Wake up, are you all tired?

July 26, 2025 • Opinion
Wake up, are you all tired?
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Bangladesh. This land is not just a map—it is the base of our soul, the foundation of our language, the symbol of the Bengali nation’s struggle against oppression and exploitation throughout the ages. But today, this sacred land of mine is being stolen by the enemy who grew up in the surrender. A group of traitors—who have no patriotism, no responsibility towards the people—have taken control of Bangladesh. What was a developing democratic state has now taken shape as an interim regime run by a foreign enemy. The actions of those who claim the name of the government prove that they are the enemies of our freedom, the enemies of our nationhood. They have not only seized power, they have come to uproot the deepest roots of the Bengali soul.

To destroy a nation, one must first destroy its judicial system, its sense of justice, its culture and ideological foundation. Today we are witnessing that. Muhammad Yunus, who is a spokesman for an international conspiracy, has a terrible circle active around him—where Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP, NCP and jihadi groups and Pakistan’s ISI behind them are handing over the future of Bangladesh to global powers. This is not politics. There is an attempt to tear apart the soul of the Bengali nation.

The average people of this country—the farmers, blacksmiths, fishermen, city workers, university students, and small traders on the sidewalks. They are the main force of this country. Their fathers and grandfathers brought independence with their blood, dreamed of a developed country, society, and life. Today, the state-backed forces, an alliance of thugs, murderers, and traitors are pressing down on those people. Every democratic institution in the country has been dismantled. Freedom of speech has been strangled. Civil rights are in a coffin. ‘Criminal syndicates’ are being given a legal face in the name of political party formation. Insults, humiliation, death threats, rape threats, economic and religious oppression are being used to suppress the people.

Foreign friends are now acting in diplomatic drama. Domestic traitors came out in droves in July. In the past year, they have been using that opportunity to loot the wealth earned by others. The intellectuals, on whom people want to trust with their eyes closed, compromised in July. They have not opened their eyes in the past year either. The compromise of the educated middle class and upper class emboldens traitors, traitors to the people. Their compromise confuses the people. It uproots or weakens the resistance of the people before it can sprout.

Yet, my friend, we must wake up now. Not a party, not a faction—now is the time to protect the existence of the nation. So we must wake up. Remember Bangabandhu’s call—“This time’s struggle is our struggle for freedom, this time’s struggle is the struggle for independence!” Homer wrote in his epic poem—“A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero only once.” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says—“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” When the current of time flows, if you jump at the right time, the tide of time leads you to the path of prosperity.

Our true identity is that we were born in this mud, and for thousands of years we have never given up the fight against oppression and exploitation. Bangabandhu often said, “The Bengali nation does not bow its head.” The self-respect of this nation has been proven time and again in history—the fall of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula in the wilderness of Plassey teaches us what the fate of traitors is.

Even today, that call for “this time’s struggle” guides our path. If no one stands up to protect the future of the nation, then you should be the first voice. Today, that struggle is at our doorstep again. But this time, the struggle is four-pronged – this time, the struggle is inside and outside. This time, the struggle is for insight, truth and justice. This country belongs to you, to me, to our children. We cannot hand this country over to the enemy.

Hey friend, you need to wake up now. The nation has entered a new war of liberation, although you still think that maybe this is an illusion, this illusion, that if you open your eyes, you will see that everything is fine. In reality, nothing is fine. Your country is in the hands of others. Maybe not with weapons right now. But the war of sharpened consciousness must be fought from this moment. Our weapons will be courage, information, unity and patriotism.

If you don’t wake up today, you may wake up tomorrow and find that you have lost everything. You will not have an independent homeland for me, with the pride of which millions of Bengalis roam around the country and abroad. This country is a country for which our ancestors have gladly fought with their lives. This country is a country that does not bow its head easily. In the thousand-year history, the history of Bengali resistance and struggle is endless. The soul of Bengal has been deeply affected by the syndicate of new and old gangsters.

Wake up! There’s no time to sleep anymore.

-Jahanara Noori,
journalist, fiction writer
24 July 2025 Sweden
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