Our Debt to the Four Professors

Four professors — Nurul Islam, Mosharaff Hossain, Md. Anisur Rahman and Rehman Sobhan — played legendary roles in East Pakistan’s struggle for autonomy, in the movement for independence, and in the building of the new state. S Nazrul Islam’s ‘Our Debt to the Four Professors’ sets their contributions side by side. The comparison is the point. Although the four shared a broad outlook, they disagreed on many concrete questions, and tracing those differences opens a window onto the hard choices Bangladesh faced in its early years. The book also explains the circumstances in which each man acted, and honours their willingness to accept material sacrifice for the country. Published by Prothoma Prokashon.