Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. PROLOGUE: THE HANGING OF SHEIKH MUJIB’S ASSASSINS xv
5. 1. The Land That Wasn’t Easy to Carve 1
6. 2. The Girl Who No Longer Felt Pakistani 32
7. 3. The Making of a Saint 58
8. 4. The Night the Killings Began 72
9. 5. The Freedom Fighters 126
10. 6. A Friend in Need: In Which India Joins the War 162
11. 7. The Brave Ones 193
12. 8. The Assassination of a Failed Revolutionary 226
13. 9. Getting to Know the Generals 262
14. 10. Two Women and Their Troubled Inheritance 275
15. 11. Judgement Day 302
16. EPILOGUE 336
17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 339
18. APPENDIX I. CHANGING TERMS OF TRADE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST PAKISTAN 343
19. APPENDIX II. INTERVIEWS WITH BIRANGONAS 345
20. APPENDIX III. INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER 352
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
22. ENDNOTES 357
23. INDEX 373