All in a day's work

I work as the IT Marketing Manager in an IT firm in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Though techies always wake up under a gloomy sun, that was one fine sunny morning when I was called upon by my CEO. Enjoying the nice freshness of the morning, I went to meet him. I could see through the glass of his room that he was staring blank towards the roof. I entered with a warm greeting in reply to which he stared at me with eyes of a dead fish. Then without uttering any word he very slowly lifted his hands with the middle fingers upwards. Shocked and bewildered by this not-so-good gesture, I was at my witÂ’s end. Puzzled, embarrassed and curious, I asked him what was wrong. He asked me if I could distinguish the difference. Even more confused, I was wondering what else his gesture could mean to his manager, the gesture holds equal meaning no matter which hand is used to express it. I slowly shook my head in negation. Very abruptly he unveiled the mystery that the middle finger of his right hand had inflated since the previous night and it had been causing him some pain. Upon realizing this, I expressed my sincere concern and asked about its latest condition. Deep down inside I worked real hard to hold myself back from bursting out laughing. What a start at work it was.

RAB and Bangladesh Cricket

Witnessing the never-ending onslaught of the least sense of respectibility by the Bangladeshi top order batsmen, I sincerely ponder over the possibility to introduce RAB in our cricketing lessons. The elite anti-crime force has already instilled fear in the minds of free-lance criminals and I am sure if they are requested to attend coaching sessions of the miserable Bangladesh cricket team the top order batsmen may show some iota of cricket common sense lest they fall victim to another 'crossfire' by the much appreciated RAB members. Irrespective of dedicated batting, fielding and bowling coaches, our cricketers lack attitude and personality. After all,cricket is more a mind game than a body game. The body language, the _expression of face shows hapless, submissive and confused nature. I believe before any cricket lessons, they need to be coached in lifestyle habits, in improving mental and psychological traits.

Flyover boon or bane?

There are 17 railway crossings in Dhaka city. The ill-fated city dwellers have witnessed the mockery of their time, money and energy in the name of the construction of the Mohakhali flyover, the usefulness of which is still doubtful. I wonder why the big mouthed decision makers of the communication ministry don't shift the railway station from Kamalapur to Tongi, as all the trains connecting all the rail destinations in this country go through the Tongi station. This would undoubtedly relieve this near-to-collapse city to great extent.

Also the cost of rearranging rail tracks and building a modern railway station outside the capital would definitely be far less than building 16 more flyovers in this densely populated city.

Bad news part 1 : Bush re-elected part 2 : Arafat's demise

Yet another bad news, after the re-election of Bush, President Yasser Arafat leaves the stage leaving the seekers of truth and justice to utter shock and disbelief. Its indeed irritating to read about the ourrageous comments of Ariel Sharon on the death of the great leader of Palestine. Also, its obvious that its the division among the Muslim nations which is the root cause of their misery, had they been united in their stand, it would not have been so easy for urban terrorists like Sharon and Bush to say rubbish and wage war in the banner of WMD, the joke of the millennium.