num_pages: 376
description: Rehman Sobhan was directly associated with Bangladeshs liberation struggle. In this memoir he provides an insightful first-hand account of the challenges faced by the newly independent Bangladesh in the early years of its existence. This book attempts to capture the unique problems of reconstructing the war-devastated economy while building institutions from ground up for a nation which for 24 years had been run through a highly centralized system of colonial-style governance. Untranquil Recollections gives special attention to the authors involvement as a Member of the Planning Commission in addressing the problem of reconstruction while coping with the political challenges associated with building institutions formulating economic policies and overseeing their implementation. The narrative attempts to identify the economic and political forces that were inimical to the radical direction of the national policy set by Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The book concludes with a discussion of the dark events leading to Mujibur Rahmans assassination along with his family and his closest political colleagues which resulted in a change in the regime.
language: English
title: Untranquil Recollections: Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh
publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd