Re: [ALOCHONA] Bangladesh: Out Of War A Nation Is Born (TIME 1971)

Dear Alochoks,
We are very sorry about the comments of Mr. Reza over
the article published in the Time magazine at 1971,
"Bangladesh: Out Of War A Nation Is Born". I am very
sure Mr. Reza did not realize that this article is
from the Time magazine, just like me at the beginning.

I personally saw the liberation war, it was not the
war of India and Pakistan, it is a liberation war
(again not a war between Ind-Pak, but the
Bangladeshies liberation war). So here is the proof of
international news media sometime be one-eyed. The
tile of the news should say "out of liberation was a
nation is born". I am challenging the Time magazine's
this news – just count the number of death of
Bangladeshies.

Anyway it is very good to know all these and good to
be reasonable.

Lets, be the wonderful understanding Bnagladeshi.

Regards,
Mahmud

--- zsyed01@aol.com wrote:

>
> Dear Alochoks:
>
>
>
> The Time Magazine cover story is an interesting read
> for one such as I, who wasn't alive during the
> Liberation War. From a first read it shows, how the
> war that made us who we are and even to this day
> defines many of our actions, was recognized by the
> west as a war between India and Pakistan. Was it me
> or did I fail to notice the Bangladeshi point of
> view or the pains and losses Bangladeshis had
> endured?
>
>
>
> Even now if you talk to a normal Pakistani they do
> not consider 1971 Bangladesh's Liberation War but
> their war against India that they lost. Even now
> they believe Bangladesh has left Pakistan. History
> is written by people and is a matter of opinion.
>
>
>
> To this day Bangladesh is still barely considered in
> South East Asia unless ofcourse someone is burning a
> car, or a western flag or there is a server
> environmental calamity. Yes I haven't forgotten the
> attetion we have received when one Bangladeshi won
> coveted Nobel Peace Prize. But it was a one time
> thing. We as a nation are so involved in pulling
> each other down and destroying each other that we
> have failed in many ways to make sure and certain
> marks in this world. Everytime Bangladesh is in the
> news its for something negative rather then
> positive. We are rife will political instability.
>
> Before we become a nation worth recognizing in the
> news and abroad we have to seriously consider
> changing out ingrained habit. Instead of going green
> with envy at the success of our own people I think
> we should start rejoicing. Only then can successes
> multiply and become something greater. So that the
> next time Bangladesh is in the news its for
> something positive and not negative!
>
> Zeenat Syed
> Atlanta, GA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 5:53 am
> Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Bangladesh: Out Of War A
> Nation Is Born (TIME 1971)
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>       TIME magazine cover story, Dec. 20, 1971
>  
>        When a piece of news reporting by one
> of the most well-established print media,
> internationally trusted for their in-depth, fair
> analysis of breaking news, is being howled at as
> "one-eyed history" by someone from amongst us then
> we should not just laugh away the delusion but
> ponder on what it portends.
>          But, before we judge his God-given
> level of intelligence too harshly, let us ask "How
> good is his English language comprehension?"
>  
>            Farida Majid 
>        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
> **********
>  
> > From: mashiur65@yahoo.com
> > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:33:36 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Bangladesh: Out Of War A
> Nation Is Born (TIME 1971)
> >
> > [Mederator's comment: We didnt find any reason of
> allegation from Alochok Reza. The article was a Time
> magazine report on our liberation war]
> >
>
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> >
> > Hi Alochona,
> > I want to know who is the behind Alochona and is
> it dominated by propakistani so called bangladeshi?
> >
> > Is Mr. Jahed Ahmed witness of Holy Liberation war?
> Either he was taitor or borne after liberation war.
> >
> > How Alochona can publish this sorts of one eyed
> history?
> >
> > Please remove my name from your alochona or
> publish my feed back. If you agree then only I will
> write something.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Reza
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jahed Ahmed <worldcitizen73@yahoo.com>
> > To: Alochona <alochona@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 12:35:40 PM
> > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Bangladesh: Out Of War A
> Nation Is Born (TIME 1971)
> >
> > TIME Monday, Dec. 20, 1971
> > Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born
> > JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!" From the banks of the
> great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the
> emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the
> countryside, from the countless squares of countless
> villages came the cry. "Victory to Bengal! Victory
> to Bengal!" They danced on the roofs of buses and
> marched down city streets singing their anthem
> Golden Bengal. They brought the green, red and gold
> banner of Bengal out of secret hiding places to
> flutter freely from buildings, while huge pictures
> of their imprisoned leader, Sheik Mujibur Rahman,
> sprang up overnight on trucks, houses and signposts.
> As Indian troops advanced first to Jessore, then to
> Comilla, then to the outskirts of the capital of
> Dacca, small children clambered over their trucks
> and Bengalis everywhere cheered and greeted the
> soldiers as liberators.
> > Thus last week, amid a war that still raged on,
> the new nation of Bangladesh was born. So far only
> India and Bhutan have formally recognized it, but it
> ranks eighth among the world's 148 nations in terms
> of population (78 million), behind China, India, the
> Soviet Union, the U.S., Indonesia, Japan and Brazil.
> Its birth, moreover, may be followed by grave
> complications. In West Pakistan, a political
> upheaval is a foregone conclusion in the wake of
> defeat and dismemberment. In India, the creation of
> a Bengali state next door to its own impoverished
> West Bengal state could very well strengthen the
> centrifugal forces that have tugged at the country
> since independence in 1947.
> > The breakaway of Pakistan's eastern wing became a
> virtual certainty when the Islamabad government
> launched air strikes against at least eight Indian
> airfields two weeks ago. Responding in force, the
> Indian air force managed to wipe out the Pakistani
> air force in the East within two days, giving India
> control of the skies. In the Bay of Bengal and the
> Ganges delta region as well, the Indian navy was in
> unchallenged command. Its blockade of Chittagong and
> Chalna harbors cut off all reinforcements, supplies
> and chances of evacuation for the Pakistani forces,
> who found themselves far outnumbered (80,000 v.
> India's 200,000) and trapped in an enclave more than
> 1,000 miles from their home bases in the West.
> > There were even heavier and bloodier battles,
> including tank clashes on the Punjabi plain and in
> the deserts to the south, along the 1,400-mile
> border between India and the western wing of
> Pakistan, where the two armies have deployed about
> 250,000 men. Civilians were fleeing from the border
> areas, and residents of Karachi, Rawalpindi and
> Islamabad were in a virtual state of siege and panic
> over day and night harassment raids by buzzing
> Indian planes.
> > The U.N. did its best to stop the war, but its
> best was not nearly good enough. After three days of
> procedural wrangles and futile resolutions, the
> Security Council gave up; stymied by the Soviet
> nyets, the council passed the buck to the even
> wordier and less effectual General Assembly. There,
> a resolution calling for a cease-fire and withdrawal
> of Indian and Pakistan forces behind their own
> borders swiftly passed by an overwhelming vote of
> 104 to 11.
> > The Pakistanis, with their armies in retreat, said
> they would honor the ceasefire provided India did.
> The Indians, with victory in view, said they "were
> considering" the ceasefire, which meant they would
> stall until they had achieved their objective of
> dismembering Pakistan. There was nothing the
> assembly could do to enforce its will. There was
> considerable irony in India's reluctance to obey the
> U.N. resolution in view of New Delhi's irritating
> penchant in the past for lecturing other nations on
> their moral duty to do the bidding of the world
> organization. Similarly the Soviet Union, which is
> encouraging India in its defiance, has never
> hesitated to lecture Israel on its obligation to
> heed U.N. resolutions calling for withdrawal from
> Arab territories.
> > Hopeless Task
> > In any case, a cease-fire is not now likely to
> alter
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