Books

Salil Tripathi's work, as described by Kamila Shamsie, seamlessly combines the storytelling finesse of a novelist with the incisive analysis of a political journalist, offering readers a profound exploration of a nation's tumultuous history. In the period between March and December 1971, Bangladesh, then the eastern wing of Pakistan, witnessed unprecedented atrocities committed by the Pakistani army. The violence, marked by countless deaths and cases of rape, shattered the illusion that religious identity alone could keep the two halves of Pakistan united. The aftermath of this brutality saw the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation, but the scars left by the events of 1971 continued to fester.