OP-ED: Chasing ideals that we don’t know of
Bangabandhu faced steep challenges of nation-building in the aftermath of the war, and now we must face those challenges
On his return to an independent Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a heap of problems that needed unravelling and addressing. Having been totally in the dark about what had happened in the country during his nine-month internment, he had to be updated.
There was hardly anything in the coffers, the country lay in infrastructural ruins, and the crop-fields were burnt bareness. One can imagine but not comprehend the thoughts that must have been swirling in his mind with the combined nature of the gargantuan task.