Victory Day
on Postcards from the Edge of Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 16/Dec/2009 09:07, 34 days ago
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Today is Bangladesh’s national holiday celebrating their independence from Pakistan, in 1971. Not to be confused with Independence Day (26 March). Oh yes. It’s an interesting naming convention. So Independence Day is when the independence war started, and Victory Day is when it was won.
Right. So. Anyway. Ttoday is Big Deal here. In Dhaka there [...]