Was 1971 really just an India-Pakistan war? Or was it the culmination of decades of political, economic, linguistic and social tensions within Pakistan? In this episode, Raesa Fatima speaks to Anam Zakaria, award-winning Pakistani author and oral historian, about one of the most painful and contested chapters in South Asian history. Her book 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India examines the conflict through the voices and memories of people who experienced it.