Under the watchful eye of authority, children of that war's martyrs demand the trial of the war criminals. Women feel they have most to lose if the Islamic fundamentalists gain ground. The Government becomes increasingly repressive and starts to rig by-elections, leading all opposition parties to resign from Parliament. A general election is called and there is a brutal clampdown on dissent. This student is arrested on 31 January 1996 in a police swoop on a mainly Hindu hall of Dhaka University - he screams out to friends from the prison van.
Resistance hits the streets.
Yet the Government reports a huge turnout of voters and a landslide victory. The contrast with the last election is painful as heavy security cordons guard Khaleda Zia while she addresses her followers. She is just visible over their shoulders in the centre, aloof and distant heir to an autocratic tradition. An old friend of the NI, Shahidul Alam is guiding light of Drik , a remarkable photographic agency in Dhaka.