Rising from the Ashes
Madhubanti Anashua & Ahmad Ibrahim
A COMPLEX HISTORY A. Qayyum Khan was a university student during the Liberation War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Sector 7. His book on the war, “Bittersweet Victory: A Freedom Fighter's Tale” was published by UPL. “Our aspirations were not so much economic as they were human.” In the brutal months of the war, what had led the freedom fighters on was the dream of a free country, says Qayyum Khan. When Qayyum Khan returned to Bangladesh after twenty years ...
