Entries by RonZ

The tale of a troubadour

জুন 6, 2013 in , , , /by

It is the courage of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman you miss as you go through life. And yet it is something more, something of values that you associate with any remembrance of him. He embodied some of the finest traditions that self-respecting people anywhere have, throughout the course of history, upheld in their lives. And […]

Realising Bangabandhu’s poverty-free Shonar Bangla

এপ্রিল 25, 2013 in , , /by

HISTORY is at last taking its own course and putting Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, in his rightful place. Gradually, he is emerging as the only reference point of our nationhood and we must congratulate the High Court Bench for removing the confusion created by some motivated vested interest groups including, […]

Portrait of a patriot

এপ্রিল 25, 2013 in , , , /by

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on March 17, 1920 at Tungipara in the then Faridpur district. Despite the fact that he was an extraordinary political leader who had spent more than twelve years in jail for articulating the legitimate grievances of his people against the then Pakistani ruling elite, he became a victim of […]

BANGLADESH: A Hero Returns Home

এপ্রিল 22, 2013 in , , , /by

All weekend long the people of Bangladesh thronged into Dacca, preparing to welcome their beloved “Bangabandhu” (friend of Bengal). By Monday noon, hundreds of thousands of jubilant Bengalis lined the streets of the capital, waving flags and shouting over and over, “Sheik Mujib! Sheik Mujib!” Promptly at 1:30 p.m., a blue and silver British Royal […]

Bangabandhu; the architect of the nation

এপ্রিল 22, 2013 in , , , /by

He is not a mere individual. He in an institution. A movement. A revolution. An upsurge. He is the architect of the nation. He is the essence of epic poetry and he is history. This history goes back a thousand years. Which is why contemporary history has recognized him as the greatest Bengali of the […]