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INDEPENDENCE VS IDENTITY What Bangladesh is taking shape today?
by Helal Mohiuddin ‘TELL me something,’ a friend asked over tea in Winnipeg, Canada, recently, stirring his cup like it contained the secrets of the republic, ‘are we still the same country that was born in 1971?’ I paused — not because I lacked an answer, but because there are too many possible answers. That, perhaps, is the heart of the problem. The ghost of 1971 still speaks, but in different languages. My friend wondered if the resurgence of Islamist politics in Banglades
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