In ‘An Inclusive Democracy for a Just Society’, Rehman Sobhan gathers memorial lectures he delivered to honour five figures of the struggle for liberation and democracy — Tajuddin Ahmad, Sarwar Murshid, Noorjehan Murshid, Abdur Razzak and Ishtiaq Ahmed. The lectures acknowledge the real gains Bangladeshi society has made over the decades, but they also confront how far the country has drifted from what 1971 stood for. Sobhan’s central concern is renewal: recommitting the nation to secular, democratic and just governance, with concrete proposals for how that might be done. Published by Prothoma Prokashon, the volume speaks to readers who care about where Bangladesh is heading and what its founding ideals still demand.