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Rahul Singh
The pandemic has curtailed the international travel of world leaders. Earlier, our Prime Minister was a constant traveller to many capitals. He had stamped his authority at home with two huge election victories, but also wanted to be recognised as a world statesman, as respected as Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. The pandemic has confined him to the domestic front. Nevertheless, he made the correct move by choosing Dhaka for his first official visit abroad in over a year. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the founding of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, had scornfully called the nation bequeathed to him as “moth-eaten”, since the two wings were separated by 1,600 km of Indian territory. Geography apart, Pakistan’s rulers favoured West Pakistan, while neglecting East Pakistan. For instance, 80 per cent of the army consisted of Punjabis from the West wing. Development funds were mostly allocated to West Pakistan. But the tippi
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