Something in her had changed, and this kept me from recognizing her at first glance. She was forty-five. Adding up her eleven births, she had spent almost ten years pregnant and at least another ten nursing her children. She had gone gray before her time, her eyes seemed larger and more startled behind her first bifocals, and she wore strict, somber mourning for the death of her mother, but she still preserved the Roman beauty of her wedding portrait, dignified now by an autumnal air. Before anything else, even before she embraced me, she said in her customary, ceremonial way:
Heavy concentration of population within the capital cities of developing countries creates a concomitant demand for goods and services. The government administrative organization is unable to deliver a well-co-ordinated monitoring system for a planned environment (Alam and Begum, 1996). The problems arise in the absence of a developed, planned and guided system, or in other words, a blueprint for optimum growth of infrastructure, services, employment education and health care for the requisite stipulated population. Governments are the apex agencies which monitor the desired expansion of the cities and intervene whenever necessary.
Origin of the name, Bagerhat, is as obscure as its nebulous early history. Equally uncertain is the origin of its earlier name, Khalifatabad which appears for the first time as a mint-town in 1516 A.D. in Sultan Nusrat Shah's coinage. Both the names, though curious, are certaintly significent, but what precisely these signiify or to whom they owe their origin are now largely a matter of conjecture. The area around Bagerhat, particularly the antiquity-zone, seems to have been the least friendly tract in remote past to attract urban habitation.
Contents
I. About Wallace D. Wattles....................... 5
II. Preface.. .......................................... 9
1. The Right To Berich. ... 15
2. There Is Ascience Of Getting Rich.............................................. 20
3. Isopportunity Monopolized?............................................................26
4. The First Principle In The Science Of Getting Rich.......32
5. Increasing Life. .............
6. How Riches Come To You.......................................................................... 49
7. Ratitude............................................................. 57
8. Thinking Ina Certain Way...................................................................... 63
9. How To Use The Will 10. Further Use Of The Will.......................................................... 78
11. Acting In The Certain Way.....................................................................86
12. Efficient Action ................................ 94
13. Getting Into The Right Business... ... 101
14. The Impression Of Increase.......................... 107
16. Some Cautions And Concluding Observations ..... 119
17. Summary Of The Science Of Getting Rich 126
Being a small-sized country (147,570 square kilometres) almost surrounded by India with a large population (140 million as of 2005), limited natural resources and dependence on foreign aid, the author argues Bangladesh has limited range of options in foreign policy. The author defines national interests rigorously in the context of a new set of realities, recognises what is and what is not achievable for Bangladesh and sets priorities and challenges accordingly. The book is built around four themes: (i) Historical backgrounds as well as the domestic and international setting, the foreign policy making-process, the principal actors in formulating foreign policy, the country's strengths and weaknesses and impact of changes in international politics, (ii) Nature and content of interactions of Bangladesh with countries in various regions, (iii) Role of Bangladesh in inter-governmental organisations including in the UN and SAARC, Commonwealth and Non-Aligned Movement and (iv) Some of the challenging security, economic and social issues Bangladesh is likely to face at the 21st century. The book provides an account that reveals the shape and direction of Bangladesh foreign policy. It also makes a statement where Bangladesh is going and why. First of its kind in its rather exhaustive treatment of foreign policy, the book will be useful tool for teachers and students of international relations, political science and history, journalists, diplomats and general readers who are interested in the study of Bangladesh foreign policy.
The purpose of this book is a very direct and simple one. It makes no pretense to literary excellence nor does it seek to demonstrate any unusual scholarship on my part. This is simply a practical, direct-action, personal-improvement manual. It is written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life. I thoroughly and enthusiastically believe in certain demonstrated and effective principles which, when practiced, produce a victorious life. My aim is to set them forth in this volume in a logical, simple, and understandable manner so that the reader feeling a sense of need, may learn a practical method by which he can build for himself, with God's help, the kind of life he deeply desires.
