Category Archives: Bangladesh

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

Aparajito

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mash

[Cross posted at E-Bangladesh] Aparajito: The word cannot be properly translated into English. Those who have seen Satyajit Ray’s 1956 film "Aparajito" may translate the word as "unvanquished". Undefeated. Unbowed. Uncowed. Unbeaten. It is much more than any of those words. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Human Rights | 2 Comments

Prisoners Of Conscience

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Mash

Remember these names and faces:   Moloy Bhowmik   Selim Reza Newton   Abdullah Al Mamun   Dulal Chandra Biswas These men are prisoners of conscience. These men are Rajshahi University professors. This week the Bangladesh military government, in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Human Rights | 5 Comments

The Continuing Rape Of Bangladesh

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Mash

In their December issue, Daily Star newspaper’s monthly magazine Forum has published my article on Sarmila Bose’s recent paper. The article, entitled "The continuing rape of our history", is based on the post I wrote in October. The article benefitted significantly from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Published Articles | 14 Comments