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Sometime it happens that we use the emotional parts of our brain to make rational personal thoughts. Sometime we feel the essence of life and find some words to compose a write-up.

Yesterday was such a day for me. We mate Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus personally here in Berlin. We organize a symposium for him. In my life I mate three other Nobel Laureates before him (Gunter Grass, Imre Kertész and Willy Brandt). But yesterday it was a special happening for me, cause together with some other friends of South Asia Forum, I organize this event in Berlin at Willy-Brand-Haus. After the symposium we went out for a dinner together with Yunus. It was a special moment for us. I like the Empowerment of such a strong personality and his powerful brain enhancement. Yesterday I have presented him the poem that I compose on 10th December 2006. Today I want to publish a supplementary poem to glorify this day!!


Touching Electric Circuit

I 'll make myself hard and fill my empty belly with stones,
I'll ignore tears for now and fill my eyes with sand.
It is because I ache so much to keep him within,
To have him fill the spaces between my bones
For now, I calm and love him and I'll fingerprint his skin
I haven't stopped touching electric circuit with only my hand.

-Monaz Haque, Berlin

(Dinner Party Guests at Nakshikatha Restaurant are Yunus, Nancy, Sujit, Zakaria, Dawood, Al Faruq, Haroon, Runu, Nazmun, Wakil, Sharaf, Klaus, Shahin, Ingo, Babul, Jafar, Pitu, Milan, Sangita and me)

Undeniable Hunger

(Dedicated to Mohammad Yunus on the occation of Nobel prize-giving ceremony)

Poverty compels them to be hard and to fill their
Dry empty belly with brightly glowing stones,
They ignore tears and fill their eyes with sand.
It is easy to say „you could have had another life“
But it is you in which is the imagination to move into
The bright future rather to explore the destiny of past.

Your ability to love those people whose names,
You do not know is the test of your humanity.
Your capacity to move those people whose names,
You do know is an enlightenment of their happiness.

-Monaz Haque, Berlin, 10th December 2006 

Celebration of Joy at Dhaka on October 13, 2006, Photo AFP

I would like to begin this blog today with a very joyful message.

The Nobel peace prize 2006 of this year goes to a Professor of Economics Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh and the Institution Grameen Bank. Prof. Yunus has develop a system, that allow bank credits for poor people. I know Mr. Yunus very well and also his solar energy project „Grameen Shakti“. Five years ago I have created for German public a website GRAMEEN. Therefore it makes me personally happy with Grameen and Professor Yunus. Two prizes go in equal parts to the Microcredit institution Grameen bank and its founder Mohammed Yunus.

It is remarkable that an economist receives the Nobel peace prize. But he earned this glorious prize not only for the achievement in the field of economics but also his commitment to fight against poverty. Prof. Younus and Grameen Bank has develop a successful strategy against the misery of the world, against hunger and poverty of millions to humans. -Mir Monaz Haque, Blog Editor, Berlin

Eine sehr freudige Nachricht möchte ich Euch auf dieser Weise mitteilen.

Der diesjährige Friedensnobelpreis geht an den Wirtschaftsfachmann Prof. Mohammed Yunus und seine Grameen Bank aus Bangladesch. Der Professor organisiert vor allem Bankkredite für arme Menschen. Ich Kenne Herr Yunus sehr gut und auch seine Solarenergie Projekt „Grameen Shakti“. Die deutsche Version der Website "Grameen" habe ich vor 3 Jahren für deutsche Publikum ins Netz präsentiert http://www.grameen.de/. Darum freue ich mich besonders mit Grameen und Prof. Yunus.Der Preis geht zu gleichen Teilen an die Kleinkredit-Initiative Grameen Bank und ihren Gründer Mohammed Yunus.

Es ist sehr seltsam dass einen Wirtschaftswissenschaftler die Friedensnobelprise erhält, doch sein Verdient beschränkt sich nicht nur im Bereich Wirtschaft sondern dass er ein neue These „wie man mit Mikrokredit das Armut der Welt bekämpfen kann„ bewiesen hat. Es gibt eine erfolgreiche Strategie gegen das Elend der Welt, Gegen Hunger und Armut von Millionen Menschen. -Mir Monaz Haque, Berlin