Livin' on the edge

This feels like the Aerosmith's song:

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise
Livin' On the Edge...

We are for sure living on the edge during these days in the Desh. The country had not finished counting the bodies from Savar, the country worst industrial disaster ever, when it witnessed a battle between the police forces and Islamic protesters  This happened to be in the same night we were celebrating our Orthodox Easter. Numbers are still fuzzy, with the Islamic group unverified claims putting the losses into thousands. Official numbers are around 37 killed and hundreds injured.

While violence is no stranger to this country, the level of it is unprecedented in the free Bangladesh. Details of what happened on May 6th are still blurry, but you can see in the press pictures of bodies lying in the streets after the police operation was carried out. The ruling party also shut down two opposition TV stations who had been filming the attacks. There is no curfew, but public gatherings of more than four people are now forbidden throughout the city.

As the country prepares for the general elections, the clouds are getting gloomier and gloomier. Violence in the streets, hartals, tension, instability will probably become the norm. And yes, this will be a year that we and all the Bangladeshis for sure will remember.