November 1975 was one of those months when, to paraphrase Lenin, decades happen. Fifty years on from that month of coup and counter-coup, we can hope that the guns have been forever silenced in Bangladesh, and that we will never again see rule from the cantonment.
This short story was first written and published in 1994. Today, it has been reimagined for our present moment -- not as nostalgia, but as a challenge, in the hope is that it stirs voters to question themselves, and in doing so, sparks the debate our nation desperately needs.
Zia does not get enough recognition for just how ground-breaking his private sector-led growth strategy was for a country in the Global South in the 1970s
On the occasion of Zia’s 44th martyrdom anniversary, I express my hope that everyone involved will engage in long, dispassionate, and objective research on Zia’s role during the Liberation War.
