Road to Bangladesh: Analysis of the major event that led up to the formation of Bangladesh. Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.

West Pakistan and East Pakistan were never meant to be together as one country. They only had one thing in common and that is their religion. First, they were a thousand miles apart with a huge country in between. Next, the people of Pakistan were ethnically different as well. West Pakistanis were usually taller and had lighter skin whereas East Pakistanis were shorter with darker skin. They did not even speak the same language: West …

…won. The West Pakistani army surrendered and consequently in 1971, East Pakistan transformed into Bangladesh. The disintegration of united Pakistan was inevitable. These two regions had a massive country in between them and they did not share a common language and more over, one region took unjust advantage of the other region. Through the civil war, a new country was born. Sadly, to this day, Bangladesh and Pakistan are sworn enemies because of the genocide of 1971.