Dear Mr. Sohail Tajul Islam,
Mentioning about Neo Razakers why you are trying to show too much gratitude to India for their helpful activities in 1971. Needless to say we the Bangladeshi people are always very much grateful to them as they came forward to help us during our liberation war with the Pakistani army junta. But that does not mean we should do too much Bharat pooja and that is what they want by reminding us from time to time about their help rendered to us during our fight with Pakistan. We came out of the Pakistani occupation after sacrificing the lives of our three millions of people not to woship India. Our present Bangladesh that is previous East Pakistan if would not be within Pakistan in 1947, we would never think of Bangladesh, it would be another Kashmir. India came forward only because they wanted to take revenge from their longstanding enemy Pakistan with whom they fought three wars since 1947.
If in the mind of Indian people, the idea about us as ungrateful it is their another misconceptions. We are grateful to them all the times but they should also be a little bit grateful to us and vice versa. It is because of our freedom fighters, they got the chance and took the full advantage of our fighting with Pakistan. They were able to defeat Pakistan absolutly with our co-operation.
Thanks God we are now living in an independant Bangladesh a separate homeland for our Bengali speaking people not like Kashmir or like West Bengal Dadababus under the occupation and repression of India.
Doula,
ON, Canada.
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From: sohailtaj2008@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:01 +0000
Subject: [chottala.com] The Intellectual Blueprint of the Neo-Razakars
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Over the last few months I have been observing the increasingly
monotonous promotion of the book `The India Doctrine' by the infamous
Barrister MBI Munshi. His supporters and the books promoters are
easily identified and include Isha Khan, Zoglul Hossain and Moin
Ansari (a Pakistani national residing in New York). These are all
well-known and renowned anti-Indians who at every opportunity spout
venom at our big neighbour and try to create a hostile and militant
attitude to New Delhi. If the opinions of these few individuals were
kept within this small coterie there would not be much concern but the
ideas and perspectives found in The India Doctrine appear to be
spreading. If one reads the recent write-ups and speeches of such
public intellectuals like Farhad Mazar, Mahmudur Rahman, Prof.
Mahbubullah, Prof. Ataur Rahman, Shah Abdul Hannan and the anti-Indian
stance of the BNP-Jamaat neo-Razakars you will see the adoption of the
ideas contained in The India Doctrine. Similarly, several newspapers,
magazines and journals such as the Naya Diganta, Sangram, Dinkal, New
Age, Bangladesh Defence Journal, The Financial Express, PROBE, The
Bangladesh Today and The New Nation have also been sponsoring or
highlighting this new anti-Indian agenda.
After much irritating and incessant publicity surrounding this book I
decided to purchase a copy from The Bookworm near Jahangir Gate. This
is the only bookstore in Dhaka that actually sells the book. For those
who support the ideals of the Liberation War and the sacrifices made
by the people of Bangladesh one can only be repulsed by its contents.
The book does not even leave Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
untouched by its scurrilous and repulsive innuendoes and second rate
theorizing about a supposed and fantastic Akhand Bharat being
allegedly pursued by Indian policy-makers since partition in 1947.
What Barrister MBI Munshi does not discuss is the sacrifices that were
made by India for the independence of Bangladesh. Barrister Munshi
manages to disingenuously twist history to make India appear as the
villain and not the murderous Pakistan army that raped and killed
unarmed civilians in the erstwhile East Pakistan.
What is particularly aggravating is that none of the so-called
defenders of our freedoms and secular ideals has come forward to
contradict the objectives and ideas of the book. This is extremely
dangerous as the anti-Indian tilt now appearing in Bangladesh could
have very unfortunate consequences for the country. If New Delhi views
its small neighbour as becoming hostile to its friendly overtures it
could turn the screws and make things difficult for Bangladesh.
Already many in India view Bangladesh as ungrateful. The secular
intellectuals of Bangladesh must come forward and warn of the dangers
of following the ideas contained in The India Doctrine.
The book essentially promotes an intellectual blueprint for
instability and reversal of the secular gains made in 1971 which
ultimately trashed the concept of the Two Nation Theory but which is
still oddly propounded in Pakistan. After 1971, Pakistanis should have
come to realize that the misguided ideals of the Two Nation Theory are
no longer relevant - the creation of Bangladesh proves that point.
Unfortunately the neo-Razakars in Bangladesh still passionately hold
to this concept of the Two Nation Theory. The India Doctrine
superficially provides them with an argument but it is indeed a weak
foundation. The dream of India's disintegration (an implication made
in the book) is just that – a dream. Instead we are seeing Pakistan on
the verge of political collapse and Bangladesh with an uncertain
future. It is without doubt India that will emerge as the regional
superpower and elites in Pakistan and Bangladesh better come to
recognize that reality or both countries will suffer the consequences.
Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are too weak and internally divided to
pose a threat to India's rise so why fosters dreams based on an
ill-conceived religious division which has done more harm than good.
The meaning of Islam is submission so both countries should gracefully
submit!
Sohail Tajul Islam
Student
Department of Medicine
Imperial College London
monotonous promotion of the book `The India Doctrine' by the infamous
Barrister MBI Munshi. His supporters and the books promoters are
easily identified and include Isha Khan, Zoglul Hossain and Moin
Ansari (a Pakistani national residing in New York). These are all
well-known and renowned anti-Indians who at every opportunity spout
venom at our big neighbour and try to create a hostile and militant
attitude to New Delhi. If the opinions of these few individuals were
kept within this small coterie there would not be much concern but the
ideas and perspectives found in The India Doctrine appear to be
spreading. If one reads the recent write-ups and speeches of such
public intellectuals like Farhad Mazar, Mahmudur Rahman, Prof.
Mahbubullah, Prof. Ataur Rahman, Shah Abdul Hannan and the anti-Indian
stance of the BNP-Jamaat neo-Razakars you will see the adoption of the
ideas contained in The India Doctrine. Similarly, several newspapers,
magazines and journals such as the Naya Diganta, Sangram, Dinkal, New
Age, Bangladesh Defence Journal, The Financial Express, PROBE, The
Bangladesh Today and The New Nation have also been sponsoring or
highlighting this new anti-Indian agenda.
After much irritating and incessant publicity surrounding this book I
decided to purchase a copy from The Bookworm near Jahangir Gate. This
is the only bookstore in Dhaka that actually sells the book. For those
who support the ideals of the Liberation War and the sacrifices made
by the people of Bangladesh one can only be repulsed by its contents.
The book does not even leave Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
untouched by its scurrilous and repulsive innuendoes and second rate
theorizing about a supposed and fantastic Akhand Bharat being
allegedly pursued by Indian policy-makers since partition in 1947.
What Barrister MBI Munshi does not discuss is the sacrifices that were
made by India for the independence of Bangladesh. Barrister Munshi
manages to disingenuously twist history to make India appear as the
villain and not the murderous Pakistan army that raped and killed
unarmed civilians in the erstwhile East Pakistan.
What is particularly aggravating is that none of the so-called
defenders of our freedoms and secular ideals has come forward to
contradict the objectives and ideas of the book. This is extremely
dangerous as the anti-Indian tilt now appearing in Bangladesh could
have very unfortunate consequences for the country. If New Delhi views
its small neighbour as becoming hostile to its friendly overtures it
could turn the screws and make things difficult for Bangladesh.
Already many in India view Bangladesh as ungrateful. The secular
intellectuals of Bangladesh must come forward and warn of the dangers
of following the ideas contained in The India Doctrine.
The book essentially promotes an intellectual blueprint for
instability and reversal of the secular gains made in 1971 which
ultimately trashed the concept of the Two Nation Theory but which is
still oddly propounded in Pakistan. After 1971, Pakistanis should have
come to realize that the misguided ideals of the Two Nation Theory are
no longer relevant - the creation of Bangladesh proves that point.
Unfortunately the neo-Razakars in Bangladesh still passionately hold
to this concept of the Two Nation Theory. The India Doctrine
superficially provides them with an argument but it is indeed a weak
foundation. The dream of India's disintegration (an implication made
in the book) is just that – a dream. Instead we are seeing Pakistan on
the verge of political collapse and Bangladesh with an uncertain
future. It is without doubt India that will emerge as the regional
superpower and elites in Pakistan and Bangladesh better come to
recognize that reality or both countries will suffer the consequences.
Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are too weak and internally divided to
pose a threat to India's rise so why fosters dreams based on an
ill-conceived religious division which has done more harm than good.
The meaning of Islam is submission so both countries should gracefully
submit!
Sohail Tajul Islam
Student
Department of Medicine
Imperial College London
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