A politician speaks

Citizens of Bangladesh certainly deserve far and much better - it is our responsibility and duty to ensure that this much needed change comes about, hopefully, sooner rather than later and it benefits the people at large and not just a privileged few.

After all, change is the most unchangeable aspect of life and I firmly believe in our case also it is a question of when rather than if. We simply cannot afford to lose heart and if hope dies, then all else will.

We thus must soldier on, unite and fight, just as we have done in all the glorious victories and achievements of the past.

Your messages are yet again a powerful testimony to the fact that there are people, at home and abroad, who do care deeply and passionately about what we leave behind as a legacy not just to our children but also to the child who will be born tomorrow somewhere in Bangladesh.

My personal discomfort and sufferings over the past few years have been, understandably, a cause of even greater pain to my family, friends and well-wishers but the more I encounter these trials and reflect on them, the more I am convinced I am indeed on the right path and track.

A friend of mine from Australia wrote me a mail a few days back in which he expressed his concern about my safety and asked me to slow down and take a break as he felt I "was using up my nine lives in great haste"!

If that be so and in the process, the departure of the current embodiment and axis of evil that has gripped Bangladesh is hastened, I feel we all will have taken an important step forward in ensuring, in practice as well as reality, the Bangladesh we believe in and more importantly, the Bangladesh that the people expect, are entitled to and so richly deserve.

As I once again go through a phase of rehab, rest and reflection, my family joins me in thanking you all for your thoughts and good wishes.