Blowing In The Wind

The title refers to a Bob Dylan song written at the height of the civil rights movement. Dylan poses a series of hypothetical questions related to war, peace, and freedom only to conclude that the answer is “blowin' in the wind.” Dylan later explains, “I still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it’s got to come down some … But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down.”br For the last three years, I have responded to the wind that is current for my op-ed column written for The Daily Star. Sometimes the wind is mild like a zephyr, at other times it is gusty like a gale. I raise issues that matter: education, malpractices, international affairs or popular culture. This column is my pleasant respite from my day job to find a platform to share my experience with my readers with a desire for a collective answer. The title refers to a Bob Dylan song written at the height of the civil rights movement. Dylan poses a series of hypothetical questions related to war, peace, and freedom only to conclude that the answer is “blowin' in the wind.” Dylan later explains, “I still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it’s got to come down some … But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down.”br For the last three years, I have responded to the wind that is current for my op-ed column written for The Daily Star. Sometimes the wind is mild like a zephyr, at other times it is gusty like a gale. I raise issues that matter: education, malpractices, international affairs or popular culture. This column is my pleasant respite from my day job to find a platform to share my experience with my readers with a desire for a collective answer.