The rape of bangladesh

Abstract

Anthony Mascarenhas, a journalist of Sunday Times, England, recollects his personal experiences of being in East Pakistan during 1971 and textually depicts the atrocities and brutality demonstrated by Pakistani military. Mascarenhas describes the political events that unfold during the time, particularly 1970's pre-election and post- election tussles. The author recognized the move of armed forces by Pakistan ruler as an act of brutal military resort to a completely political problem, which led to enormous bloodshed, uncounted loss of lives in the form of one of the biggest genocides in known history. What Pakistan army did in later days, from 25 March to some mid June of 1971, was a pure genocide that literally followed the exact dictionary meaning of the term: categorically killing civilians violating all established codes of engagement of any warfare. The author sent all of these experiences to Sunday Times and published an article named "Genocide" in June 13, 1971. The article was kind of a first such report that let international community know what was happening in then East Pakistan and drew much of the world's attention to this area. Although the west wing authorities made all efforts to present a peaceful condition in the east wing by spreading out false/manipulated information in the printed media, Mascarenhas's recollection gave a complete contrast to that, pulling out hard realities that prevailed.