Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- I began as a part time university teacher in 2012 after I returned from Canada. I had no idea what I would be able to do when I returned after 5 years. Luckily I was offered a job in BDnews 24 as an Executive Editor, an outfit where I used to write regularly. It was entirely due to the generosity of my friend and colleague, Towfiq Imroze Khalidi, the Editor. I rejoined mainstream media full time after a decade.

Within a couple of months, BRAC offered me a job which was another big break. I had left for Canada resigning from BRAC and its founder Fazle Hasan Abed was never happy with my decision. He was himself an expatriate once, living and studying in the UK but in the end after much sacrifice at the professional and per...