'Independent Bangladesh is the outcome of the immense hardship and sacrifices Bangabandhu had made throughout his life. Through reading these diaries the people of Bangladesh will be able to discover the frontier-head of their independence.

My mother inspired my father to write. Every time he was in prison my mother would purchase notebooks for him and ensure that they reached him there. Whenever he was freed from prison she would collect the notebooks and preserve them carefully. If she did not have such foresight we would not have been able to present these valuable writings to the nation.'