Dhaka, April 5 -- Presently, there is no mention of his biography in school or college textbooks-not in Bangladesh, nowhere is his life and work discussed. And yet, was he not present significantly in our history in the 20th century? I can cite a few examples like other writers about him. In 1943, Syed Mahbub Murshed was by the side of famine-stricken people in undivided Bengal. During the communal riots of 1946, he participated in humanitarian and social welfare activities with the Anjuman Mufidul Islam. He visited temples of the Hindu community and provided them with reassurance. He was engaged in the struggle for liberation from British rule. In 1949, to reassure the minority and refugee communities of East Pakistan and West Bengal and t...