India, April 14 -- Sir,

As per the report already published, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh is a success, but I feel that more mileage could have been achieved had the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) done more work in giving briefs to the PM about the liberation of Bangladesh, the sacrifices of our Army and all our countrymen, who pasted the Ps. 5 (paise 5) Refugee Relief Stamp on every article. This is contemporary history, after all PM Modi was around 21 years old in 1971.

A British journalist, Anthony Mascarenhas, who was sent by Pakistan to East Pakistan to give a favourable report, was horrified to see the genocide committed by the Pak forces and Razakars. He could not stay there but returned to London and filed a...