: View from Dhaka Tribune: Bangladesh should not let India or Pakistan change its liberation narrative #IndiaNEWS Depending on which side of the divide one listens to, the narrative of Bangladesh’s

View from Dhaka Tribune: Bangladesh should not let India or Pakistan change its liberation narrative #IndiaNEWS
Depending on which side of the divide one listens to, the narrative of Bangladesh’s independence is enunciated differently. It is a usual sachet of history while it remains fresh and bubbling over. As is the case with the concepts of India’s Partition and the creation of Pakistan, once the sands settled, truisms have appeared.India has divided opinion on whether it was partitioned or whether it gained independence. Indeed, it is more convenient to play the “Independence record�? on August 15 and the “Partition CD�? on December 16. In both cases, Bangladesh comes as a mention in passing. Bangladesh’s Victory Day is observed as the day India defeated Pakistan in a 13-day war. To confuse matters further, the narrative has been carefully sculpted to focus on India’s Republic Day in January, when independence is ceremonially celebrated.Real narrativeThat the Bangladesh narrative might change decades later cannot be ruled out. Going by the script Indian politicians are writing, we shall have to stand and set in stone the real narrative. By then, the Rajnath Singhs and Amit Shahs may or may not be there to eschew their version. To one that follows history in detail, poising to reminisce at every twist and turn, it would almost be...Read more

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