Prelude-March 1971 (Bangladesh: Reliving History With Hindsight) [Kindle Edition]

Moin Ahsan (Author)

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I was born in Bangladesh and lived there until my early forties. Although now I live in Australia, I keep in touch with Bangladesh almost on a daily basis. Though I was only fourteen at that time, too young to directly participate in the guerrilla war or not brave enough, like most people in Bangladesh, I experienced the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh from a close quarter. The war left an indelible mark on my young but very politically conscious mind, like most people of our generation. I always had a keen interest in the events surrounding the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, and the subsequent events that led to today’s Bangladesh. I have extensively collected and read almost anything that was published on those key events in Bangladesh - but, until now, I never really tried to structure and link my disjointed understandings. So I decided to write it down - my understanding and analyses of the events, based on my personal experience, readings and hindsight. These are essentially my personal analyses of the events.

It is a shared journey of me and Bangladesh as I experienced it.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 93 KB
• Publisher: Moin Ahsan (July 30, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003XYEBT6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,677 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #26 in Books > History > Asia > Bangladesh

More About the Author

I was born in Bangladesh. I spent most of my childhood and the formative years in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Though I was too young or not brave enough to directly participate in the liberation war of Bangladesh, like most Bangladeshis, I experienced the war from a close quarter. The war left an indelible mark on my young but very politically conscious mind.

After finshing school I got admitted in the Merchant Marine Academy in Bangladesh to be trained as a career Marine Engineer to serve in merchant ships. I chose that profession more to pursue my childhood dream to "travel and see the world". Though as a first choice I wanted to become a journalist. However, In the liberation Bangladesh there were not many opportunities. After graduating from the Marine Academy, first few years I served in the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation vessels plying in the Bangladesh US east coast and UK-Europe routes. From 1982-1991 I served with the Singapore based Scandinavian shipping companies, travelling all over the world.

Between 1992 -1999 I worked as an entrepreneur, as the CEO of my own start up business. In between, during 1995-96 I took leave from my business to complete an MBA course in Melbourne University. In March 1999 I sold my business and permanently moved to Australia. Since January 2000 I am working as a senior policy adviser with the Department of Finance and Deregulation, Australian Federal Government.

Interests: As a person I am a "wonderer and wanderer" - Travelling (backpacking), reading and reflections are my primary past times. Since childhood I have been an avid reader on wide ranging subjects, my current reading interests include philosophy, metaphysics, analytical history, history of civilisations, general and human evolution, international and strategic affairs, current affairs, global and national economy, general articles/books on technology and astrophysics etc.

Since january 2010 I started writing seriously - my writing interests reflect my "wanderer and wonderer" persona, my reading interests and my deep attachment with Bangladesh.