Try to understand, what she means.
She only means that she was not raped by whole Pak Army. She was just raped by a couple of Pak Soldiers.
--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Syed_Aslam3 <Syed.Aslam3@...> wrote:
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *Sarmila Bose, an apologist for atrocities in 1971 and a denier of rape by
> Pakistani military, returns *
>
> *ABM Nasir*
>
> *March 11, 2011*
>
> Sarmila Bose, a denier of rape committed by Pakistani military in 1971 and
> an apologist for Pakistani atrocities in East Pakistan in 1971, returns with
> (perhaps with more distortion) her new book *"Dead Reckoning: Memories of
> the 1971 Bangladesh War"* scheduled to be discussed at a book event at
> the Woodrow
> Wilson Center in Washington D.C., on March 15, 2011. Around 2005-06, she was
> widely rebutted for her distorted views on Liberation War in an
> article *“Anatomy
> of Violence: Analysis of Civil War in East Pakistan in 1971â€* published at
> the October 8, 2005 issue of the *Economic and Political
> Weekly*.[i]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn1>In
> the article, while Sarmila Bose rightly pointed out that
> *“there has been little systematic study of the violent conflicts during the
> nine-month long civil war,â€* she and other (see, e.g. Bose, 2005; and
> Mohaiemen, 2008[ii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn2>)
> so called ‘*self-righteous*’ truth seekers like her appears to be filling
> the vacuum in rewriting, revising, and, even, twisting the history of
> Liberation War on their own volitions, based largely on selective
> references, report published by Pakistan government in 1971, and the
> eye-witness accounts of the Pakistani military officials. For example, both
> Bose and Mohaiemen termed the 1971 crisis in East Pakistan as the ‘civil
> war’ although the 1971 crisis is most commonly referred in Bangladesh as
> either Liberation War (or Mukti Juddho) or Independence War (Shadinotar
> Juddho). The use of the term ‘civil war’ to address the 1971 war in East
> Pakistan is an attempt to *“deflect the attention from its genocidal
> connotationâ€* as argued by Mookherjee (2006) in a rebuttal to Sarmila Bose’s
> article. [iii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn3>
> Indeed,
> instead of referring such analyses as being *“a systematic analysis of the
> context and nature of violence in the conflict of 1971,â€* as Sarmila Bose
> claimed, one must reject such articles as systematic attempt to discount the
> severity of the brutal assault of Pakistani military on Bengali people.
>
> *What are the main arguments in Sarmila Bose’s Article?*
>
> In her article she claimed that
>
> (a) *“The civil war was not merely between the two wings of Pakistan, but
> also within the territory of East Pakistan, between Bengalis and
> non-Bengalis, and Bengalis themselves, who were bitterly divided between
> those who favored independence for Bangladesh and those who supported the
> unity and integrity of Pakistan,â€*
>
> (b) the atrocity in East Pakistan was provoked by the resistance of the
> Bengali nationalists,
>
> (c) violence committed by both sides with Bengalis attacking Biharis at the
> beginning of the war, provoking Pakistani military and Bihari reprisals
> during the war followed by Bengali retribution against Biharis toward the
> end of and after the War,
>
> and
>
> (d) no evidence of rape of Bengali women by Pakistani Military could be
> found. Her prevarication reflected in her:* *constant and deliberate attempt
> to depict Pakistani military officials as compassionate individuals,
> apparently, to deflect the severity of genocidal act committed by Pakistani
> military on the Bengali populace; heavy emphasis on Bengali atrocities on
> Biharis; deliberate and frequent use of the word ‘male’ to discount the
> violence against women; use of the phrase *“collective punishment†*to
> justify mass killings of Pakistani atrocities; frequent terming the ‘freedom
> fighters’ as ‘Bengali nationalist rebels’ to deflect attention from the
> broader historical cultural, social, political, and economic context of west
> Pakistani discrimination behind the Liberation War; and, the use of specific
> example based on selective references, reports published by west Pakistani
> regime, and interviews of former Pakistani military commanders to deny the
> broader perspective of the west Pakistani military atrocities.
>
>
>
> The review of only one study, by Beachler (2007), containing an objective
> analysis of the Liberation War, would expose her distorted views and
> undoubtedly prompt one to throw the 16-page long contorted analysis of the
> Liberation War in historical recycle bin.
> [iv]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn4>
>
>
>
>
> *Why deniers deny? *
>
> Sarmila Bose’s contorted views of the Liberation War remind this author of
> the denials by a group of academia of the major genocides in the world
> history including the Holocaust and the Armenian genocide. Why deniers deny?
> Charny <http://www.ideajournal.com/authors.php?id=15> (2001), a leading
> scholar on Genocide studies, stated in this article, that *“… deniers are
> not necessarily rabid anti-some people, like anti-Semites and haters of
> Armenians, but may more simply be out for their personal gain, economic
> advantage, or even more simply career advantage -- research grants imply a
> combination both of financial resources as well as opportunities to engage
> in research in desired settings.â€*
> [v]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn5>
>
> In another article, Charny and Fromer (1990, 1998) presented five *“conceptual
> characteristics of 'innocent denial.â€* Among the five, one referred to as ‘*
> Innocence-and-Self-Righteousness*’ appears to fit the profile of Sarmila
> Bose. According to this feature of denial “*The respondents claim that they
> only intend to ascertain the truth. Moreover, they do not believe that human
> beings could have been so evil as the descriptions of the genocide imply *(as
> reflected in Sarmila Bose’s defense for Pakistani military officials)*.
> Furthermore, even if many deaths took place a long time ago, it is important
> to put them aside now and forgive and forget *(similarly, Sarmila Bose
> proposed, in the last sentence of her article, *“efforts towards
> reconciliation, rather than the recrimination that has so far been its
> hallmark .â€*).[vi]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn6>
>
> Sarmila Bose derives her credibility from her being affiliated with
> multitudes of renowned organizations, being a Hindu of Indian origin, and
> being a Harvard graduate. However, her apparent objectivity, true
> intentions, and wisdom are exposed in her passion defense for Pakistani
> cause reflected in a coauthored article published in *Christian Science
> Monitor* on April 11,
> 2005.[vii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__edn7>In
> the article, not only she defended the U.S. sale of F-16 to Pakistan,
> but
> she referred Pakistan as a stable Muslim democracy and praised former
> military ruler General Musharraf as a modernizer.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> [i]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref1>
> Bose,
> Sarmila (2005). “Anatomy of Violence: Analysis of Civil War in East Pakistan
> in 1971.†EPW, October 8.
>
> [ii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref2>
> Mohaiemen,
> Naeem (2008). “Accelerated Media and the 1971 Civil War in Bangladesh,†EPW,
> January 26.
>
> [iii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref3>
> Mookherjee,
> Nayanika (2006). *“Skewing the history of rape in 1971 A prescription for
> reconciliation?â€* EPW, Vol. 41 No 36: 3901-3903.
>
> [iv]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref4>Beachler,
> Donald (2007).
> *“The politics of genocide scholarship: the case of Bangladesh,*†Patterns
> of Prejudice (2007). Beachler also indicated that *“No book-length study of
> the genocide in Bangladesh has been published in the United States; essays
> about it have appeared in some collections on genocide not in
> others.â€*Beachler also referred to only one article
> *“Atrocities against humanity during the liberation war in Bangladeshâ€* by
> Akmam, Wadratul (2002) appeared in the Journal of Genocide Research.
>
> [v]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref5>
> Charny <http://www.ideajournal.com/authors.php?id=15>, Israel W. (2001). *“The
> Psychological Satisfaction of Denials of the Holocaust or Other Genocides by
> Non-Extremists or Bigots, and Even by Known Scholars,â€* The IDEA Journal,
> July 17.
>
> [vi]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref6>
> Charny,
> Israel W. and Fromer, Daphna (1998). *“Denying the Armenian Genocide:
> Patterns of thinking as defence-mechanisms,â€* Patterns of Prejudice, 39-49.
>
> [vii]<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Of_RlI9KfPQ.en.&am=!0aqARIAlezD7BT3CrXU2blSBF5yeGDF_moAvbZuDmHqdmIE-W9Ro0B3rZw&fri#12eb1dad435c1cb3__ednref7>Milam,
> William B. and Sarmila Bose (2005).
> *“The right stuff: F-16s to Pakistan is wise decision.â€* Christian Science
> Monitor, April 11.
>
>
>
> ABM Nasir, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Economics
> School of Business
> North Carolina Central University
> Durham, NC 27707.
> Phone: (919) 530-7372
> Fax: (919) 530-6163
>
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