Kaiser Haq

A culture that ignores poetry is a defective culture

Anuradha Sharma Mar 9, 2015 0

Bangladesh celebrated its 44th Victory Day on December 16 last year. On that day in 1971, the Pakistan Army surrendered before the India-Bangladesh forces in Dhaka, leading to the liberation of erstwhile East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh. The rare public surrender at the Race Course grounds marked the end of the 13-day India-Pakistan…

The day Bangladesh was born

Anuradha Sharma Aug 5, 2011 2

Dhaka has a festive air about it. The sports-loving nation is hosting the cricket World Cup for the first time and nationalism is at the fore, uniting people otherwise divided on issues more than one. The Bangladeshi flag is aflutter from every corner of the city. The flags rekindle Qayyum Khan’s memories of the night…