We must remember their sacrifice

"Ek shagor rokter binimoye/ Banglar swadhinata anley jara/ amra tomader bhulbona…" This emotional patriotic song often comes to my mind; I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the contributions of our freedom fighters, and at the same time, I feel ashamed that we could not value their sacrifices. The freedom fighters and the martyrs gave us a free country to live in peacefully, but what have we done? Peace has vanished and violence has taken over. Spilling of blood is a common occurrence; no one feels safe anywhere anymore. We do not know what is in store for us in the future.

We do not want to live in a suffocating atmosphere where we cannot speak our minds. We pray that all the miseries go away and that we can live in peace in the country which the martyrs gave us in exchange of their blood.