বাংলা(/BANGLA) E-paper(http://epaper.thedailystar.net) TODAY’S NEWS (/TODAYS-NEWS) Apathy eats away vote (/news/bangladesh/elections/news/apathy-eats-away-vote-21 (/english) Journalism Without Fear or Favour MONDAY, September 20, 2021 Fiction & Poetry (/culture/books/ ction-poetry)  (/) Poetry They Took Away My Land Ahmar Mahboob (/author/ahmar-mahboob) Sat Aug 7, 2021 12:07 AM T hey took away my land, I said: Thank you for building the railroad. They took away my wealth, I said: Thank you for giving me loans. They took away my language, I said: Thank you for teaching me to speak. They took away my traditions, I said: / Thank you for giving me culture. They took away my wisdom, I said: Thank you for building us schools. They took away my values, I said: Thank you for making me civilised. They took away my honour, I said: Thank you for being so kind. They took away my people, I said: Thank you for giving us jobs. They took away my life, I said: Thank you, you have saved my life. Ahmar Mahboob is a Linguist. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/t (https://play.google.com/store/app daily-star/id589009555? id=com.mcc.thedailystar) ls=1&mt=8) Click to comment (/) Follow Us facebook com/dailystarnews) com/user/dailystarnews) (https://www com/dailystarnews) pinterest instagram com/thedailystar) com/dailystar bd/) (https://www (https://wwwyoutube (http://twitter (https://www  / (https://www.facebook.com/dailystarnews) (https://www.youtube.com/user/dailystarnews) (http://twitter.com/dailystarnews) (https://www.pinterest.com/thedailystar) (https://www.instagram.com/dailystar_bd/) ABOUT US (/ABOUT-US) SITEMAP (/SITEMAP) CONTACT US (/CONTACT-US) ADVERTISEMENT (/ADVERTISEMENT) SMS SUBSCRIPTION (/SMSSUBSCRIPTION) NEWSLETTER (/NEWSLETTER) APPS (/APPS) CONFERENCE HALL (/CONFERENCEHALL) COMMENT POLICY (/COMMENTPOLICY) ARCHIVES (HTTP://ARCHIVE.THEDAILYSTAR.NET/) RSS (/RSS) © 2021 thedailystar.net | Powered by: RSI LAB (https://www.rsi-lab.com/) Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited and constitutes copyright infringement liable to legal action. /