What we must know
Ziauddin Ahmed, On e-mail
For the last few days I was watching with interest an ad on Bangladeshi channels paying tribute to George Harrison, one of the Beatle members who led the concert for Bangladesh at the Grand Central Park in New York in July 1971 during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. When I watch this ad I get nostalgic. Many great artists like Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Allah Rakha (tabla), took part in this grand concert. Tribute should be paid to Guru Ravi Shankar for organising this concert.There are many great people in India and other parts of the world who had upheld the right cause of struggle of the people of Bangladesh. Sadly enough, after the changeover in August 1975 many documents of glorious contribution by great personalities have been suppressed or destroyed. In 1971, I was a 30 year old young man and history unfolded in front of my eyes. No one can bluff me. In the last 35 years I have gone through many historical books of facts in foreign libraries in Dhaka as well as abroad. Everywhere I find the name of none but only one person-- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the creator of Bangladesh. It is now the duty of the new generation to dig out the real facts and rewrite the history of Bangladesh in its true perspective I congratulate and thank the new generation for paying tribute to George Harrison. Carry on young men!
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