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A journey in my boyhood

Image source: Daily Sun Suddenly, Takrim's mother, our neighbor, came to us and asked if we could go with them to Shahjalal's shrine by bus that day. My parents immediately agreed. We got ready to go. Our journey started at mid-noon. I sat by the bus window. Our journey started on the way to Shahjalal's Dargah Sharif in Sylhet. Of course I went there a long time ago with my parents when I was a child. This time I was very sad because my father could not go for his work. By the way, I looked out the window to enjoy all the beautiful scenery of the street. I saw that Sylhet is a very beautiful city; it is the divisional headquarter indeed. It took a long time to reach Shahjalal's shrine. I finally got there. I saw a crowd of people there. And Shahjalal's Dargah Sharif was very beautiful. We all prayed the Asr prayers. While performing ablution, I saw many big fishes in the pond. People had made the pond dirty by giving fish food in the pond. There were also flocks of

The Earth in a new scenario

Image source: smart-village-network.eu Scenario 1: There is almost no difference between the population density of a city and a village throughout the whole world. Both villages and cities are quiet. The only difference lies in the infrastructure. Most people live in villages with their families. No distance from family members for the sake of education, job, or anything. Everybody fulfills his/her needs from home. Sounds great! Right? The condition is the same in one aspect for both our present world and the past world: cities have much more population density than villages. Job, travel, education institutes, medical centers, markets, everything is in cities. Those who are able, prefer to stay in the cities. Now, is it possible to reach scenario 1? If we look at the current world trend, we can see how everything is turning online: businesses becoming online, government works becoming online (passport, national identity card issuing, etc.), shopping becoming online. One day soon, we ma