7 Responses for "Caption Competition"

1. Zafa September 15th, 2006 at 12:54 pm

   Come on Shafiur bhai - this isn’t fair - why do you pick on Joy so much?

2. sr September 15th, 2006 at 1:10 pm

   Actually Z I am annoyed by the process not Joy. Joy simply happens to feature in the process. Please set aside your party loyalties for a moment and see this process for what it is. And it is problematic at every level.

3. Salam Dhaka September 15th, 2006 at 2:21 pm

   Joy has been featured more on this blog than the newspapers

4. Zafa September 15th, 2006 at 5:46 pm

   Oh no no no no…! I have no loyalties (so to speak) to AL whatsoever. I do not believe in voting for party platform, I go for the candidate. (BTW I didn’t vote for Bush!)

   I have been trying to tell people please remember it’s a parliamentary election – not presidential.
   People (voters) seem to view candidates based on their party affiliation. It is very possible that there are a few-good-people on both sides (not including Jamat or JP here), and even someone loyal to BD Chow or Mennon can be a good candidate – could be a good thing for particular constituency.

   But then again the fact that the party (or coalition) winning majority seats gets to “rule” (and loot) the country for 5 years makes people sway their votes.

   Anyway, I like Joy because he comes across so much better than Tarique or Mahi.
   (also he’s cute and smart!)

5. sr September 16th, 2006 at 5:58 am

   Z, I am not sure about an approach which is not ideological. Could I ask you to read the article by Prof Mushtaq Khan - you will find it in my Docs section on this blog. The article makes plain the structural problems associated with these two blocs, and what is required to break it.

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