
Untranquil Recollections
The Years of Fulfilment
Rehman Sobhan(Author)
SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. November 2015
Book
Hardback
484 pages
978-93-5150-321-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
A balanced yet rich description of the politics that led up to the genocide.... A fine read...capturing in riveting detail the political, social and human drama of the birth of Bangladesh. -- The Hindu, 28 February 2016 "A highly readable book which argues its case and its evolution as an independent Bangladesh forcefully." -- Free press Journal, November 20, 2016 "This is the narration of Rehman Sobhan's eventful life. He brings alive the evolution of lives of banagli people and its nation...This autobiography is a timely narrative that should be widely read on both sides of the border as a reminder of the agony and the elation that we went through together in those epochal times." -- The Book Review, January 2017 "A balanced yet rich description of the politics that led up to the genocide...capturing in riveting detail the political, social and human drama of the birth of Bangladesh." -- The HinduMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-5150-321-7 (9789351503217)
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Person
Rehman Sobhan is a noted Bangladeshi economist and freedom fighter who played an active role in the Bangali national movement. He is currently the Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling; Aitchison College, Lahore; and the University of Cambridge. He was one of the several economists whose ideas influenced the 6-point programme of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which became the basis for the struggle for self-rule for Bangladesh. A former Professor of Economics at Dhaka University, he has authored numerous books and articles on various developmental issues. The most recent of these, Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Agendas for Inclusive Development in South Asia, was published by SAGE in 2010.
He served the first Government of Bangladesh as Envoy Extraordinaire with special responsibility for Economic Affairs, during the Liberation War in 1971. He was a member of the first Bangladesh Planning Commission, and in the 1980s headed the premier development research facility, BIDS. In 1990-91, he became a Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division. In 1993, he founded and became the Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), one of Bangladesh's most prestigious think tanks. He also headed the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) from 2000 to 2005, one of the leading think tanks for promoting regional cooperation in South Asia.
He served the first Government of Bangladesh as Envoy Extraordinaire with special responsibility for Economic Affairs, during the Liberation War in 1971. He was a member of the first Bangladesh Planning Commission, and in the 1980s headed the premier development research facility, BIDS. In 1990-91, he became a Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division. In 1993, he founded and became the Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), one of Bangladesh's most prestigious think tanks. He also headed the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) from 2000 to 2005, one of the leading think tanks for promoting regional cooperation in South Asia.
Content
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
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