1971
Contradictions in a book on the Bangladesh Liberation War
A "what it really was" analysis of the 1971 war does not mean the description of the actions of India only. It should also cover their mistakes and failures. The cover of this book claims to be a "definitive story", but its research and narrative are not holistic.
In Iffat Nawaz’s debut novel, 1971 is not an open wound
Shurjo’s Clan uses magic realism to conjure Shurjomukhi’s freedom fighter uncles, who were martyred in Sylhet’s tea gardens during the 1971 Liberation War, and her grandmother, who took her own life shortly after the 1947 Partition.
Contradictions in a book on the Bangladesh Liberation War
A "what it really was" analysis of the 1971 war does not mean the description of the actions of India only. It should also cover their mistakes and failures. The cover of this book claims to be a "definitive story", but its research and narrative are not holistic.
Mundanities, magic realism, Bangladesh—Shahidul Zahir’s novellas
The personal space is the same as the political sphere, the individual on the same strand as the collective.
Manash Ghosh's ' Bangladesh War': Dispatches of independence
Bangladesh War resembles a journalist's diary. Ghosh's tone is neither that of a critic nor a judge.
Dhaka-Washington ties will flourish further in next 50 years, Biden writes to Hasina
US President Joe Biden has expressed optimism that Dhaka-Washington partnership would flourish further in the next 50 years and beyond.
The legacy of blood
Henry Kissinger is infamous in Bangladesh for allegedly terming the newly-independent country a “bottomless basket”, but this statement appears to be the least of his crimes against the people of Bangladesh.
50 Years of the Concert for Bangladesh: How It Came to Be
The backstory of the concert scripted in the heavens.
The Birangona in fiction: ‘1971’ and ‘Talaash’
In this addition to this series, following up on the previous installment’s focus on nonfiction narratives of Birangonas’s lives and experiences, we recall Tarashankar Bandopadhyay’s '1971' (2015) and Shaheen Akhtar’s 'Talaash' (2004), two books that can be considered as significant exceptions to the trend mentioned above, and also as examples of the politics of representation, objectification of women, and the desensitisation of lived experiences of trauma.
Mujibnagar Day observed
The Mujibnagar Day was observed through different programmes yesterday, recalling significant memories of the first government of Bangladesh.
Indira vows support for Bangalees
With the end of March, the month in which the flames of freedom were ignited, came the beginning of the 1971 Liberation War.