Why 1971 history may never be known
In 2001, I did a series for BBC Radio titled 'Bangladesh 1971'. In that connection, I interviewed General Jagjit Sing ...
In 2001, I did a series for BBC Radio titled 'Bangladesh 1971'. In that connection, I interviewed General Jagjit Sing ...
Spring came to our courtyard on a long ago December afternoon. After all the weeks and months of murder and mayhem, of tears ...
I vividly remember 1971 December 16 as Bangladesh was liberated. Freedom had been in the air for a while and it was obvious t ...
There is an instinctive joy in seeing despots fall from power. Like his ignominious regional counterparts, Saddam Hussein of ...
What exactly was the 1971 war? Independence? Liberation? Freedom? Subjugation? A failed class war? The list is endless and ca ...
The big political space in which politics has erupted has led to conflict and even violence including when it was about the 1 ...
The celebrated writer Amitav Ghosh won the Erasmus Prize this year. His acceptance speech, delivered in Amsterdam last month, ...