Shadow's Desk

‘Mediocre’- a word tainted dark by our society. They use the word in the worst of the senses, as if it is below POOR. A mediocre student is ignored by his parents and most of the school, shoved to a small corner, knowing he will not be missed by anyone, and that he will have no significant impact on the World. We idolize the exceptional and the extraordinary. We let them define what ‘success’ means, and what to do in life to be ‘successful’. There is no place for the runners up, let alone the mediocre; we have re written social constitution, where how much TV exposure you can muster, how much wealth you can culminate, or how many majors you can complete within the shortest period of time determines if you are successful and happy in your life. But a speech made by a certain Anthony Corvino of Binghamton University made me think otherwise, and led me to write this piece; he is the true aspiration behind this work. ‘Average is the new Exceptional’- he started, and it gave me a whole...

I wanted to write about politics for a long time, because you see; my writing instincts, I believe, is inherited from my father, who in turn inherited it from my granddad. My father is a journalist turned into a political analyst, and my grandfather was the first journalist in our district (Narshingdi). I come from a family which is deeply involved in Bangladesh politics, and therefore, I descry it almost every day. And because of this, I have come to ascertain the fact that Bangladesh politics is pathetic. It is ludicrous and devious from the prime objectives of politics itself. It is based upon deceit, connivance, and manipulation. Well, politics all over the world is based upon these, undoubtedly, but what makes BD politics so special is that how the politicians go about doing these stuffs. The way they weave their veil of lies is farcical! And the sad thing is, our citizen are so uber stupid and imbecile that they will gobble down any half-wit lie they are served on a golden pla...