Anwar Faridee, a well known cultural
activist who is attached with a publishing company has written on W A S
Oderland . a foreigner who stood by the Bengalis during their War of Independence. In 1997, on the 25th
Anniversary of the Liberation of Bangladesh , as the Dhaka City Secretary of
Muktijoddha Cultural Command , an allied organization of Muktijoddha Sangsad he
wrote about Mr Oderland with a sense of
pride.
In this exclusive interview with VOA Bangla Service, Anwar Daridde pays tributes to Oderland and narrates the story of the Liberation War in 1971.