Blog 358 - Yunus , Nobel winning Bangladeshi dictator

Yunus, Nobel winning Bangladeshi dictator 

Mohammed Yunus, the Nobel price winning advisor to Government of Bangladesh, has blood on his hands. “Advisor” is a gentle, euphemistic term for being a dictator. 

When Bangladeshi government was toppled by the optimistic enthusiasm of students, he came to power with the promise of being a reformer. 

But now, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh are attacked every day. Their livelihoods are being taken away. Professors and teachers across universities are dismissed from their jobs only for being a minority in that nation. They are being harassed by the same students they taught. 

Under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, Bangladesh flourished economically. Minorities were safe. The country started moving towards being a modern, liberal society. Now, under the rule of Mohammed Yunus, all that progress is being reversed. 

Among many ways in which the country is walking backwards, what should really alarm the world is that women are disappearing from the streets of Dhaka. Women are slowly being pushed inside the walls of their homes. They are being pushed out of positions of power in Government and allied institutions. We have all seen what happened and continues to happen to women in Afghanistan. When women start becoming invisible in a society, the country slowly start getting pushed in to dark ages. 

In his selfish interest to hold on to power, Mohammed Yunus is turning a blind eye to the plight of Hindus, Christians and Women in Bangladesh. He is becoming an acceptable global face and apologist to the extremist religious forces of Bangladesh. 

The world should rise in defence of the genocide happening against Hindus, Christians and Buddhists of Bangladesh. A first step could be to take away the blood soaked Nobel price from the iron hands of Mohammed Yunus. 

Blog # 357 ~ Hidden clues from Jaguar

Hidden clues in Jaguar Type 00 Car 

Unless you are living under a rock, you would have seen the new Jaguar advertisement and the Type 00 car that followed it. 

To my mind, it feels like a very public, masterclass in corporate decision making, marketing, branding and advertising - alas for all the wrong reasons. 

  

In most well done ads or products, there will be many subtle details which are a joy to discover. They add to the history, legacy and the love that customers have for that brand or product. 

In the new Jaguar design too, there are many hidden clues. Wonder what? Read on. To begin with, the absence of a rear windshield. This signifies how a glorious history of about 90 years was completely abandoned while designing this car. In the haste to look forward, they forgot to look in to their own loved, admired past. In this case, they literally missed the rear windshield.

Lack of ground clearance - it is said, when you are too close to something , you lose the ability to see it objectively. This car is too close to the ground that they completely missed the ground reality and what their customers want. 

Name of the design (Type 00) - Great intuition at work here. I think it points towards the number of cars they aim to sell with this design. 

Break lights that look like an air conditioner - They were obsessed with the line, “Copy Nothing.” Well, they succeeded. They did not copy or get inspired from any of their iconic past cars. They went ahead and copied an air conditioner though. 

Why am invested in this? As a boy, I remember seeing a Jaguar for the first time and wondering how can a Car be so stunningly beautiful. It exuded power and beauty at once. When it moved, it seemed like poetry in motion. So, seeing this new design devoid of any beauty or imagination at all is painful. Hope they turn this around literally and figuratively.