“My Manik Bhai” In his article Bangabandhu wrote ….

“… the depth of Manik Bhai’s influence in my personal life is indescribable. I have known him since 1943. Throughout our lives since that introduction, we two brothers have been fighting for the rights of the people together …. One thing we both agreed on was the independence of Bengal. Apart from independence, there is no freedom for Bengalis, there was no room for dilemma among us. And since there was no one, we have worked from two fronts in the midst of various blows and blows. I have worked in the field and Manik Bhai with the help of his sharp writing”