Best of luck, Obama!
Thursday, 20 August 2009
The Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus, a renowned Bangladeshi economist and pioneer of micro credit, was conferred upon the Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour, by US President Barack Obama, on Wednesday, August 12.
Handing the Medal of Freedom to Dr. Yunus, Obama said: ''Thirty-five years ago, a young professor of Economics at a university in Bangladesh was struck by the disconnection between the theories he was teaching in class and the reality of the famine outside. Mohammed Yunus was just trying to help a village, but he, somehow, managed to change the world.''
Obama thanked the ''agent of changes'' and ''the finest citizens'' of his country and other countries. He said ''The recipients of the Medal of Freedom did not set out to win this or any other award. They did not set out in pursuit of glory or fame or riches. Rather, they set out, guided by passion, committed to hard work, aided by persistence, often with few advantages but the gifts, grace, and good name God [Allah] gave them.''
However, some days back, I read a piece of news published in a national daily that everyday almost thirty threats to kill come to Obama, whereas J W Bush, the former US president, got only eight during his tenure. Obama speaks in favour of the Muslims. For this, he faces such a threat more than others. We wish him the best of luck and urge him to continue working for the sake of protecting justice, humanity, and rights across the world.
Habibur Rashid Ismail
Chittagong
habibur.rashid.ismail@gmail.com
Handing the Medal of Freedom to Dr. Yunus, Obama said: ''Thirty-five years ago, a young professor of Economics at a university in Bangladesh was struck by the disconnection between the theories he was teaching in class and the reality of the famine outside. Mohammed Yunus was just trying to help a village, but he, somehow, managed to change the world.''
Obama thanked the ''agent of changes'' and ''the finest citizens'' of his country and other countries. He said ''The recipients of the Medal of Freedom did not set out to win this or any other award. They did not set out in pursuit of glory or fame or riches. Rather, they set out, guided by passion, committed to hard work, aided by persistence, often with few advantages but the gifts, grace, and good name God [Allah] gave them.''
However, some days back, I read a piece of news published in a national daily that everyday almost thirty threats to kill come to Obama, whereas J W Bush, the former US president, got only eight during his tenure. Obama speaks in favour of the Muslims. For this, he faces such a threat more than others. We wish him the best of luck and urge him to continue working for the sake of protecting justice, humanity, and rights across the world.
Habibur Rashid Ismail
Chittagong
habibur.rashid.ismail@gmail.com