Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Now that you are gone I can safely say publicly that I respected you as an achiever more than all others. I said that to you in private over a decade back and you didn't bat an eyelid. You didn't think it was important or didn't take me seriously. . Few have achieved so much so completely in this land and have left a legacy as large as any in Bangladesh. Like all truly successful people, your achievements mattered not what people thought of you. It has been like that almost all your life.

The aristocrat NRB

Your aristocratic Sylhet ancestry and academic ambitions made your transition to London inevitable and that's where you grew up in your adult years in the 60s. Social commitment came to you through activism and you ...