Reading your thought-provoking writing on the opposite of what the famous communication expert Dale Carnagie had in mind, I was wondering why anyone does all the opposite things the expert suggested as a panacea to win friends and influence people?

In a country with a population of 130 million , more people live on a hand to mouth basis, where the livelihood provision for 24 hours is a rare commodity. In such a milieu it is only a short sighted policy that are adopted to manage the after effect of "highly irresponsible statement"(connected to April 2004) or "to foil the grand rally" (scheduled for October 3, 2004)

To the list of important questions you raise, allow me to add more. Is Bangladesh now a country where only short sighted policies are made at all levels (health/population/education /water & sanitation/financial sector or another) for the immediate benefit of the upper 20% or so of the population?

Is Bangladesh now (after 33 years) a country where one section of the people (powerful) "show a contempt for the rights and well-being of the general public" so similar to the oppression and suppression of the ordinary man by a section of "extraordinary beings" way back in 1971 and before.