More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Unfinished Memoirs. Feb 16, Jack Greenberg rated it it was amazing. I had wanted to read this book for a very long time, but encountered difficulty in finding a copy.
This edition was published by University Press Limited and is only available for sale in Bangladesh. While the language is simple, I was very impressed with the careful translation done by Dr. Fakrul Alam. 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.
The fact that She I had wanted to read this book for a very long time, but encountered difficulty in finding a copy. The fact that Sheikh Mujib's diaries survived for decades before being rediscovered - their pages brittle and discoloured - is indeed a miracle.
As evident from the title, Sheikh Mujib never finished writing his memoirs. He begins with his birth at Tungipara village near Gopalganj in and covers events until the end of the United Front Coalition in I felt both inspiration and melancholy at various times while reading.
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. At the time of partition, along with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, he was indispensable in protecting Hindus and Muslims alike from communal violence. 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. While not much is written about his wife, Renu, I feel that she must have been an incredibly strong woman.
She was married to Sheikh Mujib when she was three years old, and he was only thirteen. She was sent to live his family after the death of her grandfather at the age of seven. She endured long periods of loneliness during Sheikh Mujib's time in prison, and she was forced to raise their children single handedly while also cobbling together enough money for their living expenses.
Other sections which I found most interesting included his travels to China, Delhi, and West Pakistan, his relationship with Suhrawardy, and his comments about Maulana Bhashani's stubbornness and unwillingness to make decisions in times of crisis. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Evident in his every step and the words he voiced, I may summon him as a 'Proud Bengal Nationalist'. Mujib, succumbing himself with the existential politics in the early times that resonated the whole India, had been a very great figure since then.
With utter respect, he had also built himself as a disciple of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy. He was a sobered dreamer of an independent Pakistan - but alas, fate had turned out to be severing East from the West. In his lifetime, o Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In his lifetime, or to be precise, an uncompleted written book of words which we portray as his lifetime - he persevered for a picturesque he started to preserve during his myriad of adventures; a picturesque which constituted of independents - be it an 'independent' Pakistan or an independent Bengal.
Time and again, he was seen to be struggling hard for the targeted goal of his life - 'Azaadi'. Azaadi, borne with six strong letters, was something he pursued and let others pursued for, fought and inspired others to fight for - that is, he won the hearts of many Only what you need, is to co-operate.
Rating: 4. Read it for the historical value. Language is pretty plain and typically Bengali style of writing. The book gives a perspective of the partition from a Muslim League point of view, something starkly missing in Indian history narratives. The memories Bhasha Andolan do not fail to inspire you and loathe the West Pakistanis.
A really interesting book, especially on the emergence of Pakistan and how this political entity failed to fulfill the dream and expectation of Bengalee Muslims. Also, it explains how Bangladesh Awami League was born due to the need of an own political party of Bengalee Muslims.
This book is too good. One can know how much struggle Bangabandhu had in his life. View 1 comment. May 21, Abu Hayat Khan rated it it was amazing Shelves: bangladesh. The tale in this book of a young man, his honest passion for his country and the people he lived by in difficult times will leave you with an uneasy melancholic sensation.
But Sheikh Mujib was no ordinary man, he was the aspiration, and the proud symbol of Bengali's strive for freedom. But there is something in this book that troubled me so profoundly that I was baffled for a very long time, and finally, I decided to write it down.
This statement is partially accurate, the west Pakistani regime indeed disregarded Jinnah's promises. But, it is not true that Jinnah deceived Bengalies, the Decepticon was someone else.
The elections on the partitioning of British India held in , Bengali overwhelmingly voted for Muslim League. The division of Bengal was approved by a joint session of the Bengal Legislative Assembly when 90 members voted to stay with India, an overwhelming members voted to join Pakistan. Fazal Haq and Jyoti Basu abstain from voting. Even after the death of Jinnah in , when Khawaja Nazimuddin became the governor general, and the miseries of Bengalis begin to unfold, Sheikh Mujib's loyalty for Pakistan remain undiminishing.
Prudence There is a subtle contradiction in the memoir. Sheikh Mujib was baffled when he saw Bengal was divided. He claimed that there ought to be a referendum on whether Bangali will stay with India or breakaways as a separate independent Muslim state. He accused only Khawaja Nazimuddin of the disintegration of Bengal. This is a puzzle. Those parts of this book where he wrote about many places can be used as a perfect example of a travelogue.
How interesting and enjoyable to read these chapters as if we are also travelling with him! In this book he has also depicted how Muslims as a minority were ignored during the British rule. That is why Muslims had to struggle for their own land and Pakistan was the result of it. The same thing happened with us in the time of Pakistan. Though Bangalees were greater in number, the Pakistani junta, as a weak, fickle minority, deprived us of our very basic rights.
We came away from Pakistan and established our own country after a bloody struggle. To make this independence and the sacrifices of the millions meaningful, we should take care of the rights of people irrespective of caste, colour, politics, religion and race. In this unfinished memoir we will get a pathetic and heart-breaking description of Hindu-Muslim riots. And the role Bangabandhu played at that time shows us what a tireless worker he was.
In the time of riots Bangabandhu would often load the rice and start pulling the cart to supply food to the refugee shelters. But the kind of ideas they tried to propagate offended the general students and the public. They do not understand your language and will not accompany you in your flights. This made these communists speak out against me but they failed to attract the student world in any way.
That quality makes The Unfinished Memoirs an invaluable source of information and analyses from a man who staked his all to transform himself from an ordinary student activist to a leader of an entire nation. Suhrawardy was a man of the world who believed in western-style democratic values and worked alongside Mahatma Gandhi to contain the damage caused by the Great Calcutta Killings of However, besides being the spearhead of the Direct Action Day, at least in part, triggered the communal violence in Calcutta, he pushed Pakistan down the path of military expansion.
Home Lifestyle and Entertainment Book Review. Post a comment. Email this article. She endured long periods of loneliness during Sheikh Mujib's time in prison, and she was forced to raise their children single handedly while also cobbling together enough money for their living expenses.
Other sections which I found most interesting included his travels to China, Delhi, and West Pakistan, his relationship with Suhrawardy, and his comments about Maulana Bhashani's stubbornness and unwillingness to make decisions in times of crisis. Dec 14, Faiyaz Rashid rated it it was amazing. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Evident in his every step and the words he voiced, I may summon him as a 'Proud Bengal Nationalist'.
Mujib, succumbing himself with the existential politics in the early times that resonated the whole India, had been a very great figure since then. With utter respect, he had also built himself as a disciple of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy. He was a sobered dreamer of an independent Pakistan - but alas, fate had turned out to be severing East from the West. In his lifetime, o Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
In his lifetime, or to be precise, an uncompleted written book of words which we portray as his lifetime - he persevered for a picturesque he started to preserve during his myriad of adventures; a picturesque which constituted of independents - be it an 'independent' Pakistan or an independent Bengal. Time and again, he was seen to be struggling hard for the targeted goal of his life - 'Azaadi'. Azaadi, borne with six strong letters, was something he pursued and let others pursued for, fought and inspired others to fight for - that is, he won the hearts of many Only what you need, is to co-operate.
Rating: 4. Oct 15, Agnivo Niyogi rated it liked it. Read it for the historical value. Language is pretty plain and typically Bengali style of writing. The book gives a perspective of the partition from a Muslim League point of view, something starkly missing in Indian history narratives. The memories Bhasha Andolan do not fail to inspire you and loathe the West Pakistanis. Sep 07, Nabeel Onusurjo rated it it was amazing.
A really interesting book, especially on the emergence of Pakistan and how this political entity failed to fulfill the dream and expectation of Bengalee Muslims. Also, it explains how Bangladesh Awami League was born due to the need of an own political party of Bengalee Muslims.
May 26, Mohammad Asaduzzaman Shaon rated it it was amazing. This book is too good. One can know how much struggle Bangabandhu had in his life. View 1 comment. The tale in this book of a young man, his honest passion for his country and the people he lived by in difficult times will leave you with an uneasy melancholic sensation.
But Sheikh Mujib was no ordinary man, he was the aspiration, and the proud symbol of Bengali's strive for freedom. But there is something in this book that troubled me so profoundly that I was baffled for a very long time, and finally, I decided to write it down.
This statement is partially accurate, the west Pakistani regime indeed disregarded Jinnah's promises. But, it is not true that Jinnah deceived Bengalies, the Decepticon was someone else. The elections on the partitioning of British India held in , Bengali overwhelmingly voted for Muslim League.
The division of Bengal was approved by a joint session of the Bengal Legislative Assembly when 90 members voted to stay with India, an overwhelming members voted to join Pakistan.
Fazal Haq and Jyoti Basu abstain from voting. Even after the death of Jinnah in , when Khawaja Nazimuddin became the governor general, and the miseries of Bengalis begin to unfold, Sheikh Mujib's loyalty for Pakistan remain undiminishing. Prudence There is a subtle contradiction in the memoir.
Sheikh Mujib was baffled when he saw Bengal was divided. He claimed that there ought to be a referendum on whether Bangali will stay with India or breakaways as a separate independent Muslim state. He accused only Khawaja Nazimuddin of the disintegration of Bengal.
This is a puzzle. And why did he think it was only Khawaja Nazimuddin? Didn't he know anything about those Muslim leaguers, the very people he and his compatriot helped to win the election in ? I think the puzzle was due to his political short-sightedness. The only academic qualification Sheikh Mujib had was a college degree from an unknown institution. He never finished university degree. He completed the college degree not because he was an enthusiast on advancing his academic career but because of family pressure and persistence of his tutors.
Whereas the prominent politicians of his time: Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, or even his mentor Suhrawardy, all were well educated from elite British academies. Sheikh Mujib also offered British education by his father which he denied. Due to his limiting education background, Sheikh Mujib couldn't develop critical thinking skill; as a result, he failed to comprehend extremely complicated political situation orchestrated by Nehru and Jinnah.
Honesty and dedication matters. While charm can only get you so far, a good education will make you prudent. Technically, Sheikh Mujib was intellectually incapacitated which he was not aware of, and it was crippling his career. In , Sheikh Mujib spearheaded the six-point movement. Which was so decisive that later six-point become eleven-point, and led toward the liberation of Bangladesh.
But it is widely believed that some of the people behind the six-point formulation were the economist of Dhaka University: Nurul Islam, Rehman Sobhan, Anisur Rahman, Musharraf Hossain to name a few. After the independence, Sheikh Mujib created the Bangladesh planning commission and rewarded these masterminds with new responsibility for formulating economic planning and strategy for modern Bangladesh. While their pre-war six-points was an absolute victory, their post-war policies were a total failure.
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