On the freedom and its aftermath

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to the country on 10^th January 1972. He found a war torn country of which infrastructure was highly affected by the war. The country was out of production. The Indian army was still here. The prisoner of war was a sensitive issue. The Bangladeshis who were in Pakistan at the time of war was also a factor. The ego problem among different types of freedom fighters created disorder. The socialists tried to direct the country to an alien direction.

Mujib was in a great dilemma. The economy of the country was almost ruined. The gossip of Indian attack was a fuel to the fire. Bangladesh was in need of food, house, cloths and medicines. All the roads were almost damaged. About six millions houses were destroyed. The ports were out of order. The country needs international support and recognition. The war time diplomacy which was led by the USA including Middle East was active. The internal as well as international anti-freedom factors worsen the situation. Natural Pro-Indian political status-quo of the country aggravated Pakistan-minded people to produce unrest in order to ensure their safety. The monotony of relationship among the high ambitious army officials especially Zia, Ershad, the moderate Shafiullah and Mujib-minded Khaled Mosharrof bang the situation.

Only Mujib was their centre. But it was very hard for him to control the whole situation. The great expectations in return of our sacrifice embarrassed him a lot. The conditions seemed to him that he is the guilty for achieving freedom. So, he should provide them all. He will remove all the evils. Actually, freedom of boundary and freedom of mind differs thousands of yards. In case of us, it was the reality. Our colonial cousins put some ghosts into our heart and we still being driven by them.

Actually, we could not believe that we are free. It became very hard for us to hold the situation. Our heart was not ready to hold what we a get through a nine month long war. If we fought like Vietnamese we might be entitled enough to enjoy this achievement. Our mental immaturity killed us from various angles. We surrendered to the plotters. The RAW, The CIA and others took the complete opportunity. Kissinger’s personal defeat turned into political victory. He proved his comment – a bottomless basket. The non-cooperation and greediness from every sects made the country inactive. All the urges and plans from Mujib failed. His 36-points directions did not work. When the country needs to be sympathized, we raped it repeatedly. The country was at the door of being collapsed. At the beginning of 1974 the sign of famine was noticed. The flood deteriorated it. The man made famine left a ravaged land. What a strange country, Selukas!

Mujib loved this land from the very core of his heart. That is why he has no calculation regarding his personal gain and loss. But we had because we loved ourselves. We had expectation that is why we counted what we gained through freedom.