August 5 in retrospect: a narrow escape from total surrender to autocracy

Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2024) August 5 in retrospect: a narrow escape from total surrender to autocracy. New Age. p. 9.

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Abstract

Had things turned out differently on that day and Sheikh Hasina managed to cling to power by spilling more blood on the streets, our fate would have been sealed for a very long time. More foreign envoys would have gone to Gono Bhaban to congratulate her and to take advantage of our country in all possible ways. She would have removed all guardrails, and we would have forgotten our dreams of freedom for a foreseeable future. Hasina’s autocracy would have gained normalcy, and a section of our intellectual elites would have continued to give her epistemic cover-ups. Freedom is not free. We should never forget that our students and young people have paid for it with pools of blood. Our country occupies a small area in the world map, but has a large population. It was a price worth paying for the freedom of all Bangladeshis.

Item Type:	Article (Newspaper)
Subjects:	A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Mahmudul Hasan
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2024 16:10
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2024 16:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/114085

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