In 1971, a freedom fight took place between the former West Pakistan and East Pakistan. It involved a fight against the Islamist Pakistani regime by the secular Bengalis, who lived in former East Pakistan. In this nine-month war, it is estimated three million people were killed. Many girls and women were raped by the Pakistani army and their collaborators. Some say these female victims numbered three to five hundred thousand. For the ones that survived, the horrifying events of that time have continued to blight their lives ...
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In 1971, a freedom fight took place between the former West Pakistan and East Pakistan. It involved a fight against the Islamist Pakistani regime by the secular Bengalis, who lived in former East Pakistan. In this nine-month war, it is estimated three million people were killed. Many girls and women were raped by the Pakistani army and their collaborators. Some say these female victims numbered three to five hundred thousand. For the ones that survived, the horrifying events of that time have continued to blight their lives up to the present day.It is sad that, because of complicated global politics, the story of the Bangladeshi war victims has not been heard in the West. This novel is a tribute to these victims, who never had a home or a life after the war.
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