sologdin’s Reviews > 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India > Status Update
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violent and emotionally charged memories often remain at the fore, while those of rescue tend to recede, not least because it is the former which the state reinforces and has institutionalized. The stories of humanity, of risking one’s life to save others, are dismissed from the public imagination, and at times from personal recollections too.
— Jan 22, 2026 07:53AM
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Communalism may have erupted with Partition but it certainly did not end in 1947, or in 1971 for that matter. Partition remains an ongoing process in Bangladesh with communal tensions, crystallization of religious identities and an ‘otherization’ of Hindus increasingly prevalent.
— Jan 04, 2026 09:27AM
