Tag Archives: War of Liberation

American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 2, 2012

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh war: The article that changed history

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 16, 2011

By Mark Dummett BBC News On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history. Abdul Bari had run … Continue reading →

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Shock & Awe Talk

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 29, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews A politically incorrect letter to Tareque Masud by Mac Haque “I’ve overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well, I only wish my words could just convince myself,that it just wasn’t real. But that’s not the … Continue reading →

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Subcontinental drift

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 10, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Salil Tripathi Does the controversial book about Bangladesh’s war of liberation uncover new truths, or simply reverse old biases? It is an article of faith in Bangladesh that three million people died in its war of … Continue reading →

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Is your liberation, also mine?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 16, 2008

Rahnuma Ahmed “If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together” – Lisa Watson, aboriginal activist 1971 ‘No, I … Continue reading →

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Jamaat’s farce unravels

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 21, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed A national convention of freedom fighters organised by supporters and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. An outright appropriation. The only problem is, Mohammad Ali saw through it. A single … Continue reading →

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The War That Time Forgot

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 10, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The Bangladesh war was one of the 20th century’s bloodiest, yet outside the region, little is known about it. Now, 37 years on, an exhibition records the painful birth of a nation. Tahmima Anam report Victorious Muktis … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh 1971

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 22, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews They had risked all to hold on to this moment in history. The scarred negatives, hidden from the military, wrapped in old cloth, buried underground, also bore the wounds of war. These photographers were the only soldiers … Continue reading →

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1971 as I saw it

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 26, 2007

Thirty five year ago, even longer perhaps, just a camera in hand, they had gone out to bring back a fragment of living history. Today, those photographs join them in protest. Peering through the crisp pages of the newly printed … Continue reading →

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