Book on Bangabandhu's memoirs soon
An unfinished memoir written by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is soon going to be published in the form of a book.
University Press Limited (UPL) will publish the book titled “Ashomapto Attojiboni”. It will also publish an English version of the book titled “Unfinished Memoirs”, says a press release of UPL.
Bangabandhu wrote the memoir during his stay at Dhaka Central Jail in 1967.
In his writings, he spoke of his personal experience and highlighted many issues like his upbringing; family; movements during student life; politics at the initial stage of Pakistan, East Pakistan and of Pakistan; formation of Chhatra League and Awami League; Language Movement; Jukta Front's election in 1954 and formation of government.
The 300-page book will contain some facsimile of his writings and some of his rare photographs, the press release said.
Bangabandhu's daughter and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrote the preface of the book. Veteran artist Qayyum Chowdhury has sketched the cover of the Bangla version.
Fakhrul Alam, professor of English Department of Dhaka University, translated it into English.
Penguin India has taken the copyright to publish Fakhrul's English translation. An agreement has already been signed between Penguin India and UPL to this end, the press release reads.
As per the agreement, Penguin India will publish the book in several Indian languages including Hindi and Tamil.
Moreover, Oxford University Press of Pakistan has shown interest to publish the book's Urdu version, the release added.
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