Anatomy of Violence: Analysis of Civil War in East Pakistan in 1971 By Sarmila Bose While events of 1971 continue to evoke strong emotion in both Pakistan and Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), there has been little systematic study of the… Read More ›
Mukti Bahini: The Forgotten Terrorists Mukti Bahini killed 100,000 Biharis (according to the ‘Chronology for Biharis in Bangladesh’) to 150,000 Biharis (‘Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict’). Qutubuddin Aziz, in ‘Blood and Tears’, has documented 170 eye-witness accounts of the… Read More ›
The Courageous Pakistan Army’s Stand on the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of 1971 Indo-Pak War By Sharmila Bose There is much for Pakistan to come to terms with what happened in 1971. But the answers don’t lie in unthinking vilification of… Read More ›
By Hussain Saqib Left-leaning media men, intellectuals and politicians were made to believe that India-funded insurgency against the “imperialism” of Punjab was a genuine home-grown revolutionary movement. This enticed the poets like Faiz and Jalib to sing praises of “freedom-fighters”…. Read More ›