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The book brings together Rehman Sobhan's personal story situated within the historical events of Bangladesh, from its birth as East Pakistan to its evolution as an independent, democratic state.
UNTRANQUIL RECOLLECTIONS: The Years of Fulfilment is a memoir of Rehman Sobhan, a prominent economist and public intellectual who played an active role in the Bangladeshi national movement of the 1960s. It is a narration of events by the author who lived through extraordinary phases in the histories of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and the impact they had on him. His story relates to the life and perspectives of an individual born into a family of relative privilege and educated at elite schools. Later on, his life moved on to a different trajectory from its intended path and he eventually came to be involved in the political struggles that culminated in the emergence of an independent Bangladesh.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Families Inherited and Chosen
Growing Up in Calcutta
Darjeeling: School Days in the Shadows of Kanchenjunga
Lahore: Coming of Age among the Chiefs
London: Imagined Realities
Cambridge: The Transformative Years
Dhaka: Life and Times
Dhaka: Adventures in the Private Sector
Dhaka University: Teaching Economics and Learning to Be a Teacher
Dhaka: Personal Encounters of the Close Kind
Exposures to Political Activism at Dhaka University
From Political Economy to Politician Economist
Engagement with the National Struggle
Fulfilment: Witness to the Birth of a Nation
Fulfilment: From Politician Economist to Political Combatant in the Liberation War
Fulfilment: Envoy Extraordinaire
Fulfilment: The Liberation of Bangladesh
Annexure
Index
