Hamlet

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When will Bengalis be freed from limitations of stomach

Shakespeare’s Hamlet, trapped in his own dilemmas and uncertainties, failed to shoulder the responsibilities of kingship. When Hamlet was paralysed by his own crisis, the future of the kingdom too stood in peril. The picture of our Bangladesh is no less grim. Fifty-four long years have passed since independence, yet we remain like Hamlet—entangled in inner conflicts and selfishness—unable to take the right decisions for the nation. The lure of comfort, indulgence and selfish desires has shackled our thinking power, while politics too is caught in a web of confusion and rivalry.