The irony of freedom betrayed Sheikh Hasina
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The irony of freedom betrayed Sheikh Hasina

New Indian Express  

Freedom is the window to independence. Bangladesh, thanks to the Indian Army, got freedom from Pakistan, but did not gain independence from its former master’s legacy. Bangladeshi memory seems short enough to have forgotten their sacrifice and forgiven the murder of nearly three million of their own and the rape of over two lakh Bengali women by Yahya Khan’s soldiers. Sheikh Hasina expecting laudation from Bangladesh’s youth for her father Mujibur Rahman’s role in giving them a country of their own is futile in the age of religious and nationalist revision. Many savage massacres and rape in East Pakistan were committed by razakars, who are denoted by the Bangladeshi government as collaborators of the invading Pakistani forces.

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Lessons from Hasina’s debacle
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Lessons from Hasina’s debacle

Hindustan Times  

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Sheikh Hasina: Once Bangladesh’s democracy icon, now its ‘authoritarian’ PM
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Al Jazeera  

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