Everyone at BRAC training center lines up at the flag post at 8:45am to sing the national anthem "Amar Sonar Bangla" (My Golden Bengal) every day. As Salman Rusdhie once pointed out, we Bengalis are a sappy and emotional people. One of the lines of the song: "Oh mother mine, how the scent of your mango groves maddens my heart with delight!" What happened to bombs bursting in mid-air?