The Palestinian right of return too is considered "impractical" yet decent people everywhere, not just amongst the Palestinians, will never give up on that right because it is simply the right thing to do. Doing the right thing is never easy, but will lead to achieving something truly great. The struggle has its own rewards no matter how long it takes to obtain the desired outcome. That's what all good things in human history teaches us.
Had we thought of only cowardly expediency and convenience under the cynical guise of "practicality", Bangladesh won't be here today after the military-Islamist-PPP genocide of 1971. Millions of our people who found shelter -- thanks to the generosity of our neighbors in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Mizoram, themselves not at all well off -- won't be here today. We won't be here today if millions more who stayed back didn't risk their lives, dignity and property to shelter and aid our Freedom Fighters also doing something perceived as "impractical".
Some of us believe in dying on our feet rather than living on our knees just for the sake of that "practicality".
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