Suhrawardy’s many afterlives: From Direct Action Day to Jordan’s royal family

The row over Kolkata’s Suhrawardy Avenue opens a wider story of memory, guilt and legacy. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy remains tied to Bengal famine, Direct Action Day and Partition. Yet his family’s afterlives stretch across scholarship, diplomacy, human rights, Pakistan’s politics, Bangladesh’s public life and Jordan’s royalty over two turbulent centuries.

By ARGHYA PRASUN ROYCHOWDHURY