Word: punjabis
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...asked as they searched for Hindus. But the Hindus were by no means the only victims. Many soldiers arriving in East Pakistan were reportedly told the absurdity that it was all right to kill Bengali Moslems because they were Hindus in disguise. "We can kill anyone for anything," a Punjabi captain told a relative. "We are accountable...
...building and covered 14 miles on foot before two Bengali militiamen took them prisoner and brought them back to the Kushtia district jail. The 13 were the only known survivors of Delta Company's 147 men. Among the West Pakistani dead was Nassim Waquer, a 29-year-old Punjabi who last January had been appointed assistant deputy commissioner at Kushtia. When an angry mob found his body, they dragged it through the streets of the town for half a mile...
...Round 1 of Pakistan's bitter civil war ended last week, the winner-predictably-was the tough West Pakistan army, which has a powerful force of 80,000 Punjabi and Pathan soldiers on duty in rebellious East Pakistan. Reports coming out of the East (via diplomats, frightened refugees and clandestine broadcasts) varied wildly. Estimates of the total dead ran as high as 300,000. A figure of 10,000 to 15,000 is accepted by several Western governments, but no one can be sure of anything except that untold thousands perished...
...live in Britain; they constitute only 2.1% of the total population, but in the slums of London and the cities of the Midlands, whole streets have become immigrant ghettos. Shops are stocked with curries and spices; street vendors hawk mangoes and yams and custard apples. In Leeds, cinemas show Punjabi films on Sundays. In Coventry, Indians can occasionally be seen on their porches playing pipes to pet cobras in wicker baskets...
...rest of the matches, Harvard showed its newfound strength and won eight straight-set victories. Rocky Jarvis won, 6-0, 6-4, and Terry Oxford prevailed at number three, 6-1, 6-3. "Punjabi" Larry Terrell continued his outstanding singles play as he crushed his opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Sophomores Bill Washauer and Chris Nielsen also triumphed easily...