tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20121175.post4774346539411697941..comments2024-03-19T02:25:07.069-07:00Comments on Back to Bangladesh: NRB Disillusionmentsulysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700270233759256479noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20121175.post-69346544532227085512009-05-02T02:20:00.000-07:002009-05-02T02:20:00.000-07:00Well, I guess I will find out pretty soon if what ...Well, I guess I will find out pretty soon if what your friends say is true. Wish me luck.<br /><br />Great blog, by the way. Love it.Bidesh to Bdeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021052294368166580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20121175.post-10300237931249219512007-07-27T21:07:00.000-07:002007-07-27T21:07:00.000-07:00Hi Farhad,Good point. Thanks for your post.Hi Farhad,<BR/><BR/>Good point. Thanks for your post.ulysseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700270233759256479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20121175.post-46515583508796293902007-07-27T02:32:00.000-07:002007-07-27T02:32:00.000-07:00What if you adopt a country, like you adopt a chil...What if you adopt a country, like you adopt a child, and that country becomes yours ? Your birth country could still be there, and you may feel for it, but that's not your country. Many of our forefathers actively sought out new land because that land offered them opportunities, respect and hope. They were given a new nationality and equal rights (at least in theory) as every other citizen living on that land. Will he not then embrace that land as it has embraced him ?<BR/><BR/>For centuries it happened in the other direction, maybe at times forceably. The white North Americans, Australians and South Africans are prime examples. <BR/><BR/>We made conscious choices to take up citizenship of a different nation because we got something back in return. How about thinking about our new adopted country for a change ? If there are things I don't like, I as a citizen of my adopted country am entitled to work towards changing it. It is refreshing to see when Anwar Chowdhury talks about 'my country' he means United Kingdom and not Bangladesh. And he is a first generation British citizen. How many of us are confident enough to do that ?<BR/><BR/>FarhadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com