The Meek May One Day Inherit The

I Want To State That There Will Be Friendship Between Bangladesh And Ourselves. And Not A One-sided Friendship, Of Course - No One Does Anything For Nothing; Each Has Something To Give And Something To Take.

In Today's World No Country Can Be Absolutely Independent Of Another. It Is A World Of Interdependence.

Our Pride Has Grown In The Last Twenty-five Years, Though Others Don't Understand It And Underestimate It.

[my Mother] Was The Oldest Of Two Sisters And Two Brothers, And She Grew Up With Her Brothers, Who Were About Her Age. She Grew Up, To The Age Of Ten, Like A Wild Colt, And Then All Of A Sudden That Was Over. They Had Forced On Her Her 'woman's Destiny' By Saying, 'this Isn't Done, This Isn't Good, This Isn't Worthy Of A Lady.'

You Must Also Understand Us - Always Undervalued, Underestimated, Not Believed. Even When We Believed, You Didn't Believe Us. You Said, 'how Is It Possible To Fight Without Violence?' But Without Violence We Obtained Freedom.