NETAJI IN BANGLADESH

Netaji has been honoured in Bangladesh on 23 Jan, 2018 on his birthday, courtesy Ashraful Islam. We must all applaud his Herculean effort and must come forward to help him in his future endeavours. Ashraful has taken up the burden of reinstating Netaji to his rightful place in the social discourse and in the public imagination whereby he hopes to bring about a wholesome change in the entire polity of our fractured subcontinent. He is very reluctant to occupy centre-stage in his mission and prefers to remain backstage for his soul's sole objective is to propagate the life and ideology of Netaji. Such an unalloyed love for Netaji as Ashraful possesses is rare indeed even among the most ardent devotees of the beloved leader and this is what makes him shy away from publicity of his person, for he prefers instead the propagation of his mission which is the upholding of Netaji before one and all. In this age of exaggerated self-publicity when people are ever-intent on seeking the limelight, Ashraful marks a healthy departure from this rampant culture of aggressive self-marketing.

Ashraful has been inspired by Kazi Nazrul Islam and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from boyhood but as the years have rolled on, his fascination for Netaji has gripped him more and more till he now is completely possessed by the inspiration that is the hero of epic proportions and eats, drinks and lives for him. With a single-minded persistence he pursues his mission to propagate Netaji and his ideology and lives a frugal life to make both ends meet as he devotes his entire day and night to the fulfilment of his cause almost careless of return. His has been a plunge into the ocean that is Netaji and his resolve it is to gather the pearls of pristine purity from the depths of this personality of matchless merit, of unimpeachable character and of uncompromising patriotism.