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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.
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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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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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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.
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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.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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.
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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: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces