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Happy New Year !
Today before I say anything about Interpreting, let me tell you about my recent visit to Bangladesh. This was my first visit to Bangladesh in Four years. Since we had a very cold and icy December in 2009, I decided that I would go to Bangladesh the following December to escape the cold and the snow.See, the December temperature in Bangladesh is quite mild; around 18-20*C. It is also dry. So I thought it would be ideal escape for me. Also I had a couple of weddings to attend. I also decided to go and visit parts of the country I had never been to before.
So I decided to go to Chadpur to see where Padma( The Ganges) and Meghna merge together. You are of course aware that both of these rivers are amongst some of the major rivers of the World ! Two of my friends from Dhaka joined me (in fact I was their guest) on the journey. It was a five hour journey by launch from Dhaka. We sat with the Captain in his cab and had the best view. It was sad to notice though the way the rivers were being polluted. For about an hour and a bit of our journey starting from the terminal in Dhaka it was very smelly and the river looked dead; no trace of any life !(caused by industrial waste being dumped directly in to the river). Everybody must be aware of the condition of the river and also the cause. Why don't they do anything about it? It is my appeal to everybody concerned to do something . Please try and reverse the situation. It can not go on like this. It can not be good for any body. Please try to understand ! If we look after the river and take care of it, we ourselves would benefit.
Anyway, once we reached Chadpur, we hired a small boat(traditional but powered by a small diesel engine). We then roamed in the river for a couple of hours; went to a river island and explored it for awhile. Saw one or two river dolphins in the area. I was thinking : if the rivers were not polluted there would have been lot more of those dolphins and the area would be very rich in other sort of aquatic creatures and birds.
I think it is getting too much for today. So apologies. I will tell you rest of the story another day along with my experience in Bandorbon and Rangamati (Hilly districts in the South East Bangladesh).
