History of Bangladesh

These days everybody is trying to write the history of Bangladesh, especially the politicians. I wonder when they will start writing books on mathematics. I can imagine… one will say two plus two makes five and the other will say it makes three. Are not the textbooks in the schools telling different history with change of governments? Who gave them the authority to write history anyway? History has to be written by historians based on hard evidence that is acceptable to all. When it is written by anyone who was a party involved in the events, it is always biased and has to be taken with a pinch of salt. As many of them are still living, I guess the time for writing the history of Bangladesh has not yet come. An objective history will not be acceptable to many of them for obvious reasons. History must not be written in a hurry. The touchstone of time has to allow bringing out the truth in its proper perspective. Till then let us all have patience.
Shahjahan Hafiz
Gulshan, Dhaka