Bose doesn’t support the claim that the sole responsibility of the atrocities and genocide rests with Pakistan.
LAHORE: This is with reference to Dawood I Ahmed’s article titled “Rethinking the big lies”, published December 16. Having published a book on this topic, Indian author, Sarmila Bose, wrote Dead Reckoning, which is a controversial book accusing Bengalis of 1971 war crimes. Offering thorough research and evidence, she reiterates that both Bangladesh and India have demonised the Pakistan Army as the only villain in the war. She asserts this is a lie; whilst not entirely exonerating the Pakistan Army from committing the war crimes, she doesn’t support the claim that the sole responsibility of the atrocities and genocide rests with Pakistan. All three sides have difficulty in digesting their mistakes which is why Bose’s book is a good place to start to come to terms with some of the realities of the war.
Faiza Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2011.
