ABSTRACT
The dreams and expectations that freedom would be the silver bullet for all the problems that the colonized society suffered from came to a shattering end within the first few months of freedom, as the touch of reality brought home the challenges of freedom. As a new and inexperienced government failed to handle the problems of the new nation-state, steep price rises, shortages of food and other necessities of daily life, epidemics, continuing corruption and the black market, and above all, the continuous refugee influx from East Bengal inevitably led to greater social unrest. In this environment of disquiet and uncertainty everyone began to invent new enemies of freedom – located both inside and outside the boundaries of their putative nation.
