“Untranquil Recollections: The Years of Fulfillment,” a memoir by eminent Bangladeshi economist Rehman Sobhan, was launched in Kolkata of India’s West Bengal on Wednesday.
Nobel laureate Indian economist Prof Amartya Sen attended the programme as the chief guest at the National Library in Kolkata and released the book.
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.
Earlier, the memoir, brought out by Sage Publications, was launched in Bangladesh during the Dhaka Lit Fest in November.
Discussants included Dr Lincoln Chen, president of China Medical Board and founding director of Harvard Global Equity Initiative; Amiya Kumar Bagchi, emeritus professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata and adjunct professor of Monash University; Siddiq Osmani, professor of development economics at Ulster University; Prof Rounaq Jahan, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD); and Anik Palchaudhuri, chairman of the The Small Tools MFG. Company of India Ltd.
