B. Z. Khasru, is editor of The Capital Express in New York and author of “Myths and Facts Bangladesh Liberation War” and “The Bangladesh Military Coup and the CIA Link.” He is working on a new book, “The King’s Men, One Eleven, Minus Two, Secrets Behind Sheikh Hasina’s War on Yunus and America.”
B Z Khasru OCTOBER 17, 2019 By pursuing a populist ultra-nationalist agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unwittingly validated the much-maligned “two-nations” theory that formed the rationale behind dividing British India to create Pakistan as a Muslim homeland. His policy pits Hindus against Muslims, an unfortunate schism that all of his predecessors fought against. Seven
READ MOREOCTOBER 10, 2019 India’s migration politics–an assertion that there are 40 million Bangladeshi migrants illegally living in India and that they must be pushed back–will morph into an explosive crisis in South Asia and destabilise the region. This is how things will unravel: India’s looming campaign to round up suspected illegal migrants and put them
READ MORESuch an exodus, in turn, will enrage India’s already psyched-up saffron soldiers; they will be more than pleased to turn the ancient Indian civilization into an anti-Muslim battleground, just to avenge historical humiliation of the Hindus under Muslim rulers for a thousand years, if nothing else. BZ Khasru | Kolkata | October 6, 2019 People get
READ MORESeptember 25, 2019 B.Z. Khasru After Zia was mysteriously killed by some fellow army officers in Chittagong on May 30, 1981, the ambassador suspected that the military could take over the government. The danger of instability in the military was ripe because Ershad was not seen by his senior colleagues as the strongest military leader.
READ MOREBy B Z Khasru The partition of India in 1947 by Britain to create two independent countries wreaked havoc in human lives and caused miseries. It killed two million people, according to various estimates, and displaced 14 million. Its legacy, the two siblings of the midnight— nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, which have fought three major
READ MOREby B.Z. Khasru 26 August 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is driving the Kashmir train on the wrong track of ultra-nationalism that cost India 25 percent its land and 20 percent of people in 1947. But it’s not yet too late to change the course to find lasting peace and prosperity for all of its
READ MOREAugust 17, 2019 B.Z. Khasru Public speculation by many, including the prime minister herself, termed the tragedy as an external conspiracy. One explanation for the mutiny was that the rebel soldiers opened fire on their officers when they dismissed appeals for better pay. The viciousness of the mutiny convinced many Bangladeshis that something more than
READ MOREAugust 10, 2019 B.Z. Khasru Was Jinnah Hindu? U.S. Favored United Indi. Muslim League Distrusted Congress. How Nehru Could Prevent Partition. The Partition of India in 1947 by Britain to create two independent countries wreaked havoc in human lives and miseries. It killed two million people, according to various estimates, and displaced 14 million. Its
READ MOREAugust 11, 2019 B.Z. Khasru Modi has taken a dangerous step. In Savarkar’s Hindudom, the Muslims and the Christians were less than welcome. Modi shows anti-Muslim bias. India is back to square one, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move Monday to scrap special political rights for a Muslim-majority state in the Hindu-dominated country. The
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru 11 August 2019 With a string of suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which killed more than 250 people in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, an old question has resurfaced: What motivated the attackers? Analysis of similar events in Europe, Africa, and Asia reaches contradictory conclusions. A paper
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru | 11 August 2019 The recent decision to strip Kashmir of its special district status can be traced back to India’s ultra-Hindu nationalism, writes B.Z Khasru. INDIA IS BACK to square one, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move Monday to scrap special political rights for a Muslim-majority State in the Hindu-dominated
READ MOREJustice Sinha may soon face extradition from Canada Foreign Policy News August 7, 2019 By B.Z. Khasru If the stars were aligned, former Chief Justice S.K. Sinha could have been Bangladesh’s first minority president. Instead, he might soon find himself mired in a tug of extradition fight between Bangladesh and Canada, where he has just sought
READ MOREBy B.Z. Khasru May 16, 2019 With a string of suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which killed more than 250 people in the island nation in the Indian Ocean, an old question has resurfaced: What motivated the attackers? Analysis of similar events in Europe, Africa, and Asia reaches contradictory conclusions. A paper
READ MOREApril 6, 2019 India fuelled Hasina’s decision to oust Yunus Yunus faced Hasina’s direct ire after she returned to power in early 2009. BZ Khasru | New Delhi | April 5, 2019 The Statesman Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the Girl’s Day Gala night on March 28, 2019 at the Stand Speak Rise Up Summit in Luxembourg,
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