From: khaleq@brahms.udel.edu (Mohame Khalequzzaman)
Subject: Re: Victory Day in Bangladesh (what about India?)
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:57:38 GMT

In article <85595@ut-emx.uucp> shyk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (shyam krishnamurthy) writes:
>In article <BzBwoz.GLG@news.udel.edu> khaleq@brahms.udel.edu (Mohame Khalequzzaman) writes:
>>
>>Show your courage and greatness today to the Bangladeshi people by
>>apologizing for the atrocities organized by your previous generations.
>>Congratulate the heroic Bangladeshis on their network soc.culture.bangladesh.
>>
>>Khaleq
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>What about the heroic Indians???  What we have got in return from the Bangladeshis for 
>helping them liberate themselves is burnt temples, massacred and butchered chakmas 
>and the recent massacre in assam. Nice way of thanking us indeed!! 
>
>/Shyam
>
Sir, you're mixing totally two diffrent unrelated things: atrocities committed
by the Pakistani Army on Bangladeshis during the Liberation War and Religious
Riots in 1992.  First of all we Bangladeshis have never forgotten the help
India rendered during our Liberation War.  We are indeed greatful to the Indian
people and the then Government.  We do salute India for their moral, logistic, and military support during our Liberation War.  Unfortunately, this historic
friendship didn't prosper in the following years as we would like to see.  The
major reason for the downturn in relationship between these two friendly 
countries (by the way, even today Bangladesh maintains the most healthiest and
strongest relationship with India compared to India's relationship with her
all other neighbors) is the dispute over Ganges water sharing and some other 
minor issues like the Chakma issue, Operation Push In, border dispute, etc, etc.Racial harmony and inter-religious relationship in Bangladesh is still the
best in our subcontinent.  Destruction of temples (I personally condemn) in
Bangladesh was at minimum among the subcontinental countries and killing was
virtually none.

The massacre (if you can call it massacre; I would call it oppression) of the
Chakmas by our military is totally an unrelated issue with regards to our
relationship with India.  It is our internal affair.  Isn't it?  Like the
Punjab, Kashmir, Assam issues are India's internal affairs.  We Bangladeshis
never interfered in your internal affairs.  What relevance the Chakma issue has
to Indo-Bangladesh relationship.  Refering to Chakma issue you can't say that
Bangladeshis are not being greatful for India'a contribution during 1971 and
in a "Nice way we are thanking" India for her help in 1971.  Aren't you
comparing two different things representing totally two different eras in
Indo-Bangla relationship?

Besides, the Pakistanis committed atrocities against Bangladeshis during those
dark days - they didn't commit atrocities against Indians.  Therefore, the 
Pakistani war criminals owe an apology to the Bangladeshis - not to Indians.
We the Bangladeshis are greatful for your support in our Liberation War, even
though you can't expect an eternal friendship from Bangladeshis just because
you helped us liberate.  The friendship between any two nations is a moral and
social closeness that need to be based on equal respect for each other and need
to be renewed from day to day; and never be taken for granted or being taken
for granted.

Khaleq
 



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