Breaking News: The culture of Breaking and Shaking in Bangladesh
Breaking News: The culture of Breaking and Shaking Fatal accidents near campus areas spark vandalism and what starts as a protest, transforms in to mass mayhem. Faizul Khan Tanim writes on this social disease which often brings a whole city to a standstill A common ‘breaking news’ has been: whenever a fatal accident takes place in a university campus, usually the culprit driver also known as the ‘ghatok bus/truck driver’ flees. But if he is caught somehow, it is always the police custody that saves him. Meanwhile, roads are blocked, agitated students roll on the street, and thanks to the foot soldiers of misfortune, vehicles are vandalised as if the ‘v’ of vehicles derived from the phrase ‘v for vandalism’ and what follows is ‘c for chaos’ and ‘m for mayhem’ in and around the campus areas making commuters and pedestrians in that area suffer mainly. It seems ‘b is for breaking rules’. Most importantly, it is citizens from the middle and low income bracket ...