Muhammad Asiful Basar is a Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy, North South University, Bangladesh.
India has not merely provoked a cyclical wave of anti-India sentiment; it has actively contributed to giving it a permanent, structural form. The alienation is no longer just about borders -- it is about sovereignty.
The Bhola cyclone and its aftermath opened up space for a critique of the West Pakistan government and brought into stark relief the issues of disparity and negligence that would lead to war and independence the following year.