OP-ED: Bangabandhu’s release and Pakistan’s prisoners of war

Historical narratives are certainly welcome, but when it is long yarns that are spun by individuals, deep disappointment is the sad consequence

The retired Indian diplomat Sashanka S Bannerjee has been writing on Bangladesh, with particular emphasis on the country’s War of Liberation in 1971. In that year, Bannerjee was posted at the Indian High Commission in London. In that capacity, he travelled with the newly freed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Delhi and then onward to Dhaka as somewhat a representative of the Indian government. On the flight to Dhaka, Bannerjee had, or claims he had, a good conversation with the Bangali leader, especially about the latter’s dreams for his war-devastated country.