Bangabandhu

Recently, I read an article on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the first thought that came to mind was the man we saw and heard in the penultimate days of East Pakistan and the man who lead the war of independence. There wasn't the information to match the person we knew. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the man who created a nation and proved to the world that one of the most powerful and disciplined military forces couldn't subjugate and suppress the unarmed and impoverished Bengali nation. He was the man who stirred the nation out of its slumber, galvanized it and inspired it to turn every home into a fortress, armed with mostly bamboos and antiquated weapons to rise up and free the country from the clutches of subjugation. He was the man who won a landslide victory in the 1970 elections. People reposed in him the huge responsibility of giving them a direction and showing the way to the bliss of freedom. He was given the power to spearhead the revolution. All these I witnessed in my teens in the turbulent years of the late 60s till the early years of the seventies. Were all these illusions and mirages?
My personal impression is that the writer was in a rush to get it over with the work of writing about the greatest Bengali of modern times. He lightly touched on all issues, sadly missing the profundity and depth he deserved. In a very rush-rush style he touched on his life, his struggles and his mistakes. He should have gone more into the man, his time, life and struggles. He deserved much more than what was written.