FOLLOWING the fall of Dhaka in 1971, Indira Gandhi arrogantly proclaimed that the “Two-Nation Theory has been drowned in the Bay of Bengal.” At that crossroads of history, she viewed it as her crowning strategic triumph. However, the relentless cycles of time and the shifting tides of history have proven that ideologies do not perish simply because geographical lines are redrawn. Today, nearly five and a half decades later, those very waves are refuting her claim. The Two-Nation Theory is resurging with a renewed vigor, pulsing through the veins of Bengali youth.

The political upheaval witnessed in Bangladesh over the past year was not merely a change of regime; it was a profound reclamation of identity. For years, Sheikh Hasina Wajid kept Bangladesh under the shadow of New Delhi. While Dhaka has finally liberated itself from Indian hegemony, the daughter of........

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