Tag: Bihari families in Bangladesh

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Historical illustration evoking Ispahani Public School in Comilla, with an old school photograph, books and spectacles representing family memory of 1971.

The Walls My Father Built in Comilla

Munaeem Jamal

My father’s memories of Ispahani Public School in Comilla meet the school’s documented history—from its 1962 beginnings and rupture in 1971 to its reopening and 2012 golden jubilee. Continue reading The Walls My Father Built in Comilla

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The Last Flight: My Mother’s Journey Through a Country That Had Stopped Loving Us”

Munaeem Jamal

The year was 1974. The borders were closed, the war was long over, and the sky was about to shut too. By then, East Pakistan had become Bangladesh. The slogans had faded, but the resentment lingered. For people like us—Urdu-speaking, … Continue reading The Last Flight: My Mother’s Journey Through a Country That Had Stopped Loving Us”