Ahsan Akbar talks to K. Anis Ahmed about his new collection of short stories, Good Night, Mr. Kissinger

Ahsan Akbar: Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist group, is currently being put on trial for committing war crimes during Bangladesh’s partition from Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami fought against Bangladesh’s independence and orchestrated mass murders of Hindus and Bengali nationalists. The stories in Good Night, Mr. Kissinger begin with Bangladesh’s war for liberation, how did the experience of the…