A PROMISE KEPT AS SHE HAS CALLED IT

Read this book to get some solid information about the one on whom fiction more than fact is nowadays abounding. Madhuri Bose must be thanked for her energy and enterprise in preserving the legacy of the Bose brothers who played such a seminal role in the achievement of freedom for India.

Sarat Chandra Bose was not only elder brother and mentor to Subhas Chandra but he was his close confidant in all his activities at home throughout his eventful political career prior to his great escape in 1941. Amiya Nath Bose was a dear nephew who Uncle Subhas (Ranga Kakababu) trusted as an able lieutenant as he plotted the downfall of the British Empire from his alliances with the Axis Powers abroad.

Amiya's reminiscences and verbal recordings have been here recorded in print permanently for posterity by daughter Madhuri and for this the nation must remember her exertions and effort with gratitude for good. For here is a treasure trove of vital information hitherto unrevealed and, so, unknown to the citizens of this great nation who adore Netaji like no other leader before or after him, and I say this with fullest responsibility having witnessed the love and adoration that the hero still draws in abundance from the masses across the length and breadth of this country.

The factual details recorded in this book are by no means to be revealed by this writer but must be read from the book itself to receive their due reward. Had Madhuri Bose not exerted herself enough in this grand venture, the nation would have been the poorer for it in terms of available data on the brothers Bose and for this no amount of thankfulness or gratitude may suffice to repay our debt. The best way then to exhibit our enthusiasm for the cause of freedom as envisioned by the daring duo will be to shake off our sloth and get to reading this book from cover to cover, and I say unto you, none shall be the poorer for this exercise in national duty, for in the remembrance of the heroes of the freedom struggle will be laid the foundation of true nation-building. Thank you, Madhuridi.