Statement on the Murder of Dr. Avijit Roy

945695_563211230401818_254148288_nI am deeply saddened by and strongly condemn the heinous and cowardly murder of Dr. Avijit Roy. Avijit was a prolific author, a loyal supporter of Bangladesh’s LGBT rights movement, a fearless defender of free speech, and the founder of Mukto-Mona, a secular online platform dedicated to freethinking, humanism and rationalism. In the few interactions I had with him as a contributor to Mukto-Mona, he was always very kind and encouraging. Continue reading “Statement on the Murder of Dr. Avijit Roy”

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āĻ—āϤ ⧍⧍āĻļ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻļ⧁āĻĒāĻžāĻ–ā§€āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϜ-āωāϞ-āĻŽāϏāϜāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇, āψāĻĻ-āφāϞ-āφāϧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŽāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻļ⧁ āϕ⧋āϰāĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρ⧜āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώ āφāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϤ⧋ āĻŦāĻŸā§‡āχ, āωāĻĒāϰāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļ⧁āĻĒāĻžāĻ–ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŦ⧁āϜ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻŋāϜāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϞ⧇āϟ⧁āϏ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ Make Eid happy for all- Try Vegan, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āψāĻĻ āϝ⧇āύ āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ Continue reading “āĻĒāĻļ⧁ āϕ⧋āϰāĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?”

Can slaughter be religion?

A few days ago, on September 22, a group of Indian animal rights activist went to the Taj-ul-Masjid in Bhopal, one of the largest mosques on the subcontinent, and tried to persuade Muslims to celebrate a vegan Eid al-Adha this year, by pointing out the many benefits of a plant-based diet for human health, the environment, and the welfare of nonhuman animals. One of the activists, a Muslim woman named Benazir Suraiya, wore a green hijab and an Islamic dress covered in lettuce leaves, and held a sign that said, “Make Eid Happy For All: Try Vegan.” The program was organized by PETA India, a Mumbai-based animal rights organization that operates under the principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment, and that has organized similar programs on other religious occasions in the past, including Christmas, Easter, Diwali, and Janmashtami. This time, however, things turned violent. A mob formed and started to attack the group of female activists. The women were punched, and hit with shoes, and stones were thrown at them, prompting them to flee the scene while police tried to contain the mob. Disturbingly, some people, including members of the media, seem to believe that the women deserved to be assaulted, and the police in fact booked Ms. Suraiya and two others on charges of hurting religious sentiments. All in all, a woefully common story that would be a good starting point for a discussion of the delicate feelings and sense of entitlement of some religious folk, and the rampant disregard for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful protest. But I do not want to talk about that here. Instead, in the spirit of the free exchange of ideas, let us have the conversation that was successfully stifled in India. Continue reading “Can slaughter be religion?”

Fiddling while Rome burns: The ethical cost of living the high life

On April 24 last year, more than 1,100 people lost their lives in the rubble of Rana Plaza. The tragedy made headlines around the globe, and fundraising committees were formed both in Bangladesh and abroad immediately after the building had collapsed. Horrified by the pictures on social media, in the newspapers and on TV, people from all walks of life spontaneously decided to help. People with no personal relation to those affected by the tragedy, total strangers donated money, medical supplies, and blood, physically participated in the rescue efforts, and took to the streets to protest against a politico-economic system that continues to put the lives of workers in Bangladesh at risk. Continue reading “Fiddling while Rome burns: The ethical cost of living the high life”

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āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻĻ⧁⧟āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ†ā§œāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϤ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāϏāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāχ āύāĻž āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āφāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ†ā§œāĻžāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻĻāĻžāϏāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ⧟āϤ āϕ⧀ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāχāϏāĻŦ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇āĨ¤ Continue reading “āĻĻāĻžāϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāĻŦāύ”

Katabon: A moral disgrace, and a chance

Animals are the weakest members of our society. They cannot vote, they cannot call hartals, and they cannot hold rallies. They have no legal rights, and – even if they had – they could not go to court and demand that their rights be enforced. They have no voice and cannot speak for themselves. Animals are subject to our whim, easy to exploit and even easier to abuse. If we do not abuse them and instead treat them with the respect they deserve, it is not because of their economic or political clout, but because of our good will, and our compassion. The true test of our humanity hence is not how we behave when dealing with the powerful and privileged, but how we behave when dealing with animals. Mahatma Gandhi must have been thinking along these lines when he famously said, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Continue reading “Katabon: A moral disgrace, and a chance”

The Slave Market of Katabon

There is the kind of slavery that is confined behind closed doors: the doors of garments and leather factories, or the doors of our homes. Of course, we all know what happens behind these doors. Yet, we choose not to think about it too much, because we know it would upset us, because it would disturb the idyllic image we have of society. But sometimes, when a human slave is thrown into the public eye, we are forced to pay attention – as happened recently when Aduri was thrown into a dumpster. If that happens, we are outraged, as if we had not already known what happens in our neighbours’ houses. Part of what makes that inhumanity possible is the fact that “they” – domestic workers, garments and factory workers, etc. – are widely considered less-than-“us”. They are mere means to our ends, and their interests are somewhat less important than ours. That’s what too many of us think, or – at the very least – that’s how too many of us act. Continue reading “The Slave Market of Katabon”

Masud: “I am a woman”

For better or for worse, people think in boxes. They have boxes for things, and they have boxes for people: Bengali, westerner, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, Asian, White, Blackâ€Ļ Curiously, one pair of boxes seems to play a particularly important role in people’s lives: Think about it… What was the first-ever question that anybody has asked about you? Likely, the answer is: “Is it a boy or a girl?” And, likely, that question was asked before you were even born. But does it really matter whether you are a man or a woman? And should it matter? Continue reading “Masud: “I am a woman””

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āϝ⧌āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ, āύāĻžāϰ⧀, āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°Â¯āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ /āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āϝ⧌āύ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϝ⧌āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āϕ⧇āω āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āϕ⧇āω āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϝ⧌āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāσ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤāĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ), āϏāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž (āϏāĻŽāϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ­āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž (āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ)āĨ¤ Continue reading “āϏāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ”

āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻĢ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ āφāχāύ āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž

āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻŽāϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž, āĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻ āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύāĨ¤ āĻšā§‡āĻĢāĻžāϜāϤ⧇ āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻĢ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ āφāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§€āύ āφāĻĒā§‹āώ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ—āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇; āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ⧇āϰ āφāĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŖāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤāϟāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤ Continue reading “āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻĢ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ āφāχāύ āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž”

Bangladesh’s LGBT Community and the UPR 2013

“Ever since I was in first grade, I was teased by my classmates for my girlish behavior. Back then, I didn’t even know I was gay; and being called gay was quite offending. I used to get teased, bullied and even took a few hits for my ‘inappropriate’ behavior. Continue reading “Bangladesh’s LGBT Community and the UPR 2013”

Blasphemy and the right to offend

The right to express one’s opinion freely is maybe the most important democratic right, and it is currently under assault in Bangladesh. Hifazat-e-Islam demands the introduction of strict blasphemy laws, and the government, instead of defending freedom, resorts to an ill-advised and imprudent appeasement strategy that hinders the press in its duty to inform the public, threatens the futures of young bloggers who were, and continue to be, arrested, and puts in peril the future of the democracy of the country. Continue reading “Blasphemy and the right to offend”

The most premeditated of murders

Background: The Guardian

If Mr. Mollah committed the crimes he was convicted for, and if anyone deserves to die, he does. It is hence not surprising that the death penalty is on everybody’s lips in Bangladesh these days. However, we do not wish to comment on the case of Mr. Mollah, as we would hardly be in a position to do so. We leave this case to others more familiar with it and more competent than us. Instead, we will offer some thoughts on capital punishment in general, drawing from the debate about killing criminals in our respective home countries – South Africa and Germany.

Continue reading “The most premeditated of murders”

What You Should Know About Homosexuality

 

Amra Chhilam. Amra Achhi. Amra Thakbo.

What is sexual orientation?

Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes. Sexual orientation ranges along a continuum, from exclusive attraction to the other sex to exclusive attraction to the same sex. However, sexual orientation is usually discussed in terms of three categories: heterosexual (having attractions to members of the other sex), gay/lesbian (men attracted to men/women attracted to women), and bisexual (men or women attracted to both sexes). Continue reading “What You Should Know About Homosexuality”

āĻ“āϰāĻž āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰāχ āĻŽāϤ⧋

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻžāĻšāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻšāĻžāύāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āφāϰ āύāĻŋāωāχāϝāĻŧāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϝ⧌āĻĨ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ-āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻšā§‡āĻžā§āϜ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻšāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāύ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ• āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇-āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āϤ-āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡āχ āĻ“āχ āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ-āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻšā§‡āĻžā§āϜ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āφāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Continue reading “āĻ“āϰāĻž āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰāχ āĻŽāϤ⧋”

āχāωāϟāĻŋāωāĻŦ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ

“āχāĻ¨ā§āύ⧋āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ…āĻ­ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¸â€ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāϰ ā§§ā§Ē āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ, āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧāϤ āφāϛ⧇, āĻšāϝāĻŧāϤāĻŦāĻž āύāĻžāχ, āĻĄāĻžāĻšāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āύāĻž āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϜāĻŋāĻĒā§āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļāĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āφāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āύāĻžāĻ•ā§ŒāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϞ⧇āχ āύāĻžāĻ•ā§ŒāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧋āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞāĻžāϰāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āχāωāϟāĻŋāωāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻĒāĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋āϰāχ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ ā§Ž āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–, āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āĻĻ āφāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻš āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāϟāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞāĻžāϰāϟāĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻŦā§€ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĨ¤ Continue reading “āχāωāϟāĻŋāωāĻŦ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ”