Bangladesh, Jan. 4 -- Almost all people have their special fond wishes for the New Year. Even a child treasures in his/her small bosom a dream to be realised -one that eluded him or her before-in the year beckoning on the horizon. Everyone also draws schemes to fulfil the cherished wishes. A child may frantically look for a sought-after toy, a teenager a fancied smartphone, an executive either a fatter pay package or a latest model car and so on and so forth. But what about the non-descript average poor people's wishes for the New Year?

People who work on agricultural farms, in fish enclosures, poultry farms, vegetable or fruit gardens or in factories and at markets or bus or launch terminals as porters and pull rickshaws or vans surely ha...