How deep must one’s love for a country be to wish to rest in its soil even
after death? How can someone share the grief and suffering of people living
thousands of miles away? And how can a friendship transcend geographical
distance and endure even beyond death?
To find answers to these questions, we must look back at the life of a
Japanese politician named Takashi Hayakawa. He was among those who crossed
national borders to stand beside the Bengali people during Bangladesh’s
Liberation W...
