Cultural practice in the country has reached a very low point. It’s drying up like the way our rivers have, Prof Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury said yesterday.
Once your values are gone, it is hard to get them back. It is possible to rebuild if you lose infrastructure as Japan and Germany did after World War II but if you lose your sense of collective morality, it takes a lot longer to stand back up again.
Freedom of expression in Bangladesh: While freedom of thought is an inalienable right guaranteed by our constitution and considered the fundamental factor that differentiates us humans from all other living beings, it is a right that cannot be taken for granted. As we have seen globally, as well as in our country, this right must be nurtured through many layers of society.