Anti-Indian feelings exist in Bangladesh, says Sharma

[BanglaBhoot]

 

[idune]

The source of that information that anti-Indian sentiment was growing in the Bangladesh Army were the participants at the BIISS seminar attended by some Indian nationals. Why were they not arrested?

Maybe indians are planning to do another pilkhana like massacre of Bangladesh army. Now that indian intention is out it would not be as easy.

 

[Kloitra]

The question is how did they get here?

Wasn't India supposed to be worshiped as the saviour of Bangla people after 'liberating' them from...well themselves!

No, India was never supposed to be 'worshiped'. The hatred runs deep - given that partition had to happen. Just because 'brotherhood' didn't last doesn't means they can love what they perceive as bigger enemy - Hindu India. Mind you, not all Bangladeshi people are like that. But a sizable number wanted to not be together with India and they were incapable to love India, savior or not. They couldn't even love Pakistan! How could they love the bigger neighbor which they separated from so acrimoniously?

 

[idune]

Inqulib also exposed hindu police officer who acted as indian intel IB. This hindu officer Proloy Kumur created police hindu league inside police force and was indian intel go to guy. After blown Proloy Kumur cover as indian intel mole Awami League acted to arrest newspaper editor.

পুলিশ কর্তা প্রলয় কুমারের বিরুদ্ধে রিপোর্ট করায় ইনকিলাবে হামলা

20 Aug, 2014 ভারতীয় গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা ‘আইবি’র সাথে সম্পৃক্ত বলে পুলিশ ও অন্যান্য গোয়েন্দাদের কাছে পরিচিত পুলিশ সদর দপ্তরের ভারপ্রাপ্ত এআইজি প্রলয় কুমার জোয়ারদারের বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশের জের ধরে পুলিশ ”দৈনিক ইনকিলাব” পত্রিকায় লণ্ডভণ্ড অবস্থা করে বার্তা সম্পাদক বিউল্লাহ রবিকে গ্রেপ্তার করে নিয়ে যায় ডিবি পুলিশ। এসময় পুলিশে ছাত্রলীগ থেকে আগত বহু পুলিশ কর্মকর্তাদের বঞ্চিতকারী এডিঃএসপি প্রলয় কুমার কর্তৃক মঙ্গলবার ওয়ারি থানায় দায়েরকৃত একটি মামলার কথা বলা হয়; যাতে ধর্মীয় অনুভূতিতে আঘাত, প্রশাসনে বিশৃঙ্খলা সৃষ্টির চেষ্টা ও আইসিটি আইন লঙ্ঘনসহ বিভিন্ন অভিযোগের বাহানা দেয়া রয়েছে। মিডিয়ার বিরুদ্ধে হাসিনা ওয়াজেদের অবৈধ সরকারের জাতীয় সম্প্রচার নীতিমালা নামে একটি দমনমুলক আইন তৈরির পরে এই প্রথম একশন সাংবাদিকদের সামনে হাজির হল।

বিডিটুডে.নেট:পুলিশ কর্তা প্রলয় কুমারের বিরুদ্ধে রিপোর্ট করায় ইনকিলাবে হামলা

 

[Bombaywalla]

... And the failed "author" strikes again.

 

[my2cents]

It happened because traitors were not identified and eliminated in time, instead they were allowed to thrive with help of enemy nations and they eventually became powerful politicians and leaders who misled the people and sold them the Indian project of breaking Pakistan and creating Bangladesh as the solution to all our problems, whereas in reality destiny of smaller and weaker Bangladesh, surrounded by India on 3 sides, is to remain a vassal state of India with Indian puppets ruling it on behalf of India.

The only future way out I can see is Bangladesh teaming up with other willing large Muslim nations of the world who can help the people of Bangladesh eventually wrestle it away from Indian clutch.

What Indian clutch are you talking about? We did not put shackles on your feet and hands. Go out and protest and topple your govt. for all we care. In fact we hardly have any engagement with trade, tourism and cultural exchange.

Because of our bickering we are not realizing our regional potential. SAARC countries trade is just 2% of their overall trade. In comparison regional trade of NAFTA and EU countries is more than 50%of their overall trade.. The countries of NAFTA and EU have put their differences aside for national and regional interest.

For all our bickering to stop, we should talk less and trade more.

 

[Echo_419]

Anti-Indian feelings have existed in Bangladesh to some extent, especially in the military circle, since the country’s war of independence in 1971, the chief of an Indian government-sponsored think tank said yesterday. “Like many, a country needs an external foe. After 1971, India replaced West Pakistan [now Pakistan] in that role. There is a national tendency to see an Indian hand behind all disturbing events,” Sitaram Sharma, chairman Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKIAS), said. He came up with these observations while presenting a keynote paper at an international seminar on ‘Contemporary Thoughts on Bangladesh-India Relations: Challenges and Opportunities’, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) at its auditorium in Dhaka.
Commenting on Sharma’s paper, former ambassador Mohsin said there exist no anti-Indian elements in Bangladesh; rather there are frustration and resentment due to India’s failure to deliver on unresolved issues.
About the significance of Dhaka-New Delhi ties, MAKIAS chairman Sharma said, “The importance of a thorough analysis of the current state of Bangladesh-India relations can hardly be exaggerated. India can remain indifferent to Bangladesh only at the cost of its vital political, economic and strategic interests.”
Aside from Sharma’s paper, five other papers were presented in the three-session seminar on issues relating to Bangladesh-India relations.
Senior civil and military officials including former ambassadors, members of the academia, businessmen, representatives of think-tanks, scholars and policymakers participated in the open discussions and raised their opinions, suggestions and questions on Bangladesh-India relations.
The presenters, discussants and participants talked about issues like border killings, water sharing of common rivers, maritime cooperation, VISA processing and e-token system, smuggling, cross-border terrorism, non-tariff barriers, informal trades, transit and alleged illegal migration to India.
MAKIAS director Sreeradha Datta raised the issue of alleged illegal migration of Bangladeshis to India, and said this issue needed to be discussed. “How long will Bangladesh keep denying this issue?” she questioned.
On this issue, former foreign secretary and Bangladesh Enterprise Institute president Farooq Sobhan and former ambassador Ashfaqur Rahman said despite repeated requests from the Bangladesh side India did not provide specific facts and figures about the issue.
“You cannot allege without facts and figure,” said Rahman.
He also said, “We have Indians here working illegally. It is said that they remit about $4 billion annually to India from Bangladesh. We are the second remitter of India.” “In order to build trust, we have to address the issues together.”
Summing up the seminar, Farooq Sobhan emphasised on showing some concrete actions from the Indian side on issues like Teesta water sharing agreement, LBA and border killings.
Failure to address these issues has impact on public opinion in Bangladesh, he said.
On illegal migration, Sobhan said, “During my tenure as the Bangladesh high commissioner to India, I had asked the Indians in vain for a specific figure.”
He also stressed the need for defining illegal migrants.
Stressing the need for working together, the former foreign secretary said India needs to realise the importance of Bangladesh in economic development of its northeastern states.
Similarly, he said, Bangladesh could also enormously be benefited from the cooperation with India.
BIISS Director General Major General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed delivered the welcome address with its chairman ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad chairing the first session of the seminar.

Anti-Indian feelings exist in Bangladesh, says Sharma

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The speakers at the seminar barely touch on the real reasons why there is deep resentment towards India in Bangladesh. For a fuller and deeper analysis please try my book The India Doctrine -

The India Doctrine (1947-2007) | Mohammad Munshi - Academia.edu

There would be no Bangladesh without us

 

[fallstuff]

Anti Indian feelings exist, Sharmas feelings were hurt, ..

 

[Jay12345]

There would be no Bangladesh without us

 

[asad71]

I

Indians make sure there are anti indian feelings in all their neighbors. But I am sure Indian have good relationships with Manamar so they can stab you from behind, a true India character

t seems so. Just like USA creates it's own enemies, India ensures an unfriendly neighborhood. Probably that helps leaders in forging cohesion in this nation of differing cultures, faiths, races and languages.

The armed forces think just like the nation.

 

[Asian.Century]

Well isn't Sheikh Hasina daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the one who is given the credit of independent Bangladesh a puppet of India? She is truly failed to a proud patriotic Bangladeshi, and has put Bangladesh to the verge of collapse. So much to the independent secular Bangladesh !!

 

[Ragnar]

This makes me so sad..

But please don't fight a war with us (or Myanmar). Otherwise tens of millions of refugees will come running at us like '71, and BSF doesn't have that many bullets.

 

[Bilal9]

This makes me so sad..

But please don't fight a war with us (or Myanmar). Otherwise tens of millions of refugees will come running at us like '71, and BSF doesn't have that many bullets.

Yeah watch out - we're already working on bulletproof kevlar Lungis.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Kentucky Fried Chanakyan....

The question is how did they get here?

Wasn't India supposed to be worshiped as the saviour of Bangla people after 'liberating' them from...well themselves!

Everything comes at a price. Even for the Indians (delusional or not, doesn't matter)......

 

[Bilal9]

No, India was never supposed to be 'worshiped'. The hatred runs deep - given that partition had to happen. Just because 'brotherhood' didn't last doesn't means they can love what they perceive as bigger enemy - Hindu India. Mind you, not all Bangladeshi people are like that. But a sizable number wanted to not be together with India and they were incapable to love India, savior or not. They couldn't even love Pakistan! How could they love the bigger neighbor which they separated from so acrimoniously?

I think your logic is a little misplaced and misdirected. Bangladeshis as a community have largely lost trust on the Indian Govt. They don't mistrust Indians as people - they're not stupid. The cultural connection and exchanges remain strong and Bangladesh is not turning Taliban anytime soon. But public mood is heavily tilted against India. Mr. Sharma is just being 'Captain Obvious' in drawing attention to it. But as one of India's ambassadors - its his failing (as was of his many predecessors).

Respect begets respect. Once India stops the 'big brother' attitude, things will turn. But its not happening yet. Bangladeshis are justly proud of their sovereignty, homogeneous culture and are fiercely independent. Any Indian attitudes that challenge these perceptions will face a rebuff.

The stepmotherly actions (bimata-shulov achoron) of the Indian Govt. at every turn speaks volumes about India's policy on engagement (some would say mis-engagement) with Bangladesh. Transit, Farakka, Teesta, Border killings are all hot button flare-up issues exploited by opportunists on both sides of the border. These issues are probably of increasingly smaller import in India - but In Bangladesh these issues mean a lot.

The Indian Govt.'s inactivity on the aftermath of every event whether PR-related or actual (sometimes because of the Mamata stalemate) has soured people on Indian govt. intentions and planning. So much so - that people (by now the third generation of Bangladeshis being brought up in this environment) are heavily jaded on this lowbrow sequence of events perpetrated by the Indian Govt. and don't expect any better. The Indian Govt. has a long way to go if it wants to patch up relations in Bangladesh.

Not only is the Indian Govt. not trying to remedy this mistrust - they are involving themselves in worse and worse activity (Pilkhana Army massacre in Dhaka being the latest example). These misplaced draconian policies and plans made at Lodhi Road in New Delhi speak volumes about the incompetence of Indian external intelligence and the resultant public fallout in Bangladesh.