Syed Badrul Ahsan
A few individuals are outraged that some veteran Indian military officers were here recently to be part of Bangladesh's Independence Day celebrations. And they were outraged because they believe, and have always believed, that India has had nothing to do with our liberation in 1971. Of course we do not subscribe to that opinion, for it flies in the face of everything decent and everything that reminds us of values.
For anyone to suggest, nearly four decades after the Indian army joined forces with the Mukti Bahini to free Bangladesh of Pakistani colonial repression, that the Indians were not involved with our struggle seems like careless thinking. Worse, it makes you wonder why people who have always tried to convey an impression of being analytical about history, who have watched history unfold in their very presence, should now sound so bitter when it comes to acknowledging the truth. |