Ghazi Tarikhdan·Sep 18Why Do States Break Apart? Lessons from Pakistan’s Experience, 1947–1971Introduction
Topehope·Dec 8, 2025Problems Of Nation-Building In PakistanIn 1971 the official “Two-Nation-Theory” was disclosed as wishful thinking. The former East-Pakistan became independent as the new state of…
Sharjeel Jawaid·Jun 8, 2025Yaqub Khan | Prince, Soldier, Diplomat, Statesman“The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, / Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit / Shall lure it back to cancel half a line / Nor all…
Rashmee Roshan Lall·Dec 4, 2023Gaza 2023 is getting to feel an awful lot like East Pakistan 1971In Gaza, there are Monday morning blues, and then some. With the Israel Defence Forces saying it is operating “across all of the Gaza…
Rashmee Roshan Lall·Dec 1, 2023Henry Kissinger: A people’s obituary from BangladeshThe day news broke that Henry Kissinger was dead social media started to be flooded with photos from Bangladesh. One sticks out…A response icon2A response icon2
Maruf Dewan·Aug 21, 20211971, Post conflict societies, reconciliation and Bangladeshi ‘chetonabazi’In the foreword to ‘Reconciliation After Violent Conflict: A Handbook’, Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes,
Dr. Shakir Ahmad Shahid, PSP, Ph.D, Postdoc·Dec 18, 202016 Dec 1971: Fall of Dhaka — A National Debacle Owned by None, Forgotten by All …..‘GenesisWorld War II was over — but not for Mr. Hiroo Onoda — a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army, because he did not believe that the war…
