Dear Mr. Abu Zafar Mahmood,
The thesis that you have presented in your write-up on NFB (the issues raised in this post are not confined to that forum but apply to all discussion groups in general) is basically a summary of my book The India Doctrine (Bangladesh Research Forum - 2006). Not once in your article did you credit me or my book. You should have mentioned that it was through my book that these ideas originated and that I am also the first person to present them to the general public in Bangladesh. In academic circles what you have done is called plagiarism and intellectual theft.
Your attitude is quite common and is the main reason why nationalist forces in Bangladesh always falter because their views are often based on dishonest grounds and second hand ideas. What would have been your loss if you had mentioned the book in your article? There is no point in denying that you have committed a serious offence and plagiarized my book.
This same approach of copying ideas but not crediting them has also been perpetrated by other eminent writers in Bangladesh including many politicians, columnists and university professors who have used my ideas but not once mentioned me or my book. I find this insulting and utterly disgraceful.
For these reasons I demand an apology from you. I would also request all writers in Bangladesh to abide by common rules of decency and credit ideas and views that are not originally your own and have come from other sources which should also be fully cited.
Regards
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MBI Munshi
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