Bangladesh, March 31 -- The independence of the Subcontinent from the British Raj, by partition, as India and Pakistan in 1947 brought about a radical change in the outlook of the people, as well as the topics for discussion in gatherings of friends and like-minded people. Talking politics become the usual fashion among the intelligentsia. A consensus soon came to prevail to the effect that the cause of decay of the Muslim society was the political control by the British rulers on the one hand and economic domination of the Hindus, on the other. Such constraints having been removed by the creation of Pakistan, nothing could hold up an upsurge of Islamic spirit which was necessary for the emancipation of the Muslims. However, such a euphoria...