The population density in the country is increasing day by day, alternatively the freedom fighters are decreasing in number. Many young talented boys and girls have commented freedom fighters as the luckiest citizen of the country as they got opportunity to contribute in the liberation war of Bangladesh. After 10-15 years from today 23rd of January 2010, there is less possibility to find out an active and energetic freedom fighter who liberated our mother land from hands of the enemies. At the present stage, freedom fighters have very limited expectations from the country, but they want to live with honor and dignity in the rest of their lives. If they get the prestigious responsibilities for national development such as creation of digital Bangladesh that becomes the unique achievement for them, and the country will surely benefit out of it. The nation will also get partial scope of repayment to the freedom fighters as they are the best sons of the soil.
The freedom fighters portrayed as the professional beggars or the poorest people of the country with unlimited sufferings in their lives after the death of the father of the nation. The new generation will surely raise questions how those neglected communities (freedom fighters) will perform such an innovative and creative job and succeed in reaching the goal.
In 1971, Independent Bangladesh was possible to earn due to sacrifice and dedication of freedom fighters. Now they deserve recognition and respects from the new generations for their unique contributions in the liberation war. After 15th of August 1975, it was very difficult for the real freedom fighters to open their mouth to tell the truth about liberation movement. As a result, a big gap created. Even the highly educated boys and girls engaged in responsible and prestigious positions request us to tell the real history of liberation war. They are in confusion what at type war it was. Through recognition and evaluation of sacrifices of the freedom fighters for the Bangalee and Bangladesh, the message should convey to the new generation. This is one of the main duties of the present government and top priority should be given to the issue.
The freedom movement was not a previously set platform like Army, Navy or police before the speech delivered by Sheikh Mujibor Rahman, the father of the nation at the Shahid Sarwardi Uddan on 7th of March 1971. The freedom fighters composing of students, teachers, farmers, day labors, officers, doctors, engineers, scientists, journalists, diplomats and people from all walks of life won the Independent Bangladesh through liberation war. Before going to war, they did not put any precondition rather they fought for liberation of the country spontaneously. They wanted an independent Bangladesh free from all sorts of corruptions and criminal activities.
After the liberation war was over, a large number of greedy freedom fighters derailed and lost their paths, but good news is - a significant number of highly qualified, experienced, talented Bangladeshi experts have developed during the last four decades, in almost all areas of scientific and technical disciplines who are working at home or abroad. Interestingly some of them are efficient enough to design technology to make corruption free digital Bangladesh and more interestingly, they participated in liberation war at ages of 15 to 25 years as students or teachers.
The country has now immersed in corruption, particularly in higher education, as science and technology is largely handled by the non-scientists or false technologists, which is the most dangerous symptom for a developing country like Bangladesh. To overcome these hurdles, the scientifically literate experts from the community of freedom fighters of 1971 should come out to take responsibilities of the technological activities in the country. The respected Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina might give a call to the relevant experts (freedom fighters) to take responsibilities in the complex situations that are prevailing now in the country.
Speaking in scientific language, the project of digital Bangladesh is composed of many sectors such as rural, urban as well as global activities. We are now living in the global village. As such, we cannot deny the roles of the international scientific organizations like the Commonwealth, UNESCO, TWAS, ICSU, ITU etc. In order to design the digital Bangladesh, not only the modern technology experts needed, but the traditional, local and indigenous experts have a great role to play. The local (rural) people with indigenous knowledge have the main roles in building the real digital Bangladesh and the local freedom fighters are the best resources for serving the purposes. The freedom fighters of all levels; formally literate. illiterate, scientists, technologists, engineers, researchers can jointly offer a unique traditional Shonar Bangla leading to digital Bangladesh to the nation if they (freedom fighters) are given the opportunity to do so in time.
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