Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- The10 January (1972) speech by Bangabandhu is one of his historic speeches. While the 7 March (1971) speech was heralded as the declaration of the 'struggle for emancipation' and the 'struggle for independence', the 10 January speech drew up guidelines for the new nation on how to realize the spirit of those struggles with courage and patriotism. The 7 March speech has been translated into English and many other languages, but there is no acceptable English translation of the 10 January speech as yet. However, commissioned by the National Implementation Committee for the Birth Centenary Celebration of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I translated the 10 January speech into English.

"At first I...