There of course are thousands of differences between Pakistan and Bangladesh. And in case you didn’t know, those are a major reason why we had to part our ways back in 1971. I guess you didn’t quite understand the drift of my post… the similarities here are in terms of ideological stances that have guided us despite our differences… since 1947, when the region was split based on religion, religionists have tried to guide the country accordingly and I think they have by and large succeeded… there lies the similarities… the triple is about that… Army, Allah, and America…

The only aberration in this regard has been our struggle to break free off that religionist state, though we could never really get out of it. Am I being a bit clearer this time around?

BD: “nothing but a tripple-A heaven”

The difference between BD and PAK — only 3 things — tripple A. I don’t know what makes u to say that. How many more differences you want to see between BD and Pak? I can point to at least 100. Compare their GDP, education, leadership, expats. And if you cannot see more than 3, probably, I should not continue this discussion.

Now, since you are saving me from humiliation… you r such a nice fellow…

I am not giving more than a few minutes in typing the posts here and I am not sending it to a daily (again do you think turning on the MS Word spell checker is a big deal — are we debating on this. I am sure, the writers can do it and I am sure the writer will agree without much fuss).

So, I care less in my writing here and I did not make it my main point — please read my original. It was a side-note. In fact, how you express has some (even 1%) impact on what you r trying to say, even though there are editors.

But, if I claim myself as an editor (in my writings) as the article owner here indicates, I definitely would do a thorough job and show how competent I am. Don’t go after me.. and one more thing, why are you so sensitive on this topic. Mistake is mistake — just say, yeah it happens and we will try our best and move on. I am not going to beat on this.

You may not be aware of how it works with the newspapers… say, you write and submit an article. What do you think they will do? What do you think all those people employed as editors do there? Just copy and paste, I suppose, right? Wrong. They have a routine in terms of dealing with a story – therefore, the errors you find in an article published in a Daily Newspaper, should first and foremost be addressed to the editor of the daily. I hope I was able to make myself clear. Now, get out of this rut of a topic and focus on more important things – like, how true it really is that this nation is not so different from Pakistan, that this country is also nothing but a tripple-A heaven.

I have no problem in reading others’ writings as long as I can get the message, irrespective of the grammar.

But, when someone wants to boast that his/her article is published in a well-known daily, it’s better go through some minimum spell checks ( I did not say “grammar”). In this age of computer editing, I would say someone (along with the editors if they do not fix it) is simply “lazy” who does not turn on his/her spell checker. I think, this is, in a way, showing disrespect to the readers of the daily . Would you disagree with this? If you do, please let me know, why? I don’t want to sound like a perfectionist here, but, again if someone wants to boast, I would stand by what I said in my first message.

“But, do you know who are making history? Who puts data or analysis for history? As we see in case of old missioners or colonial officer, ethnographers, they did not wait for grammar.” — they did exactly what? Please educate me or rather provide the answer to the question that you put here; otherwise, your idea may not get across and I feel sorry for you.