Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- Kamal Hossain remembers Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with deep affection. And he does not do that merely because the Father of the Nation was the individual in whose tutelage he found his way in politics, indeed rose to political prominence. He recalls Bangabandhu for the larger than life man he was, for the astute political leadership he provided the nation with. As you listen to him reflect on a past that is not to be anymore, Kamal Hossain has a wistful look, one which persuades you into thinking, correctly, that his imagination has taken him on a nostalgic journey into the past.

Dr. Kamal Hossain's acquaintance with the future founder of Bangladesh came about in the late 1950s when he returned home after comple...