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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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Has Modi’s Vande Bharat push come at the cost of train safety?
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Armed gangs and a partisan state: How Manipur slipped into civil war
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How the East India Company tried to use paintings to lionise Robert Clive – and failed
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Sexual harassment allegations by wrestlers are horrific – so why is Modi still backing Singh?
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June fiction reading list: Six recently novels and short story collections by Indian authors
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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: Comedian Danish Sait hilariously spoofs a debate between vegetarians and non-vegetarians
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Watch: Manchester City players, staff serenade Elton John with a rendition of ‘Your Song’ at airport
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Watch: Captured rogue elephant Arikomban is transported in a lorry as onlookers cheer
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Watch: Scenes from the collapse of the bridge over the Ganga in Bihar
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Watch: Elephant charges at safari jeep in Karnataka forest, driver reverses vehicle in time
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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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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
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Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’
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Start the week with a film: ‘Charlie’s Country’ is a powerful portrait of defiance
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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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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Singapore Open Super 750: Defending champ PV Sindhu faces tough test; HS Prannoy returns to action
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ISSF World Cup Junior: India’s Dhanush Srikanth wins gold in men’s 10m Air rifle event
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Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia rejoin work but clarify that protest against Brij Bhushan will continue
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Indian football: Ashalata Devi, the battle-hardened skipper who is still adding feathers to her cap
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Para badminton: Tokyo Paralympics champion Krishna Nagar’s love for speed and need for calm