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government and the US President for waging war against
Vietnam and also for supporting Pakistan for crushing freedom-loving people of Bangladesh. But both US and Pakistan finally met the poetic justice as they both faced defeat at the hands of freedom loving people of Vietnam and Bangladesh.
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to move to safety in India. Between March and
December 1971, between 8 and 10 million refugees poured over the border, seeking refuge in Calcutta. Their exodus was further hindered by torrential rains and flooding in the region, and their makeshift camps became rife with disease, including
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has dismissed it as a "terrible poem", stating that he wrote it in the form of song lyrics and that his main motivation was to impress Dylan. In his book on the 1960s counterculture,
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in India. The poem documents the sickness and squalor he witnessed there and attacks the United States government's indifference to the humanitarian crisis. It was first published in
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describes the poem as "magnificent", adding that the 1971 recording sessions produced "hypnotic musical performances that teetered between chaotic rock and the avant-garde".
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cited "September on
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were vocal in their support of
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published the poem on November 14. As with the topical songs by Harrison and Baez, according to Indian historian
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