From: Hemayet Ullah <ullah1@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Subject: [KHABOR] Sarmila Bose's program Review
I enjoyed the civil yet very terse and pointed discussions at today's Sarmila Bose program at Woodrow Wilson center in Washington DC. Even though she narrated her book chapters with eloquence, the aftermath discussions, I am sure, will leave a bitter taste in her mouth for a long time to come. It appeared that her problem mainly stems from the fact that our media disproportionately portray/demonize the Pakistan army by name calling as hyena, khan sena etc; while the army does not deserve such attributes (Kamrul Islam's painting). She spent a great deal of time trying to paint that many of the Baluch army person who were perceived as more generous than that of the Panjabi's, were in fact not Baluchi (But mostly Panjabis!!!).
However, valiant questioning from the audiences did show the mark as her voice rather appeared more tamed and she was dodging the questions with contrive rhetoric.
Bangalees portrayed Pakistanis as occupiers- she protested but did not answer the very pointed question by Anis bhai of VOA that after declaring the Independence of Bangladesh on the 26th of March, any foreign force would naturally be deemed as occupiers.....On the question of whether she is being paid by ISI- her one word answer was NO!!
We- the Bangalees should be applauded as we only demonize them in our literature/music which she finds offensive.....At least the Americans had the luxury of trying the war criminals at Nuremburg... we did not have that opportunity...
Some of the known faces of DC area did not have the audacity to ask a single question but to appease her... bought her books in drove and started hobnobbing with her in the pretense of getting her autograph. While getting the autograph, one started to narrate how muktijodda's killed people in his area!!!! Now there politics is not motivated by anti-India or by anti-hindu Sarmila Bose.... Politics makes strange bed fellows... Shame on those faces who were bad mouthing our glorious independence war just to score points with her.
Hat's off to Nurun Nabi bhai for his direct efforts to bring this issue in fronts.... Ms. Bose was not present in Bangladesh and her narrations were mainly from interviews with one side... Who should you believe? Who fought in the liberation war by himself or someone who wrote a 'scholarly' book based on interviews (one side). You go and figure it out...
My comments to my dear friend who recently raised question about the correctness of the 3 million number... He should have listened to today's commentator who said even if one person died that one too many.... I echo this sentiment as it is not a number game numbers are symbolic.. it is our Independence war that is hugely bigger than any politician getting his/her son/daughter getting married to Rajakar's daughter/son.....
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