January has been tumultuous. The world has witnessed a riot in the US Capitol, vaccines for Covid-19 have rolled out, the UK is under a fresh lockdown and public universities in Bangladesh have started taking B and MA final exams on the wake of in the wake of the Bangladesh Civil Service recruitment circular. Tanvir Ahsan reports.
These have arisen the questions of the efficacy of Mob Democracy and white supremacy, the availability of necessary healthcare and the privileged positioning of some people in the society, and, last but not the least, a career-driven generation even in the dire situation of the second wave of Covid-19.
Yesterday in a lecture Professor Francesca Ferrando of New York University pointed that if the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us something, it is that how different yet connected we are. Each of our actions affects other entities, both human and non-human.
Covid-19 has put us in front of a newer and deeper existential revelation. In addition, it has raised another question in front of us. Which course of action are we choosing?
As it manifests, we are in this together. If we do not appreciate the diversity among and outside us, how can we overcome this challenge?
Tanvir Ahsan is the Associate Professor at the Department of English at Jagannath University, Dhaka
