A representational image of the memes by India and Pakistan online. | Photo Credit: Arivarasu M You and I know that this is a time of national strife. India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 post the terror attack that killed 26 people at Pahalgam, Kashmir on April 22. Visas of Pakistanis living…
Illustration of Khaleda Zia Early morning of May 30, 1981, clouds from the Bay of Bengal lashed Chittagong. Through the heavy pitter-patter of rain on the roof of the Circuit House of Chittagong, President Ziaur Rahman heard the sound of gunfire. A man of action known for his bravery as a Pakistani soldier in the…
It was a period of atrocities and genocide (by Pakistan) and a fight-back by the Mukti Bahini. In 1971, I was a first-year under-graduate student at Presidency College, Kolkata. East Pakistan’s resistance to West Pakistan had economic and political reasons. But underlining all this, there was pride in Bengali language and culture, and resistance to…
