In the beginning there was light. One of the climactic moments from Begum Khaleda Zia's victorious election campaign in 1991. Hope burgeons as Bangladesh launches into a rare free and fair election. But the optimism is short-lived. 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.