Neville Anthony Mascarenhas (10 July 1928 – 3 December 1986) was a Pakistani journalist and author. His works include exposés on the brutality of

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's military during the 1971

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, ''The Rape of Bangla Desh'' (1971) and '' Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood'' (1986).

Personal life

Mascarenhas was born into a Goan Catholic family in

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(then part of the

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, just over 100 kilometres away from Portuguese-ruled Goa, and educated in

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. He and his wife Yvonne Mascarenhas together had five children. He died in 1986.

Career

Mascarenhas was a journalist who was the assistant editor at ''The Morning News'' (Karachi). After collecting information on the atrocities committed in Bangladesh, he realised he could not publish the story in Pakistan and contacted

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of ''

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''. Before the publication of his report in 1971, he moved his family to Britain. Thereafter, he worked for 14 years with ''The Sunday Times''. Afterwards, he was a freelance writer. In 1972, he was awarded the Granada's Gerald Barry Award for lifetime achievement in journalism (ceremony on ''

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''), as well as the International Publishing Company's Special Award for reporting on the human rights violations committed during the

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. His article "Genocide" in ''The Sunday Times'' on 13 June 1971 is credited with having "exposed for the first time the scale of the Pakistan army's brutal campaign to suppress its breakaway eastern province". The

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writes: "There is little doubt that Mascarenhas' reportage played its part in ending the war. It helped turn world opinion against Pakistan and encouraged India to play a decisive role." Indian Prime Minister

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stating that Mascarenhas' article led her "to prepare the ground for India's armed intervention". The Bangladeshi government honoured Mascarenhas's contribution to the nation during the 1971 liberation war by preparing an official list of names.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mascarenhas, Anthony 1928 births 1986 deaths People of the Bangladesh Liberation War British Asian writers Goan Catholics Pakistani dissidents Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Pakistani male journalists Pakistani people of Goan descent British people of Goan descent Pakistani whistleblowers