My blood boiled as I read about his unjust sojourns in jail as a political prisoner, and the callous disregard shown to him by the Muslim League.
At the time of partition, along with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, he was indispensable in protecting Hindus and Muslims alike from communal violence. Make no mistake - the young Sheikh Mujib was a passionate and charismatic grassroots leader who struggled for Pakistan - an idea which he honestly believed in. I felt both inspiration and melancholy at various times while reading. He begins with his birth at Tungipara village near Gopalganj in 1920 and covers events until the end of the United Front Coalition in 1954. The fact that Sheikh Mujib's diaries survived for decades before being rediscovered - their pages brittle and discoloured - is indeed a miracle.Īs evident from the title, Sheikh Mujib never finished writing his memoirs.
This book deserves to be read for its tremendous historical value especially considering how little has been written about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in languages other than Bengali. While the language is simple, I was very impressed with the careful translation done by Dr. This edition was published by University Press Limited and is only available for sale in Bangladesh. I had wanted to read this book for a very long time, but encountered difficulty in finding a copy.
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