My sincere gratitude to the author of this article; this is a must read article.
Unfortunately, thanks to that lady from the West Bengal (what's her name - Sharmila Bose or something), we are still debating about how many 'rape' incidences did occur during the liberation struggle.
Unfortunately, thanks to that lady from the West Bengal (what's her name - Sharmila Bose or something), we are still debating about how many 'rape' incidences did occur during the liberation struggle.
I am not sure how many people had a chance to read or hear about details about rape victims of the liberation war. Government's effort, at the time, was to suppress details from public. This article reminded me of what nation has lost due to the suppression of facts.
I could not read through some of those vivid descriptions of tortures those unfortunate women endured at the hands of those animals, who treated them as pieces of meat; they played with their body-parts during their lustful acts of violence. Those women were not simply victims of rape; many of them lost their lives during those ordeals, and, many of those, who were lucky to be alive, lost parts of their body. It will be an injustice to those victims if we simply call them victims of rape.
The heroic women, who out-lived those ordeals, got nothing in return after the independence, except neglect, despair, and discrimination. As a society, we were rushing to cover up those atrocities, and trying to forget those barbaric acts, as quickly as possible in the name of protecting privacy and honor. Did we protect interests of those women in doing so? I don't think so, but – we surely have lost valuable pieces of historical facts.
The heroic women, who out-lived those ordeals, got nothing in return after the independence, except neglect, despair, and discrimination. As a society, we were rushing to cover up those atrocities, and trying to forget those barbaric acts, as quickly as possible in the name of protecting privacy and honor. Did we protect interests of those women in doing so? I don't think so, but – we surely have lost valuable pieces of historical facts.
The nation has willfully distorted history for the young generations to come. We have willfully deprived young generations from those historical facts. I am not sure if Awami League government has preserved those stories in the audio/video documentary format in the Liberation Struggle Memorial Museum. I am not sure if some of those stories have been incorporated in the history textbooks of the young generations, so that – they can have a glimpse of the sacrifice some women made during the liberation struggle. I doubt any of these has happened.
Jiten Roy
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'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি
বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের
জবানবন্দী'
একাত্তরে আমাদের মা বোনদের ওপর
পরিচালিত পাকিস্তানি সৈন্যদের
যৌন নির্যাতনের কতটা মারাত্মক,
কতোটা ভয়াবহ, কতোটা বীভৎস ছিলো-
যুদ্ধ চলাকালে আমাদের দেশ থেকে
প্রকাশিত কোনো দৈনিক
পত্রিকায়ই তা প্রকাশিত হয় নি।
গনহত্যা, শরণার্থীদের কথা যেমন
বিদেশী সংবাদপত্র গুলোতে
প্রকাশিত হয়েছিলো গুরুত্ব
নিয়ে সে রকম করে ধর্ষণ কিংবা
নারী নির্যাতনের খবরগুলো
প্রকাশিত হয়নি বিদেশী সংবাদ
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'তিরিশ লক্ষ শহীদ, বাহুল্য নাকি
বাস্তবতাঃ ধর্ষিত মা'য়েদের
জবানবন্দী'
একাত্তরে আমাদের মা বোনদের ওপর
পরিচালিত পাকিস্তানি সৈন্যদের
যৌন নির্যাতনের কতটা মারাত্মক,
কতোটা ভয়াবহ, কতোটা বীভৎস ছিলো-
যুদ্ধ চলাকালে আমাদের দেশ থেকে
প্রকাশিত কোনো দৈনিক
পত্রিকায়ই তা প্রকাশিত হয় নি।
গনহত্যা, শরণার্থীদের কথা যেমন
বিদেশী সংবাদপত্র গুলোতে
প্রকাশিত হয়েছিলো গুরুত্ব
নিয়ে সে রকম করে ধর্ষণ কিংবা
নারী নির্যাতনের খবরগুলো
প্রকাশিত হয়নি বিদেশী সংবাদ
মাধ্যমে। [...]
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