Monthly Archives: December 2007

Bangladesh Genocide Archives – Pakistani Newspaper Reports: Pakistan Observer (March 26-December 16, 1971)

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Mash

I received an email a few weeks ago from a friend. In it she wrote about conversations with some of her relatives in Bangladesh who were born after 1971. She was alarmed to hear how little her relatives knew about … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War | 15 Comments

Sarmila Bose’s “Research” Exposed

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Mash

[Hat tip to Robin Khundkar] Recently I wrote about Sarmila Bose’s apologia for the Pakistan army that was published last September in Economic and Political Weekly. In this week’s issue of EPW, two critical comments were published that take to task Ms. Bose’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War | 23 Comments

December 16, 1971: Bangladesh Comes Into Being

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Mash

[Click any of the images above for a PDF of the complete 4 page issue of The Observer (Bangladesh Observer) from December 18, 1971] The erstwhile Pakistan Observer newspaper, renamed The Observer, published its first issue in independent Bangladesh on … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War | 13 Comments

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid: Book Burning Razakar Rewrites History

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Mash

[Click image for PDF of Pakistan Observer news article from November 8, 1971] In October of this year, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, Secretary General of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Bangladesh, declared that his party did not work against the independence … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Terrorism | 4 Comments

Our Task

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Mash

[Cross posted at E-Bangladesh] Last Sunday I attended a seminar on the Bangladesh Genocide at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. The seminar was organized by the Nathan Weiss Graduate College at Kean. The seminar inaugurated graduate course work on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, General | 19 Comments