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Anam Zakaria
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Fact vs fiction: Pakistan must accept the uncomfortable truths about the 1971 war
Official discourse reveals and conceals selective aspects of the past, carefully crafting narratives that hide inconvenient histories.
Anam Zakaria
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What a West Pakistani in the former East Pakistan during the Liberation War of 1971 remembers
Bangladesh observes Victory Day on December 16. An excerpt from ‘1971: A People’s History of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India’, Anam Zakaria.
Anam Zakaria
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The story of a Kashmiri who crossed the Line of Control and returned to India 11 years later
Anam Zakaria’s ‘Between The Great Divide’ is an exploration of the part of Kashmir that is administered by Pakistan.
Anam Zakaria
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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In Pakistan’s Ramzan Bill that aims to outlaw eating in public, a reflection of Gurgaon namaaz row
By enforcing respect for one religion, the Ehtram-e-Ramzan Amendment Bill discourages tolerance for other beliefs.
Anam Zakaria
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How Pakistan is using language to deny the horrors of Partition
Through politicisation of language, countries try to reconstruct national identities.
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By rewriting history, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are threatening the very identity of their people
India is going down a path its neighbours have walked decades ago.
Anam Zakaria
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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70 years of Partition: India, Pakistan have successfully demonised each other in popular imagination
We are on the brink of losing the generation that lived through Partition. With them, memories of a time when Indian and Pakistan were on may go too.
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‘We’ll never be at home here’: Bangladesh’s Urdu speakers still dream of being resettled in Pakistan
As Pakistan celebrates its 70th Independence Day, elderly ‘Biharis’ are waiting on a forgotten promise.
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Days of longing: Social media ban disconnects Kashmiri families divided by the LoC
Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype offered the only means of staying in touch for families divided by the conflict between India and Pakistan.
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The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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From India to America, countries are adopting Pakistan's model of mixing religion with politics
The distinction between anti-national and anti-religion is increasingly blurred.
Anam Zakaria
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By marking Genocide Day, Bangladesh seeks to remember what Pakistan wants to forget
March 25, the day before Bangladesh's Independence Day, will commemorate the genocide during the 1971 liberation war.
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‘I was sick of suitable girls and wanted to create an anti-heroine': Pakistani writer Sabyn Javeri
Everyone’s talking about her first novel ‘Nobody Killed Her’. Here, so is she.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go