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A Personal Chronicle
Our struggle, our independence
Khurshid Alam
Our struggle, our independence(Continuation from previous week)The embassy interior was an eye-opener for me; it had wall-to-wall red plush carpets and exotic furniture. I did not expect to see such extravaganza in a "communist" embassy!  I was then taken to a plush room where a formally attired maid brought us crystal glasses of vodka and black coffee. Before ...
A Personal Chronicle
Our struggle, our independence
Khurshid Alam
Our struggle, our independence(Continuation from previous week) Sheikh Mujib's 7th March speech at Ramna was another jolt to our Bengali conscience even though we were separated from the scene by several thousand miles -- it heightened our spirit of freedom.The killing of dockworkers in Chittagong Port in March 1971 by Pakistan army personnel drove us to our first serious ...
A Personal Chronicle
Our struggle, our independence
Khurshid Alam
Our struggle, our independencePRE-1971I first went to Ankara, Turkey in 1967 to study at the Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi (popularly known as Middle East Technical University: aka METU).  Having never been out of Dhaka much, let alone abroad, it was a big leap straight from Notre Dame College to Turkey. Arriving in Turkey I was shocked with the ...
Bengali students in Ankara and Liberation War
Khurshid Alam
Bengali students in Ankara and Liberation War Activities were getting sluggish after December 1971 but we maintained our regular communication with Bengali diplomats and staff members, and also with my Indian and Russian contacts.  Arrival of Memos and info materials from BGE started to falter and possibly by March 1972 stopped for good.  I never heard from Mr. Syed or anyone else ...
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