আমি
আপন
খেলাম
আপনার
মাথা,
ও
কি
আমার
কওয়ার
কথা
রে।
আমি
নিজ
হস্তে
বধ
করিলাম
রে,
ভবিষ্যতের
শিক্ষা
দাতা।
পতঙ্গার
এ
যেমনি
ধারা
উড়ে
গিয়া
পড়েগো
তারে
আমার
মন
হয়েছে
তেমনি
ধারা
রে
মরণ
হইলো
ঐ
তেমাথা।
Ami
apni
khelam
apnar
matha,
Ao
ki
amar
koar
katha
re.
Ami
nijo
hoste
badh
korilam
re,
Vabishyater
shikhya
data.
Potonger-e
jemni
dhara
Ure
gia
pore
go
tare
Amar
mon
hoese
temni
dhara
re
Moron
hoilo
oi
tematha.
(I
spoil
my
own
possibility,
can
this
be
told
to
people?
I
deliberately
kill
the
possibility
of
higher
rate
of
education.
My
deliberation
is
like
the
norm
of
the
flies
which
jump
into
fire.
My
commitment
has
been
to
die
at
the
junction
of
life).
In my posting dated 10/8/2001, I paused with the population issue of Bangladesh. Our population control program is more effective within our well off educated community and utterly ineffective in the case of our uneducated poor community. I am calling poor those who cannot afford higher education for their offspring. On one hand, the poor represent a vast majority of our society. There is only a slim possibility that the family planning program will ever work effectively for them. There are clear reasons. Poor people want sons to beget a better socio-economic future for their families. Parents are frequently blessed with daughters instead of sons; still their endeavours to beget sons continue. The present educational environment and system are not pro-poor; and the future for the educated amongst the poor are getting darker. Finally, more than 50% of our villages go under water for weeks in the rainy season making the villages inaccessible for the family planning workers. The supply of contraceptives are impeded during the rainy season. The majority of pregnancies begin during that time. Is there any way out to overcome the above social and geographical barriers?
On
the
other
hand,
the
well
off
educated
are
religiously
limiting
their
offspring
to
one
or
two.
Consequently,
the
country
is
heading
towards
intellectual
bankruptcy
in
relation
to
the
proportion
of
its
non-intellectual
population.
To
sustain
Bangladesh,
we
need
creative
intellectuals
for
the
innovation
of
appropriate
technology
for
development.
The
people
of
Bangladesh
may
not
care
even
if
the
creative
educated
are
a
bit
corrupt.
যে
গরু
দুধ
দেয়,
তার
লাত্থি
খাওয়াও
ভালো
‘Je
garu
dudh
dei,
tar
latthi
khaoa
o
valo’
-
the
cow
that
gives
milk
is
okay
even
she
is
undisciplined.
We
also
need
some
honest
literate
people
to
administer
the
country
with
justice.
They
do
not
have
to
be
intellectual
or
highly
creative.
Some
basic
lessons
from
religion/s
and
history
can
result
in
prosperity
and
sustainability
of
the
country:
The
universal
brotherhood
of
Islam,
through
consumption
in
moderation
of
Sufism,
অহিংসা
পরম
ধর্ম
‘ahimsha
param
dharma
(non-violence
is
the
highest
virtue)
of
Buddhism,
and
‘sat
sangha
(good
associates)
of
Hinduism’
are
all
that
Bangladesh
needs
to
follow
for
its
sustaining
growth
with
the
growth
of
population.
As
we
have
limited
land
to
dwell
innumerable
people,
we
need
to
continue
to
export
manpower
abroad.
Currently,
we
have
some
intellectuals
to
export
abroad.
We
need
more
of
them.
But
we
hardly
have
people
with
export
quality
vocational
training.
We
need
these
people
in
bulk
for
our
own
need
of
space,
environment,
employment
and
sustainability
management
on
one
hand;
and
also
for
meeting
the
need
for
workforce
of
the
countries
with
negative
population
growth,
on
the
other.
It
is
highly
unlikely
that
the
countries
with
zero
or
negative
population
growth
can
sustain
desirable
productivity
to
maintain
their
aging
folks
without
importing
manpower
from
populous
country
like
Bangladesh.
Don’t
our
elite
wish
their
offspring
to
work
all
over
the
earth?
If
so,
then,
why
do
they
opt
for
only
one
child
or
two
(?),
knowing
that
they
can
bring
up
a
number
of
children
providing
necessary
financial
support
for
education
and
training.
Are
they
actually
so
wise
as
they
should
appear
to
be?
Bauls
would
say:
NOT,
rather
they
are
like
মাকাল
ফলের
রূপটি
দেখে
সদাই
যেমন
নাচে
কাকে
তেমনি
মন
তোমার
চতকে
বিভোর
সার
পদার্থ
নাহি
চিনে।
Makal
phaler
rup
ti
dekhe
Sodai
jemon
nache
kake
Temni
mon
tomar
chotake
bivor
Sar
podartha
nahi
chine.
(Observing
the
ourwardly
glammar
of
Makal
fruit,
the
crows
dance.
Your
mind
is
similar
and
does
not
grasp
the
reality).
Baul
philosophers
think
globally
and
act
locally.
They
refute
the
issue
of
over
population
in
Bangladesh
from
the
global
perspectives.
During
the
last
40
years,
the
issue
of
over-population
alone
has
attracted
both
money
and
researchers
both
from
inside
and
outside
of
the
country.
Unfortunately,
no
one
has
ever
stated
the
optimum
population
for
Bangladesh.
Baul
singers
frequently
ask
this
question.
Having
no
answer
they
sing:
Bangladesh’s
greatest
strength
is
its
people.
They
are
known
for
their
hard
work.
They
venerate
Nature,
stay
happy
with
less.
Baul
Harun
says:
mother
Nature
blesses
the
poor
with
manpower
and
longevity.
They
live
in
the
paradise
of
Mother
Nature.
Geographically
and
environmentally,
Bangladesh
enjoys
its
own
peculiarity.
The
capacity
of
Bangladesh
to
support
a
huge
population
for
many
centuries
appears
uniquely
bright
and
there
is
probably
no
other
society
in
the
world
in
which
such
a
heavy
population
can
subsist
on
the
land
without
destroying
the
resource
base.
The
meaning
of
over
population
in
the
context
of
Bangladesh,
therefore,
has
to
be
re-defined.
The
existing
population
control
policy
and
the
socio-economic
culture
related
to
it
need
reformation.
Bauls
have
sexo-yogic
techniques
for
limiting
births
on
the
one
hand,
and
they
have
spiritual
tools
to
increase
happiness
with
increased
number
of
offspring,
on
the
other.
For
controlling
birth,
Lalon
Fakir
sings:
কেনো
মরিলে
মন
ঝাঁপ
দিয়ে
তোর
বাবার
পুকুরে।
দেখি
কামে
চিত্ত
পাগল
প্রায়
তোরে।
Keno
molire
mon
jh(n)ap
die
tor
babar
pukure.
Dekhi
kame
chitta
pagol
prai
tore.
(Why
do
you
lose
longevity
by
drowning
yourself
in
a
similar
pond
where
your
father
drowned.
You
are
always
seen
erotically
maddened).
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