Category Archives: Bangladesh

“Thus Spake Nehru” – Greater Kashmir 2010 – Interesting Nehru Quotes

Yes Roy is right, if New Delhi is serious in filing a case against her and Geelani, they must first file it against the first prime minister of India, Hashim Qureshi quotes Nehru’s speeches which, by today’s New Delhi logic, … Continue reading

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Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru’s Tryst With Destiny Speech (English)

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How Sunil Dutt’s uncle and Inzamam-ul-Haq’s family were saved during Partition violence

During the dark years of Nazi rule in Germany, there were Germans who overcame their fears of the Schutzstaffel, or SS – a paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party – and Gestapo, the state secret police, to … Continue reading

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Body politic: Women in the cinema of Partition – Feryal Ali Gauhar

Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in Partition (2007) | IMDb The cinematic experience is a gratifying hoax, predicated on a suspension of disbelief. We are convinced that all the disparate elements contributing to the production of a filmic experience – … Continue reading

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U.S. Strategy in the Muslim World After 9/11 – RAND Corp.

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Scant compassion for Muslim Rohingya refugees – Al Jazeera

Entering the Rohingya camps along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border is restricted. Officially they don’t even exist, but in reality authorities tolerate their presence. Bangladeshi official say there are about 300,000 unregistered Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dismal and squalid … Continue reading

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