MAILBOX

A contentious history

As a reader of the above-titled article in Star Weekend on December 15, 2017, it is disturbing that there is no authentic and factual history of our nation. A period of 46 years has gone by and we are yet to establish a non-debatable history, because of the change in regimes and party politics.

The history of a nation must be conclusive and consist of actual facts and events through which a nation gets its birth. It must not be changed due to party politics or at the whims of different regimes. A nation is of the people, not of any political party. Party politics and feuds have been the cause of producing an inconsistent and distorted history from time to time. If this continues, our progeny will not know the authentic history of their nation. This will be a great setback to projecting the history of our nation to the outside world. The writer very aptly quoted the famous saying—"A nation which does not know what it was yesterday does not know where it is today".

Mashudul Haque

Central Road, Dhaka

Stop historical distortion

This letter is in reference to the cover story on "Editing out 1971" published on December 15, 2017 in the Star Weekend magazine. It is indeed a timely and praiseworthy report. History is the mirror image of a nation, the reality of the past. It reminds us of the successes and failures of the past and helps us scale new heights. The Liberation War is our glory and the freedom fighters are our heroes. Alongside the freedom fighters, many foreign allies helped us during the war in 1971. As a whole, the history of the Liberation War is an asset of our country and it is not the specific claim of any particular political party. Distortion of history is a crime which can destroy the future progress of our country. We should stop distorting our history and properly honour our gallant heroes and their allied comrades.

Md. Zillur Rahaman

Bhola