GUWAHATI, Dec 25 - �It is our duty to study the history and recall our mistakes committed during the partition of India, so that in the future similar mistakes would never be repeated,� said Governor of Meghalaya Tathagata Roy while unveiling the Assamese version of Unfinished Memoire, a book penned by Bangabandhu Sheikh Muzibur Rahman, at the ongoing 32nd Guwahati Book Fair here today.
Underscoring the importance of history, Roy said, �It is necessary to study history unless we will not come to know about what not to do in future and in the present time.�
Moreover, appreciating the book Unfinished Memoire, which was translated to Assamese by Dr Juri Sarma and Dr Saumen Bharatia and published by Vicky Publishers of Guwahati as Asomapta Atmajibani, the Governor said, �This book is a treasure trove of history. It was a great creation of Late Bangabandhu. It is a great testament and a good source of study for the new generation.�
Delivering his speech, president of Asam Sahitya Sabha Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi said, �This book will give the people of Assam a chance to explore something new about Bangladesh. Assam and Bangladesh are two lands only in the view of politics. But, in the sense of culture and literature, we have little difference.�
Rajbongshi urged all sections of people to go through data before making any comment on the infiltration issue, saying that various development strategies adopted by both Bangladesh and India will completely stop the problem in the near future.
Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, ATM Rokebul Haque said, �The people of Bangladesh are very grateful to India for its role during the wartime. Both the countries have been maintaining very good relations right from the beginning. Now, India is on its way to become a world power and Bangladesh is on the path of the fast-growing economy.�
He stated that Bangladesh and North East India share various common elements in culture, history and literature.