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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

[mukto-mona] Educational Revolution Among the Muslim Meos of Mewat (part 4)



Mohammadi Begum – A role model for Meo women

Series on MewatPart 4

By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

On my last day in Mewat, I fixed an appointment to meet a Meo woman whom I had heard much about—46 year-old Mohammadi Begum. When I did fieldwork in Mewat two decades ago, she was the only Meo female to have earned a Bachelor's degree. Today, there are some three hundred others like her—which, considering that the Meo female population is estimated at around 600,000, still does not amount to much.

When I met Mohammadi ji, she was surrounded by a flock of men and women who had come to hear for various requests, for, as a well-known social activist, she has wide contacts in all the right places. I asked her to tell me her story—from being a girl child of a poor Meo family, fighting against poverty and deeply-entrenched patriarchal prejudice, to becoming the first-ever Meo woman to study in college and acquire a government job.




'My parents were not educated but they were socially very aware', Mohammadi begins. 'We shared our house in Maholi village with a family of Punjabi Hindu refugees from Pakistan. They had educated their girls, and so my parents felt that they should do so, too.' Those were the days when hardly any Meo girls went to school, being made to work in the fields or graze livestock instead. 'My mother insisted that she would do all the work but that we all—me, my two sisters and two brothers—must go to school. At that time it was simply unheard of for Meo girls to ride cycles, but my mother insisted I should learn to do so. If boys could ride circles, she would say, why not girls?'

Mohammadi's elder sister soon dropped out of school, and began helping her father on his small plot of land. She tended to the family's buffaloes, selling their milk to earn money to support her siblings' education. Mohammadi, however, continued with her education. In 1979, she passed the matriculation examination, and, four years later, won the proud distinction of becoming the first Meo woman graduate. Many men in her family frowned on the idea of her enrolling in college. Some even claimed it was not proper for Muslim girls to do so. 'My brother opposed this, saying that boys might trouble me', Mohammadi goes on, 'but my mother told him off, saying that he was useless if he could not protect me from the boys'..

At this juncture, one man came to her rescue—Mr. Madhur, the Hindu principal of the Nagina College. 'Madhur Sahib was so excited on learning that I, a Meo girl, had passed the tenth grade exam that he came all the way to our house and pleaded with my father to let me study in his college. We did not have enough money for the fees. Madhur Sahib covered the charges himself, saying that I was like his own daughter.'



A thin presence of girls in schools in Mewat

Mohammadi did so well in college that from the second year of her BA degree she began receiving a scholarship. And, contrary to the fears that she might go 'astray' or be troubled by boys, the boys in her college, mostly non-Muslims, came to greatly respect her, she says with a hint of well-deserved pride.

After her graduation, Mohammadi worked as a teacher for a year at the government's Bal Bhawan school in Nuh town—the first Meo woman to take up such a post. A year later, in 1984, she married Basheer Ahmad, who was then a naik in the Indian Army and who later went on to become an engineer in the Haryana Electricity Board and then a Sub-Divisional Officer and the sarpanch of his village. When her husband was posted to Hyderabad, she went to Delhi and enrolled for a Master's programme in History at the Jamia Millia Islamia, after which she did a degree in Library Science from the same university and B.Ed. from Sonepat University. In 1988 she joined the government's Mewat Model School in Ferozepur Jhirka town as a librarian—again, the first Meo woman to take up such an occupation—a post that she continued in till 1996.

'I wanted my husband to have at least a graduate degree', Mohammadi relates, 'and so I insisted that he enroll in an engineering course. He did so, failing five times consecutively, but I told him never to give up. Finally, in the sixth attempt, he passed!'



'I loved my work in the library', Mohammadi rambles on, 'but I wanted to do something more substantial for my people, especially for Meo women, who have the dubious distinction of being the least literate women in the whole country. Grueling poverty, deeply-rooted male prejudice and authoritarianism, opposition from some maulvis and indifference on the part of politicians and bureaucrats all add up to make life for Meo women extremely harsh.' Mohammadi then joined the Mewat Mahila Evam Bal Vikas Sanstha, an NGO working for Mewati women and children. Her task was mainly to promote women's empowerment, health and self-help groups and vocational centres. She carries on this work today, but in the capacity of field-coordinator for projects run by the government-funded Mewat Development Authority. As part of her work, she often travels outside Mewat for workshops and seminars on women's issues.

'I'm kept busy the whole day, traveling throughout Mewat. I leave home at 7 in the morning and get back only by around ten at night', she says. Witnessing her dedication, she says, even diehard religious conservative among the Meos, including Tablighi Jamaat activists and ulema, many of who frown on women working outside their homes and dealing with men, now hold her in high regard. 'I have found that if one's intention is good, then no one will object', she muses. Seeing her example, she says, her relatives who had initially opposed her going to college are sending their own girl children to school. 'The greatest joy for me', she tells me, 'is when people tell their girls that they should become like me.'

A mother of four—two girls and two boys—Mohammadi wants her children to carry on in her path. Her eldest child, Feeha Benzair, scored almost 90% in the twelfth grade and is now in Kota, where she is taking tuition for the medical entrance examinations. Her other children are still at school. She has high hopes for them. 'I want them all to live in Mewat and to work for our people', she beams.



 

Allah, Farid, juhdi hamesha
Au Shaikh Farid, juhdi Allah Allah.


Acquiring Allah's grace is the aim of my jihad, 0 Farid!
Come Shaikh Farid! Allah, Allah's grace alone is ever the aim of my jihad

 

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh will pay dearly

Bangladesh will not pay dearly. The Traitors, the JehaaDi Agents of Pakistan will pay dearly.
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--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@...> wrote:
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> Bangladesh will pay dearly
>  
> EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/Paresh Baruah, Commander-in-chief, ULFA
>
> The man who meticulously plans all of ULFA's strikes, commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, is not one to mince words. He is said to have set up base in Myanmar's Kachin Hills bordering China's Yunnan province, running guns for the Chinese. On December 4 morning, even as the Bangladesh authorities were preparing to hand over Arabinda Rajkhowa and his family to the BSF at Dawki outpost in Meghalaya, he called up Sarbari Bhaumik to insist that there was no question of negotiations with India unless Delhi agreed to include the issue of Assam’s sovereignty on the agenda for talks. Excerpts from the exclusive interview:
>
> Will Arabinda Rajkhowa bow to pressure and start negotiations with India?
> ULFA is always keen to start negotiations and sort out the problems through  dialogue. But any such negotiations, any talks, will have to have the issue of Assam’s sovereignty on its agenda. Otherwise we are not talking. I will expect our chairman to remember that 11,000 of our fighters, young Assamese who dreamt of freedom, have laid down their lives for sovereignty. We will dishonour their souls if we quietly drop the issue of Assam’s sovereignty from any negotiations.
>
> Home Minister P. Chidambaram has made it clear that India will only talk to ULFA if the demand for sovereignty is dropped.
> We will not talk to India if the issue is not included on the agenda. That is our position as an organisation and my position as an individual and as the leader of our movement.
>
> But there are reports in the Indian media that Rajkhowa might start talks by dropping the demand for Assam’s sovereignty.
>
>
> I don’t think it is true. The Indians have turned it into a huge drama but I think our chairman will not betray the sentiments and feelings of all our freedom fighters and the freedom-loving people of Assam. At the end of the day, organisations matter, leaders don’t. If an individual leader betrays the feeling of the collective, he should be prepared to face the consequences  
>
> The media is talking of a split in your organisation.
> That is a huge nonsense. I have a very poor opinion of the Indian media, specially the so-called national media. They are jingoistic, they don’t see the reality on the ground. They write what the intelligence or the administration tells them to.
> There is no split in ULFA. Most of our central committee members and founders are in jail and you must have seen them telling journalists in Guwahati in no uncertain terms that there cannot be any talks without sovereignty being on the agenda and without me being a part of the negotiations. There is total consensus on this issue right across ULFA, within our central committee and from top to bottom.
>
> So there is no split in ULFA?
> I repeat, there is no split in ULFA. Some self-styled security analysts are also suggesting there is a three-way split in ULFA. They are shamelessly working for the Indian state and saying what they are told to. The reality is that from time to time, some of our people have walked out from the organisation and called it a day because they had lost hope in our struggle. Any struggle for freedom, specially against a powerful state like India, cannot be a road without thorns. We will have to face many challenges. But some of our people at times lose hope and go away. That is fine so long as they don’t become lackeys of the Indian state and work against our national movement.
>
> If Rajkhowa walks away and starts talks with India by dropping the sovereignty demand, how would you react?
> Let us not talk about ifs and buts. Our senior leaders will not betray the movement but, as I said, if someone does that, it will be at his own peril.
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>
> Why is the Bangladesh government after your group?
> I really don’t understand why the new government of Bangladesh is succumbing to Indian hegemonist designs. They will pay dearly for what they are doing.
>
> Are you threatening violent action against Bangladesh?
> I am not threatening anyone. But if Bangladesh has expectations from India and are doing all this to make Delhi happy, they will be quickly belied. They will get nothing for what they are doing.
>
> There are reports that you are seeking, and perhaps getting, Chinese help.
> China is upset with India for its growing strategic relationship with the US. A major confrontation between India and China is in the offing.
>
> But what if that happens? How does it help your cause?
> Small people like us may either benefit from such a huge conflict of titans and gain our independence or get sandwiched and crushed between the two giants. It is worth taking a risk, is it not?
>  
> http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?sectionName=Current+Events&contentId=6397791&programId=1073754900&pageTypeId=1073754893&contentType=EDITORIAL
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Re: [ALOCHONA] Prime minister’s overseas visits



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On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Ezajur Rahman <Ezajur@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Prime minister's overseas visits

Courtesy New Age 4/12/09

After letting her foreign minister do the jet setting, the prime minister herself has decided to do some of it herself. In the last few months, she has been to a number of countries, almost all for multilateral meetings. While the foreign ministry has heralded all these as successful visits, it would be worth the while if some bright journalists covering the foreign ministry would do some research to find out whether the foreign ministry was playing its usual role, playing up to the prime minister or has there been something at least that the prime minister has earned for the country from these visits that have been taken place at significant costs to taxpayers' money.
   Those with some knowledge of diplomacy and how foreign affairs are conducted would know that the multilateral forums are places where someone of the rank of a prime minister does not need an invitation to attend. Therefore, the prime minister did not need any invitation to undertake the visits she has so far made to address these multilateral forums. No real purpose has also been served by these visits. However, as it has now become a practice, in such visits, the prime minister is accompanied by members of her family who take precedence over all other members of her delegation that includes ministers, senior officials, etc. For example, when the prime minister met President Obama and Mrs Obama during a reception, it was her daughter who was with her when she was photographed with the US President and the First Lady. At her UN address, it was her sister who preceded the foreign minister in the seating arrangements. It is now known on authoritative sources that the prime minister's son has in his name card written that he is an adviser to the prime minister.
   For a party that came to office publicising the alleged interference of Tarique Zia in the activities of the government, the indulgences given to the incumbent prime minister's sister, son and daughter in affairs of the state is indeed unacceptable. In case of the sons of the former prime minister, notwithstanding the accusations that have been brought against them, it must be said that they were seldom seen in the affairs of the state in the manner we see the family members of the present prime minister.
   Referring back to the prime minister's foreign trips, it is not just the members of the prime minister's family are making merry at the expense of the taxpayers; a lot of the government officials and hangers-on of the party in power are also enjoying free travel at the taxpayers' expense without having anything substantive to do in these trips. Take Ambassador Ziauddin for example. After hanging on to the prime minister for a year, he has recently been given the title of Ambassador-at-Large with the rank of a minister without anyone explaining what this job entails where the prime minister has a foreign ministers and people with ministerial ranks galore to advise her on foreign affairs. The way the prime minister's overseas trips are arranged must be the best examples of squandering of public money without considering legality or ethics. Besides her family members, at least 40 people accompany her on these innocuous trips with almost all of them having nothing to do at all to be of assistance to her except being present at her press conferences and other engagements where they fill up the seats in the absence of foreign invites who see no point in coming to such meetings/engagements.
   It is true that the BNP did a lot of things that were not proper and the AL criticised the party rightly with the media in support. The AL is now doing everything for which it criticised the BNP and more openly. The strange thing is that a large part of the media that had put the BNP on the grill is letting the AL go free.
   Rashed Ahmed
   Gulshan, Dhaka

           




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[ALOCHONA] 82.36 % Prothom Alo readers do not support State Law Minister



82.36 %  Prothom Alo  readers do not support State Law Minister on his comment about a Judge
 



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[ALOCHONA] Bengali should be UN language



Bengali should be UN language

By Subir Bhaumik
BBC News, Calcutta

 

The assembly in the Indian state of West Bengal has passed a resolution backing Bangladesh's call for Bengali to be made an official UN language.

Bangladesh's parliament made its call in April. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina argued in support of the motion before the General Assembly in September.
Bengali is spoken by more than 250 million people around the world.
The UN has six official languages - English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.
 
English and French are the daily working languages of the organisation, although English is more frequently used than French.
'Proud'
The West Bengal state assembly resolution was adopted unanimously on Monday.
"Thousands have died for the cause of this language. It is our mother tongue and we are proud of it," West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya said after the resolution was adopted.
 
The West Bengal government has now asked the Indian government to forward the appeal to the UN. India's main language, Hindi, is not one of the UN languages.
"The Bangla bhasha (Bengali language ) is spoken by over 250 million people worldwide, primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal," Ms Hasina told the UN General Assembly in September.
 
"Given the rich heritage of Bangla language, and its singular place as a symbol of people's faith in the power of languages to sustain cultures, and indeed the identity of nations, I seek support of the membership of the UN General Assembly for its acceptance as an official language of the United Nations," she said.
 
Sheikh Hasina requested the West Bengal government and Bengali ministers in the Indian cabinet to "push forward" the case for Bengali.
Support for the plea to declare Bengali as an official language of the UN has come from the Indian states of Assam and Tripura, both of which have a sizeable Bengali-speaking community.
 
While not widely spoken outside the region, Bengali is the language of famed poet Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
Bangladesh observes a language martyrs day on 21 February to remember those who fell to Pakistani bullets on that day in 1952 as they pushed for recognition of Bengali as an official language of Pakistan.
Bengalis in Assam and north-east India observe 19 May as their language martyrs day to remember the 11 Bengalis who were killed in police firing in the southern Assamese town of Silchar while fighting for their language rights.
 



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[ALOCHONA] Govt to allow Indian container trains through Jamuna bridge



Govt to allow Indian container trains through Jamuna bridge

 

Bangladesh has almost completed its preparation to allow Indian container trains up to Gazipur, which borders on the capital.
   The Bangladesh Railway director general, Belayet Hossain, on Tuesday told New Age they were working round-the-clock for the operation of Indian container trains till Gazipur, some 35km of the capital.
   Bangladesh, which allows Indian good trains up to some areas in the north, is facing India's pressure to allow container trains up to Gazipur by crossing the Jamuna Bridge.
   He said they would seek cabinet approval through the communications ministry after it would get the nod of a railway inspection body, which looks after the security of railway and railway services.
   Dhaka, which has allowed passenger trains from India since 2008, was in the past opposed to Indian container trains crossing the Jamuna bridge for the safety of the bridge.
   But the communications ministry has now found that movement of container trains on the bridge at a low speed would not cause any harm.
   The communications minister, Abul Hossain, told New Age the bridge which developed cracks would not face any problems if containers trains would cross the bridge at a low speed. 'The Bangladesh Railway will monitor the speed.'
   The communications ministry, which earlier mended the cracks, took initiatives to obtain compensation from the South Korean construction firm that built the 4.8km bridge between 1994 and 1998 at a cost of Tk 40 billion.
   Delhi has for long been requesting Dhaka to allow Indian container trains through the bridge so that industrial goods and raw materials could directly be carried to Gazipur.
   Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the immediate-past Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, when he signed the deal on passenger train services on April 10, 2008, hoped container train services could be put in place in future.
   The communications minister said businessmen who imported products worth more than $2 billion from India every year would benefit from the movement of container trains as it would lower import costs.
   Belayet said the Bangladesh Railway had sought clearance from the agencies concerned to allow Indian containers trains up to Gazipur by crossing the Jamuna bridge.
   The agency known as the railway inspection body under the communications ministry, however, inquired about the container train services in details. Belayet said his organisation would answer the queries of the agency.
   The communications ministry has planned to set up a dedicated railway bridge along the Jamuna Bridge for the movement of heavy container trains. Dhaka sought financial assistance from Delhi for the construction of the railway bridge.
   Delhi proposed movement of container trains through the bridge in March 2007 at a meeting of railway officials of both the countries. The issue was taken up again in October 2007.

 

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RE: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!



There is no doubt that the post 1971 political skills of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are questionable and debatable but his personal dedication to the cause of Bengali nationalism is indisputable. To every Bengali the dream of a sovereign land where only the Bengalis will rule is a dream entrenched in the antiquity. Through the dedicated leadership of Mujib that historical dream was realized. Mujib did not die for his blunders; he was brutally murdered for his blind reliance on his most incapable, selfish and dishonest followers. His sincere and selfless contributions to the cause of our freedom can't be washed away by his mistakes. Ask and hold those followers responsible who pathetically misled and ill advised a great leader that brought a tragic end to his career. It will be an act most ungrateful to opine that Mujib could be trashed in the garbage of history. There is no harm in identifying his lapses but it will be an outright act of ignorance and disrespect to malign and vilify him by denying him the dignity he deserves.

 

Akbar Hussain

 


 

To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: emanur@rahman.com
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:41:45 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!

 
Dear Alochoks
 
It never ceases to amaze me what sycophants and idol worshippers us Bangladeshis are.
 
Mujib was a great wartime leader. He inspired and led Bangladeshis to secure independence from the Pakistani yoke. He is the Father of the Nation and Bangabandhu.
 
Mujib was an incompetent administrator, a poor father to his children, pompous and obsessed with self-egrandisement. His legacy is the politicization of every organ of government - a legacy that millions of Bangladeshis have paid for with their lives every year since Independence, they are paying today and will continue to do so.
 
I celebrate Independence and Mujib's role in it.
 
I mourn independent Bangladesh and Mujib's role in it.
 
Period.
 
Emanur Rahman
London
 
 


From: alochona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:alochona@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SAIF Davdas
Sent: 25 November 2009 14:21
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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!


The
unmitigated gall, the audacity, the chutzpah, the tawdriness--is truly lamentable indeed. How else one can respond to this invective, vituperative and blatantly partisan diatribe by anti-Mujib forces in Bangladesh. Let the forum members judge Bongobondoo after reading a excerpt from Barrister Maudud Ahmed's
book--writes Maudud, "Greatest Bengali of All Time…Mujib is the greatest phenomena of our history. His death was not his end. He will continue to remain as a legend in the political life of Bangladesh. No body gave so much to the Bengalis political independence and national identity. He was the symbol of Bengalee Nationalism. The fact that there is a country called Bangladesh is a sufficient testimony to Mujib's status as a legend of our age.  Despite Mujib's many failures, the fact that Mujib was sincere and his intentions were genuine and that he loved his people should not be questioned. As a Nationalist he tried his best to bring Bangladesh out of the Indian subjugation. He was able to send out the Indian army from the soil of Bangladesh within 2 months after his arrival. He flew over Indian Territory to their utter disgust to attend the Islamic summit in Lahore. He established the Aid to Bangladesh Consortium in 1974. He removed Tajuddin to reduce the weight of Indo-Soviet influence. Mujib's return to Bangladesh in itself saved the new country from further and perpetual subjugation. Had Mujib been killed by the Pakistani Junta he would have been immortal and would have become the greatest martyr of our history. If he had been killed by the Pakistanis---there would have been a civil war and the country would still be under Indian Army's control. Mujib's arrival from Pakistan brought a deep sense of relief to all the people of Bangladesh who were living in the midst of most dangerous uncertainties.  It seems that Mujib came back from the pedestal of an immortal betting only to die for saving the independence for which he struggled. It is true that Mujib faced a tragic death but he left Bangladesh free and independent. Maudud Ahmed P 313-318 'Era of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". 'Mujib's arrival from Pakistan brought a deep sense of relief to all the people of Bangladesh, who were living in the midst of most dangerous uncertainties'.
 
SaifDevdas
islam1234@msn.com


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From: enayet_2000@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:50:23 -0800
Subject: [khabor.com] General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Dhaka: Zia is the savior!

 

Zia saved the country from the anarchy, Zia is the true savior. Zia is the most post-liberation progressive leader of bangladesh. While Seikh Mujib has a premitive thinking of Hitlar to be a dictator, and destroy democracy to instill his kingdom in Bangladesh, Zia thrives the country in the right direction.

Truth has to be told, history need to be said properly.

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: RE: [khabor.com] FW: [Mukto-Mona] Re: General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Dhaka
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Cc: dahuk@yahoogroups.com, "mukto-mona@yahoogroups" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>, witness-pioneer@yahoogroups.com, "progressive-muslim@yahoogroups" <progressive-muslim@yahoogroups.com>, political_analysts@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:46 AM

 


Dear sirs,

 

Assalamu Alaikum.General Zia did nothing on 15th Auguast. There is no proof.Even the case in which Bangladesh Supreme Court has given judgment , there is no mention of Zia,.As Maudud Ahmad has said the judgment shows that Zia had no role.

 

Zia saved the country from falling back to Awami League's BAKSHAL rule, one party dictatorship and also re-asserted the Islamic identity of the nation.

 

No other nation or group other than Bangladesh Army was involved. All other things are just Awami propaganda.

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 

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WRT: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mukto- mona/message/ 52503

> The agents of Pakistan had already infiltrated into the army and
> started conspiring to kill the nascent democratic process brought
> on under the civilian political rule. The killers got support from
> the conspirator of all times named Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

  Pakistani agents infiltrated Baksali supported army in 1975 ??
  What a
  ridiculous claim. No scholarly article/book has ever made such a
  funny claim. The BD army in 1975 was very much a pro-Bangladeshi
  force who had played the leading role in the war of liberation
  against the Paki army. The officers who killed Mujib and toppled
  Baksali regime were all active freedom fighters with missionary
  zeal, unlike many AL leaders who were enjoying the sensuous
  pleasures in Kolkata the entire time during the liberation
  struggle). These army officers were all against Pakistani Gov. and
  supportive of liberation war. They staked their life for it. Why
  would they suddenly become Paki lovers in 1975? Doe it make sense?
  It makes sense for them to become anti Mujib/Baksal. They were not
  anti-AL even. They installed an AL gov. headed by Balist Moshtaque
  comprising majority of then then AL parliament members

  The reason they turned against Mujib and Baksal is manyfold. But
  none of those manyfold reasons had anything to do with
  infiltration by Pakistani elements. The manyfold reasons have all
  been well documented by many scholarly writings by professional
  journalists and intellectuals/ historians. In a nutshell the reason
  were the rampant corruption by AL/Baksal, the undemocratic
  measures widely adopted by Mujib to silence/torture opposition and
  keep his power through using Rakkhi Bahini and other private
  armies (like Lal Bahini, Awami Shechchha Shebok Bahini etc). There
  was widespread public resentment against the Mujib regime from
  1974 onwards. So much so that ASM Rob could declare "Mujib, we
  will peel your skin and make shoes out of it" to the thunderous
  applause of hundreds of thousands attending his rally in Paltan.
  Adding fuel to fire was the insulting of some army officers by
  some AL hooligans and Mujib's siding with the hooligans. None of
  these had anything to do with Pakistani elements. As I said the
  army  majors who fought against Pakistan in 1971 had no reason to
  suddenly become Pakistan lovers in 1975. In fact majors Farook and
  Rashid were very much nationalists then as they were during 1971
  and totally opposed to the idea of reverting to one Pakistan. On
  page 87 of Anthony Mascarenhas' "Bangladesh: A legacy of Blood"
  Mascarenhas mentions that if Moshtaq had dared to unite BD with
  Pakistan (There were rumours to that effect at that time) then "he
  would have been immediately killed by Majors Farook and Rashid,
  both staunch nationalists"

  Zia was no Paki lover either, nor had any reason to be either. Zia
  mentioned to Mascarenhas that he had been 'extremely suspicious
  about Moshtaq hobnobbing with Pakistanis' (mentioned on page 88 of
  Legacy of Blood).

  The fact is they had every reason to become anti Mujib in 1975,
  not pro pakistan. Anti Mujib does not mean Pro-Pak, a simple logic
  that does not get through the skull of Awamists, just like
  criticising Islam does not mean being pro-Christian/ pro-American/
  Pro-India, a logic that does not get through the thick skull of
  Islamists. In fact by diverting the blame to fictitious Pro-paki
  elements the Awamist try to deflect the attention away from their
  own misdeeds that led to the revolution and subsequent killing
  in 1975.

>"conspiring to kill the nascent democratic process brought on
> under the civilian political rule"
>

 ??? What a joke. It is pathetic how unabashedly one can make such a
  remark. It was Baksal who killed democracy. Does democracy mean
  installing a one party rule? Does democracy mean banning all
  newspapers except four that toes the official line? Does democracy
  mean raising private militia to suppress political opposition.
  Maybe thats what Awamists define as democracy. Just like the
  Islamists declare an Islamic state as the true form of democracy
  to them, the Awamists/Balists equate AL/Baksal rule as democracy.
  Any other option is undemocratic to Awamists just as it is to
  Islamists.

  "The killers got support from the conspirator of all times named
  Gen. Ziaur Rahman."??

  Another unsubstantiated claim by the Awamists. If by supporting
  means "not preventing the killing of Mujib" then not just Gen Zia,
  then the entire nation, including the majority of the then AL
  parliament members who joined the "killers" supported Mushtaq
  government can be said to have supported the killers. None did
  anything to protest/prevent the killing of Mujib. The ONLY person
  who laid down his life to protect Mujib was an army officer who
  was not even a freedom fighter, made no attempt to escape Pakistan
  in 1971 and was repatriated after independence. He was Colonel
  Jamil. He was just doing his duty as professional army offcier
  assigned to protect the presdient.

  Gen Zia did not do anything pro-active to support the killers nor
  did he do anything to stop them. But in no way did he offer
  support to the killers. In fact in Mascarenhas' Legacy of Blood on
  page 51 Mascarenhas mentions that Gen Zia was one among major
  Farook's hit list of army officers potentially offering resistance
  to their missions thus may have to be eliminated. Mascarenhas
  mentions on page 91 that Farook and Rashid had even considered
  arresting Zia along with Khaled Mosharraf.

  The responsibilty for stopping the majors from their mission lied
  not on Zia, but on Army Chief Gen Shafiullah, a veteran freedom
  fighter and AL's pick at that time. Even he must have felt so
  disgusted with AL/Baksal not to have risked going against the tide
  of Baksal Hotao operation. The entire events of 1975 had nothing
  to do with Pro-Pak or pro- anything. Most people who welcomed the
  elimination of Mujib were not pro-Pak, they were anti Mujib (Mujib
  as known b/w 1972-75). Many of them were Mujib lovers up until
  1973. There was no need or reason for Mujib killers to be Pro-Pak.
  Mujib had already offered Bhutto a red carpet reception, got
  Pakistan's recognition of BD, and wooed the Islamic countires for
  joining OIC, which he did. And Pakistan then was ruled by Bhutto's
  PPP party, Bhutto was an atheist and PPP was clearly soft towards
  socialist ideas. So what's there for the killers to be pro Pak
  unless they wer also very much an admirer of Bhutto, they
  obviously were not. The unpleasant bitter pill of truth that
  Awamists would not rather have people know is that there was
  exchanging of sweets after the news of Mujib's death. Majority
  were heaving a sigh of relief. A general sense of relief was felt
  among the mass. The only feeling of fear and uncertaintly that the
  Awamist is referring to was in fact a fear of reverting to status
  quo through some counter coup, or of a civil war between the
  supporters of AL and the new regime, which did not happen at all.
  The BAL/Baksal supporters simply had no moral courage to fight
  back knowing full well what kind of misdeeds they had committed
  between 1972-75 and the level of public resentment/disencha ntment
  against them. There is no need to have been alive and witnessed it
  first hand to see that. If the valiant freedom fighters and the
  people fought against the Pak military and laid down 3 million (an
  exaggeration but touted by Awamists, even if it was hundreds of
  thousands still a huge sacrifice) then if the killing of Mujib was
  unpopular with the people and was actually committed by Pro-paki
  elements, then there would surely would have been a similar mass
  movement against it. If popular uprising could defeat a formidable
  and unified Pak army with all their military machine and numbers,
  such a mass movement surely could have defeated a handful of
  junior officers with six antiquated tanks (The bulk of the army
  navy air force were not even under the command of those four
  majors). That in itself proves the lack of popular outcry against
  the killing of Mujib and against the end of Baksal. It is the
  condoning and tacit support by the masses for which the 1975
  revolt and killing met with no resistance. Anyone with a
  common sense can put two and two together and come to that
  conclusion.

  It is ironic that this Awamist and many others shed crocodile
  tears for Col Taher for being hanged by Zia's military court. Do
  they shed tears for Siraj Sikdar when he was killed by simply
  shooting on his back at Mujib's behest, which later Mujib bragged
  about saying "Kothay aaj Siraj Sikdar?". Taher did the most
  unprofessional thing in the army and he received army punishment
  for that. It was not Zia who used Taher but the other way around.
  It was Taher and the red brigade of Jashod who used Zia's
  popularity in the army to accomplish their red revolution using
  Zia as the front man knowing full well that he (Taher) or the
  Jashod brigade would not command that level of respect or
  acceptibility because of their bloody agenda of mass slaughter of
  entire army officer corps and elite of the society eventually if
  successfull. Zia tactfully managed Taher in turn to save the army
  from such a massacre and anarchy, or stop the massacre from
  further spreading. It is more ironic that Awamists praise Taher
  when in fact Taher and Jashod symbolized anti Mujibism. They would
  also have killed Mujib had thay gotten the opportuine moment.
  (Remenember Rob's declaration of peeling Mujib's skin to make
  shoes out of?) In fact they did not condemn or protest killing of
  Mujib but considered it as the first dirty step done by others so
  they could proceed with their own bloody red scheme, exploiting
  Zia's popularity.

  The rest of the ramblings about Zia's role in August killing is
  the Awamists personal spin on the events in 1971. It shows lack of
  professionalism and objectivity. One can only hope to get the best
  picture of what happened in 1975 and beyond by reading
  professional articles and books, not spin stories by Awami
  bigots,leftist Jashod fanatics or the Islamists. History is
  merciless, it does not necessarily favour one side or the other or
  all.

  - Jamil Asgor







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[ALOCHONA] Re-draw boundary in a small way: Indian envoy to Dhaka



Re-draw boundary in a small way: Indian envoy to Dhaka
 
Ahead of summit level talks with Bangladesh, India has suggested re-drawing of the international boundary "in a small way" to end daily hassles to thousands of people living in border areas.  Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty mooted the idea Sunday, prior to his departure to take up an ambassadorial posting in Thailand. Its a subject that could be taken up when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Jan 11.
 

According to official sources here, there is a stretch of 6.5 km unmarked border, and some 110 enclaves are inside Bangladesh while 55 are in Indian territory. Enclaves are small territories that belong to Bangladesh but are located within India and vice versa.

 

In an interview to The Daily Star newspaper published Sunday, Chakravarty said the people who live in enclaves have to cross international border every day for cultivation and they need to follow the official formalities as well as clearance from the Bangladesh Rifles and India's Border Security Force.

 

Though the people are allowed to cross the border for cultivation, this everyday problem can be resolved through exchange of enclaves, which would require redrawing the international border in a small way, he opined.

 

The international border was demarcated in 1947 between India and then East Pakistan by the British through what was called the Radcliff Award, named after the official who drew the boundaries partitioning India on the basis of Hindu and Muslim majority.

 

Chakravarty said during joint visits of Indian and Bangladesh officials in the past, it was found that people of the enclaves do not want to leave the land in which they have settled, worked and have farms.

 

"These pieces of land are all contiguous, so there is a possibility that we redraw the international border and finish this problem once and for all. Of course we will need a joint survey, which we will start soon after the summit meeting of the prime ministers of India and Bangladesh," he stated.

 

The Indian diplomat said: "We have only 6.2 km of undemarcated border when we have settled dispute over 4,000 km. My suggestion is, let us draw the line along the places where status quo is imposed."

 

Asked whether there is any progress made in this regard, Chakravarty said the issues have been discussed at the highest level and by and large there are agreements in principle. "The unmarked land and enclaves are not in a position of great strategic importance, so it is doable," he was quoted as saying.

 

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RE: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!



People like you have been trying hard to discredit common people in Bdesh...in their struggle 

for the liberation of the country.

1. Mujib was enjoying comfortable life in Pakistani jail...when ordinary Bdeshis were suffering.,
because their un-wise leaders pshed them infront of machine -guns without any plans/ preparations.

2. Al leaders and thugs had exciting days in Kolkata, all thier misdeeds happily recorded by RAW.

3. Young army officers, who left Pakistan army, fought, together with ordinary peasants.

It was the people of Bangladesh, with the help of Indians, liberated Bangladesh...not AL.

Don't poison the truth of our independence history.

Best wishes.







To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: emanur@rahman.com
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:41:45 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!



Dear Alochoks
 
It never ceases to amaze me what sycophants and idol worshippers us Bangladeshis are.
 
Mujib was a great wartime leader. He inspired and led Bangladeshis to secure independence from the Pakistani yoke. He is the Father of the Nation and Bangabandhu.
 
Mujib was an incompetent administrator, a poor father to his children, pompous and obsessed with self-egrandisement. His legacy is the politicization of every organ of government - a legacy that millions of Bangladeshis have paid for with their lives every year since Independence, they are paying today and will continue to do so.
 
I celebrate Independence and Mujib's role in it.
 
I mourn independent Bangladesh and Mujib's role in it.
 
Period.
 
Emanur Rahman
London
 
 


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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Maudud on Mujib!!!


The
unmitigated gall, the audacity, the chutzpah, the tawdriness--is truly lamentable indeed. How else one can respond to this invective, vituperative and blatantly partisan diatribe by anti-Mujib forces in Bangladesh. Let the forum members judge Bongobondoo after reading a excerpt from Barrister Maudud Ahmed's
book--writes Maudud, "Greatest Bengali of All Time…Mujib is the greatest phenomena of our history. His death was not his end. He will continue to remain as a legend in the political life of Bangladesh. No body gave so much to the Bengalis political independence and national identity. He was the symbol of Bengalee Nationalism. The fact that there is a country called Bangladesh is a sufficient testimony to Mujib's status as a legend of our age.  Despite Mujib's many failures, the fact that Mujib was sincere and his intentions were genuine and that he loved his people should not be questioned. As a Nationalist he tried his best to bring Bangladesh out of the Indian subjugation. He was able to send out the Indian army from the soil of Bangladesh within 2 months after his arrival. He flew over Indian Territory to their utter disgust to attend the Islamic summit in Lahore. He established the Aid to Bangladesh Consortium in 1974. He removed Tajuddin to reduce the weight of Indo-Soviet influence. Mujib's return to Bangladesh in itself saved the new country from further and perpetual subjugation. Had Mujib been killed by the Pakistani Junta he would have been immortal and would have become the greatest martyr of our history. If he had been killed by the Pakistanis---there would have been a civil war and the country would still be under Indian Army's control. Mujib's arrival from Pakistan brought a deep sense of relief to all the people of Bangladesh who were living in the midst of most dangerous uncertainties.  It seems that Mujib came back from the pedestal of an immortal betting only to die for saving the independence for which he struggled. It is true that Mujib faced a tragic death but he left Bangladesh free and independent. Maudud Ahmed P 313-318 'Era of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". 'Mujib's arrival from Pakistan brought a deep sense of relief to all the people of Bangladesh, who were living in the midst of most dangerous uncertainties'.
 
SaifDevdas
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From: enayet_2000@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:50:23 -0800
Subject: [khabor.com] General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Dhaka: Zia is the savior!

 

Zia saved the country from the anarchy, Zia is the true savior. Zia is the most post-liberation progressive leader of bangladesh. While Seikh Mujib has a premitive thinking of Hitlar to be a dictator, and destroy democracy to instill his kingdom in Bangladesh, Zia thrives the country in the right direction.

Truth has to be told, history need to be said properly.

--- On Sat, 11/21/09, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: RE: [khabor.com] FW: [Mukto-Mona] Re: General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Dhaka
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
Cc: dahuk@yahoogroups.com, "mukto-mona@yahoogroups" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>, witness-pioneer@yahoogroups.com, "progressive-muslim@yahoogroups" <progressive-muslim@yahoogroups.com>, political_analysts@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:46 AM

 


Dear sirs,

 

Assalamu Alaikum.General Zia did nothing on 15th Auguast. There is no proof.Even the case in which Bangladesh Supreme Court has given judgment , there is no mention of Zia,.As Maudud Ahmad has said the judgment shows that Zia had no role.

 

Zia saved the country from falling back to Awami League's BAKSHAL rule, one party dictatorship and also re-asserted the Islamic identity of the nation.

 

No other nation or group other than Bangladesh Army was involved. All other things are just Awami propaganda.

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 

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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:02 AM
To: khabor@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [khabor.com] FW: [Mukto-Mona] Re: General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Dhaka

 

 


WRT: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mukto- mona/message/ 52503

> The agents of Pakistan had already infiltrated into the army and
> started conspiring to kill the nascent democratic process brought
> on under the civilian political rule. The killers got support from
> the conspirator of all times named Gen. Ziaur Rahman.

  Pakistani agents infiltrated Baksali supported army in 1975 ??
  What a
  ridiculous claim. No scholarly article/book has ever made such a
  funny claim. The BD army in 1975 was very much a pro-Bangladeshi
  force who had played the leading role in the war of liberation
  against the Paki army. The officers who killed Mujib and toppled
  Baksali regime were all active freedom fighters with missionary
  zeal, unlike many AL leaders who were enjoying the sensuous
  pleasures in Kolkata the entire time during the liberation
  struggle). These army officers were all against Pakistani Gov. and
  supportive of liberation war. They staked their life for it. Why
  would they suddenly become Paki lovers in 1975? Doe it make sense?
  It makes sense for them to become anti Mujib/Baksal. They were not
  anti-AL even. They installed an AL gov. headed by Balist Moshtaque
  comprising majority of then then AL parliament members

  The reason they turned against Mujib and Baksal is manyfold. But
  none of those manyfold reasons had anything to do with
  infiltration by Pakistani elements. The manyfold reasons have all
  been well documented by many scholarly writings by professional
  journalists and intellectuals/ historians. In a nutshell the reason
  were the rampant corruption by AL/Baksal, the undemocratic
  measures widely adopted by Mujib to silence/torture opposition and
  keep his power through using Rakkhi Bahini and other private
  armies (like Lal Bahini, Awami Shechchha Shebok Bahini etc). There
  was widespread public resentment against the Mujib regime from
  1974 onwards. So much so that ASM Rob could declare "Mujib, we
  will peel your skin and make shoes out of it" to the thunderous
  applause of hundreds of thousands attending his rally in Paltan.
  Adding fuel to fire was the insulting of some army officers by
  some AL hooligans and Mujib's siding with the hooligans. None of
  these had anything to do with Pakistani elements. As I said the
  army  majors who fought against Pakistan in 1971 had no reason to
  suddenly become Pakistan lovers in 1975. In fact majors Farook and
  Rashid were very much nationalists then as they were during 1971
  and totally opposed to the idea of reverting to one Pakistan. On
  page 87 of Anthony Mascarenhas' "Bangladesh: A legacy of Blood"
  Mascarenhas mentions that if Moshtaq had dared to unite BD with
  Pakistan (There were rumours to that effect at that time) then "he
  would have been immediately killed by Majors Farook and Rashid,
  both staunch nationalists"

  Zia was no Paki lover either, nor had any reason to be either. Zia
  mentioned to Mascarenhas that he had been 'extremely suspicious
  about Moshtaq hobnobbing with Pakistanis' (mentioned on page 88 of
  Legacy of Blood).

  The fact is they had every reason to become anti Mujib in 1975,
  not pro pakistan. Anti Mujib does not mean Pro-Pak, a simple logic
  that does not get through the skull of Awamists, just like
  criticising Islam does not mean being pro-Christian/ pro-American/
  Pro-India, a logic that does not get through the thick skull of
  Islamists. In fact by diverting the blame to fictitious Pro-paki
  elements the Awamist try to deflect the attention away from their
  own misdeeds that led to the revolution and subsequent killing
  in 1975.

>"conspiring to kill the nascent democratic process brought on
> under the civilian political rule"
>

 ??? What a joke. It is pathetic how unabashedly one can make such a
  remark. It was Baksal who killed democracy. Does democracy mean
  installing a one party rule? Does democracy mean banning all
  newspapers except four that toes the official line? Does democracy
  mean raising private militia to suppress political opposition.
  Maybe thats what Awamists define as democracy. Just like the
  Islamists declare an Islamic state as the true form of democracy
  to them, the Awamists/Balists equate AL/Baksal rule as democracy.
  Any other option is undemocratic to Awamists just as it is to
  Islamists.

  "The killers got support from the conspirator of all times named
  Gen. Ziaur Rahman."??

  Another unsubstantiated claim by the Awamists. If by supporting
  means "not preventing the killing of Mujib" then not just Gen Zia,
  then the entire nation, including the majority of the then AL
  parliament members who joined the "killers" supported Mushtaq
  government can be said to have supported the killers. None did
  anything to protest/prevent the killing of Mujib. The ONLY person
  who laid down his life to protect Mujib was an army officer who
  was not even a freedom fighter, made no attempt to escape Pakistan
  in 1971 and was repatriated after independence. He was Colonel
  Jamil. He was just doing his duty as professional army offcier
  assigned to protect the presdient.

  Gen Zia did not do anything pro-active to support the killers nor
  did he do anything to stop them. But in no way did he offer
  support to the killers. In fact in Mascarenhas' Legacy of Blood on
  page 51 Mascarenhas mentions that Gen Zia was one among major
  Farook's hit list of army officers potentially offering resistance
  to their missions thus may have to be eliminated. Mascarenhas
  mentions on page 91 that Farook and Rashid had even considered
  arresting Zia along with Khaled Mosharraf.

  The responsibilty for stopping the majors from their mission lied
  not on Zia, but on Army Chief Gen Shafiullah, a veteran freedom
  fighter and AL's pick at that time. Even he must have felt so
  disgusted with AL/Baksal not to have risked going against the tide
  of Baksal Hotao operation. The entire events of 1975 had nothing
  to do with Pro-Pak or pro- anything. Most people who welcomed the
  elimination of Mujib were not pro-Pak, they were anti Mujib (Mujib
  as known b/w 1972-75). Many of them were Mujib lovers up until
  1973. There was no need or reason for Mujib killers to be Pro-Pak.
  Mujib had already offered Bhutto a red carpet reception, got
  Pakistan's recognition of BD, and wooed the Islamic countires for
  joining OIC, which he did. And Pakistan then was ruled by Bhutto's
  PPP party, Bhutto was an atheist and PPP was clearly soft towards
  socialist ideas. So what's there for the killers to be pro Pak
  unless they wer also very much an admirer of Bhutto, they
  obviously were not. The unpleasant bitter pill of truth that
  Awamists would not rather have people know is that there was
  exchanging of sweets after the news of Mujib's death. Majority
  were heaving a sigh of relief. A general sense of relief was felt
  among the mass. The only feeling of fear and uncertaintly that the
  Awamist is referring to was in fact a fear of reverting to status
  quo through some counter coup, or of a civil war between the
  supporters of AL and the new regime, which did not happen at all.
  The BAL/Baksal supporters simply had no moral courage to fight
  back knowing full well what kind of misdeeds they had committed
  between 1972-75 and the level of public resentment/disencha ntment
  against them. There is no need to have been alive and witnessed it
  first hand to see that. If the valiant freedom fighters and the
  people fought against the Pak military and laid down 3 million (an
  exaggeration but touted by Awamists, even if it was hundreds of
  thousands still a huge sacrifice) then if the killing of Mujib was
  unpopular with the people and was actually committed by Pro-paki
  elements, then there would surely would have been a similar mass
  movement against it. If popular uprising could defeat a formidable
  and unified Pak army with all their military machine and numbers,
  such a mass movement surely could have defeated a handful of
  junior officers with six antiquated tanks (The bulk of the army
  navy air force were not even under the command of those four
  majors). That in itself proves the lack of popular outcry against
  the killing of Mujib and against the end of Baksal. It is the
  condoning and tacit support by the masses for which the 1975
  revolt and killing met with no resistance. Anyone with a
  common sense can put two and two together and come to that
  conclusion.

  It is ironic that this Awamist and many others shed crocodile
  tears for Col Taher for being hanged by Zia's military court. Do
  they shed tears for Siraj Sikdar when he was killed by simply
  shooting on his back at Mujib's behest, which later Mujib bragged
  about saying "Kothay aaj Siraj Sikdar?". Taher did the most
  unprofessional thing in the army and he received army punishment
  for that. It was not Zia who used Taher but the other way around.
  It was Taher and the red brigade of Jashod who used Zia's
  popularity in the army to accomplish their red revolution using
  Zia as the front man knowing full well that he (Taher) or the
  Jashod brigade would not command that level of respect or
  acceptibility because of their bloody agenda of mass slaughter of
  entire army officer corps and elite of the society eventually if
  successfull. Zia tactfully managed Taher in turn to save the army
  from such a massacre and anarchy, or stop the massacre from
  further spreading. It is more ironic that Awamists praise Taher
  when in fact Taher and Jashod symbolized anti Mujibism. They would
  also have killed Mujib had thay gotten the opportuine moment.
  (Remenember Rob's declaration of peeling Mujib's skin to make
  shoes out of?) In fact they did not condemn or protest killing of
  Mujib but considered it as the first dirty step done by others so
  they could proceed with their own bloody red scheme, exploiting
  Zia's popularity.

  The rest of the ramblings about Zia's role in August killing is
  the Awamists personal spin on the events in 1971. It shows lack of
  professionalism and objectivity. One can only hope to get the best
  picture of what happened in 1975 and beyond by reading
  professional articles and books, not spin stories by Awami
  bigots,leftist Jashod fanatics or the Islamists. History is
  merciless, it does not necessarily favour one side or the other or
  all.

  - Jamil Asgor







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