not have enough confidence in himself despite their rock solid position in the elections. Ultimately, to seal their permanence in power, he most shamelessly went for a one party totalitarian dictatroship. These same actions are now seen being demonstrated by his illustriuos daughter, and her party men. Their narrow-mindedness and meanness are so stark that one has to wonder which planet they came from, and whether they are fit to become a class monitor let alone a minister. Instead of declaring another one-party system to look good to their new masters from the west, now they are trying to create a functional dictatorship thru all types conspiracies uknown to any normal human mind. Because the media is so much contolled by them (Indian lobby), these things are not getting the coverage they deserve. They are trying to serve their 'savior masters' on the other side of the border, but with their quality, they will be kicked out soon after their objctive is achieved.
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