A Chaotic Bangladesh Through the Eyes of the Youth: Future Prospects and Crises

Wherever the youth look in the new Bangladesh, there is chaos. The sectors the youth are thinking about in the country are in a state of chaos. From the economic situation to the social system, from the state system to politics – there is no satisfactory order anywhere. From the education system of the students to the issue of the family heads sweating with their bags in their hands – in short, the youth are seeing a state of chaos in the country as a whole. The system and the structure of discipline within the state are so devastated that the youth think that if they can leave this country, they will survive! The guardians think that this country has no future. The overall mismanagement of the country is visible during the new government’s tenure. The question is – are the above regrets the creation of the last 100 days? Has the flower garden decorated during the interim government been eaten away by the attack of owls? Don’t comment here now.

Did the youth think about the country in the past few decades the way they think now? After the anti-Ershad movement in the 90s, there was a noticeable indifference among the youth about the country. They trusted political parties almost blindly. The history of the last decade and a half is open to this generation. How much freedom of expression was left on any national interest, any important issue? Shaheed Abrar Fahad is proof that it could not be said. He had to lose his life at the hands of monsters for a simple post on Facebook about an agreement with India that was against the country’s interests. The countrymen know the sword of imprisonment and oppression on scholars. Those who had the means tried to cross the border, whether for higher education, for selling labor, or simply for security. They must not have forgotten the abuse of the indigenous system at Dhaka airport on their way back home during the Corona period. Only politicians have thought about this country for decades. The result is that they have cars and houses abroad, big bosses have wives and some children of the upper class are not studying in this country – this practice has been introduced. Some have become living monsters to show off their power. They played with human genes in their addiction to bloodsucking. Many people’s marketing hobby is across the border, some people get treatment for colds in other countries and some people leave their entire families in another country and only do jobs, business or politics here – the country was running through such a great system. Just think how much they thought about the country!

What did the young people do without thinking about the country in the past few decades? They were busy. Even after being entitled to vote for the first time, they could not freely choose the candidate of their choice – even then, there must be a reason for the young people to remain silent at this time? The country’s money is being smuggled abroad, agreements are being made against the country’s interests – why did the blood of the young people not heat up even after knowing these news partially? Why did the anger not turn into treachery? Well, think about it, in the past few decades, what national culture have the youth grown up with? Which great and great writers have they had the opportunity to read? Have they learned about the language movement, the glorious struggles, and the complete history of the Liberation War in schools, colleges, and universities? As a result of the young generation being surrounded by shadow consciousness, a large part of the young society and youth have not thought about the country at all or have not been able to speak freely. Sometimes they have not even tried to speak! But the question arises, what were the youth actually busy with?

The youth were kept busy with issues. Hero Alam’s music and Parimoni’s love-marriage-breakup were the news of the third. Hundreds of journalists would line up to get news of how many pillars of the Padma Setu were being demolished. A circus of praise would be held in a section of the media. There, circus men would fool the audience with their tricks. Young men and women would be glued to the video of Rafsan Da Choto Bhai on Facebook to watch another celebrity scandal. Some people would not have time to sit down to read while listening to Faraz Karim’s appeal for development for human service and his speech on observing voluntary fasts. Whether Vidyanand is permissible or whether money can be given to the As-Sunnah Foundation – such debates would occupy the reading table! Without reading the news of Zayed Khan’s two digbazis, the pursuit of knowledge would not be complete. Barrister Sumon begins in the name of Allah the Almighty… If I had not heard, if I had not seen the blabbering of Towhid Afridi, the youth would have had a restless sleep. I could not even remember how many issues were discussed every day. The generation, busy with the game of removing the old from the brain by losing new issues every day, did not have the time to talk about the country in that way. And this entire system has been sponsored by the state management. There was always an attempt to keep the youth asleep. Because the youth speak more truth than the old and the youth ask more questions than the old – the state did not want to take risks!

No voting rights, the rise in the price of raw materials, the festival of looting in the name of development or the blatant lies of the royal court – these could not disturb the young generation for a long time. No freedom of speech – the youth were not worried about these at all. Until their own hostages, the political murderers did not even make a sound. In short, things were going well. Sharing was increasing. But when corruption in jobs came to light, and the sigh of unemployment was being crushed by the millstone of quota, the students woke up. It can be said that students of all parties and opinions have united in the struggle to protect their interests. Deprived teachers, conscientious civil servants and oppressed people have joined this struggle with the students. The Bangladesh that has been rescued by removing the long-standing garbage in the revolution of the students and the people is scarred everywhere in Bangladesh. A section of the bureaucrats and police have been irresponsibly party-bound for a long time, a section of the teachers have become brokers of political parties. Syndicates have taken over the business. The corruption in the transport sector is limitless. In short, the entire Bangladesh is a ruin. No sector is automatically active. All the accumulated sorrows and miseries of that time when there was no opportunity to achieve demands by speaking out are being exposed with complete freedom of speech. As a result, the danger has increased. Civil life has been disrupted. Dhaka, caught in the grip of the movement, is now a city of traffic jams. Today’s blockade is tomorrow’s siege! There are also domestic and foreign conspiracies.

If the way the youth think about the country now continues, the face of this country will change. If the punishment of the corrupt can be ensured, if the violence of bribe-takers stops, it will not take even a decade to turn this country into a golden Bangladesh. The garbage that has accumulated in the 54 years since independence cannot be removed in six months or a year. For this, citizens need patience. The philosophy of political parties should change, greed should be curbed and they should stand in the ranks of the people. The patriotism that has awakened among the youth of the country will not be lost very easily. The treachery and patriotism that has been created as a result of being stuck in cheap issues has transformed each one into gunpowder. That is why no one hesitates to protest injustice even when standing in front of a bullet. No one hesitates to fall down on their side when hit by a bullet from a co-mover. This is the first example of ’24. These young people will have direct participation in the construction of the Bangladesh of the future. It is believed that in this way, political parties will no longer be able to indulge in arbitrariness in the near future. Bangladesh, which has become a mess, will have to be sorted out with the united efforts of all. For this, there is no alternative to unity in the national interest. Let the students and the public pledge to protect the sovereignty of the country by stopping all conspiracies. May Bangladesh never lose its way again.