Volume-II, Issue-III, January 2026
Volume-II, Issue-III, January, 2026 |
Received: 28.01.2026 | Accepted: 29.01.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2026 | Page No: 599-612 | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.03W.250 | |||
ভারত-বাংলাদেশ সম্পর্কের সূত্রপাত: ভাসানীর “সাপ্তাহিক হক কথা”-র আলোকে তাপস দাস, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান বিভাগ, কান্দি রাজ কলেজ, মুর্শিদাবাদ, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত বিমল সরকার, গবেষক, স্কুল অফ ইন্টারন্যাশনাল রিলেশনস এন্ড স্ট্র্যাটেজিক স্টাডিজ, যাদবপুর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
The Genesis of India–Bangladesh Relations: In the Light of Bhasani’s Saptahik Hak Katha Tapas Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India Bimal Sarkar, Research Scholar, School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Generally, in discussions and writings related to periodicals, there is a strong emphasis on examining the importance of newspapers and journals in relation to the contemporary social or political–socioeconomic context. In most cases, however, such discussions and research tend to focus primarily on literary magazines. Taking previous discussions and studies into account, this paper is centered on a political newspaper of Bangladesh, Maulana Bhashani’s Saptahik Hak Katha. With a view to analyzing the early phase of India–Bangladesh relations, the first thirty issues of this newspaper have been selected as the primary sources of the study, keeping in mind its historical significance.
However, the objective of this paper is not to verify the factual accuracy or authenticity of the articles published in Hak Katha. Since the very early days of Bangladesh’s independence, this newspaper had been successful in creating an anti-India sentiment. The purpose of this study is to present to the readers the contexts and circumstances under which such oppositional attitudes were formed. The authors of this paper believe that in order to understand contemporary India–Bangladesh relations, it is essential to comprehend the trends and arguments reflected in the writings published in Hak Katha. This is because, at the very inception of India–Bangladesh relations, the newspaper raised certain issues and allegations that are largely absent from current research. Nevertheless, these unconventional allegations, the paper argues, played a significant role in generating resentment toward India among a section of the Bangladeshi population—a sentiment that continues to persist in the present day. | ||
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