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Dear Editor,    I must say, it was fascinating to read Naushad Ali Husein’s One Taka Dhaka. I didn’t realise that the one taka coin had any value anymore, now that we don’t need them to insert into pay phones. As for the fifty paisa coin, well, it is hardly ever seen anymore. Husein’s collection of one taka flotsam was so random and reminiscent of a magpie’s hoard of objects that one has to laugh. It’s good to know that weird and wonderful treasures such as fish hooks and shupari are still available at one taka, in these days of rapidly rising costs.    BM Protik        Dear Editor,    One really has to admire Mashida R Haider for having the guts to proclaim herself as nouveau riche - so far in my experience, those who are nouveau riche rarely admit it, and spend most of their time trying to prove that they aren’t nouveau riche. But times are changing, and it seems that we are going through a societal change similar to the one the American South went through after the Civil War. Those from old, established families mingle with people who have worked and made their own money; it is a strange, uncomfortable growth spurt, but not necessarily a bad one. We are riding on the crest of flamboyance and vulgarity while poverty and neglect is literally outside our doorsteps.    A Karim        Dear Editor,    It seems that times’ up for Tk 1 products. Naushad Ali Husein’s One Taka Dhaka gives that impression. The city has become so commercial that even a prayer costs Tk 1. An advisory for directions cost 50 paisa. Amazing! Mission One Taka must have been a painful job for this writer. I thought so much could be available for Tk 1 before I began to read. And as I progressed, I only got frustrated finding how expensive this city is becoming.    Tanim Margoob Chowhdury        Dear Editor,    Why did the government opt to shift the militants to such homely places? Was it because if they remained in the central jail they would have had dengue? Was it because the militants had the risk of maltreatment within the jail? Was it because others in the jail would feel deprived of the royal treatment offered to Siddique Bhai and Abdur Rahman bhai?    Bimal Borua        Dear Editor,    Are the One Taka Dhaka Naushad and Desert Capital Nawshad the same persons? Their names both end with Ali Husein so I was just wondering. In any case I must say both the write-ups were pretty good. I enjoyed reading One Taka Dhaka but the writer must have gone through real pains finding the information. However, regarding WASA it is yet another government organisation. So it is quite natural for the authorities to remain silent knowing all the risk and crises of Dhaka’s water supply situation. But it is really very threatening to know that Dhaka’s underground reservoirs of water may completely dry up or become polluted in only ten years from now. This is high time the government realises the condition and take some affirmative actions.    Faisal Khan