This is a biography of my father, Dr. Barua. I always wanted to read story books instead of textbooks when I was a little girl. One day I discovered that I can tell my feelings and my surroundings in writing to my friends. When I got married to a Muslim boy, I was disconnected from my family. For almost a decade and a half, I had no contact with my parents, siblings, or relatives. That at was a painful time in my life and in the meantime I heard my sister became depressed and suicidal. My husband helped me to reconnect with my family. To show my father and family that I care about them, I wrote this biography as a symbol of love.

This first of the ultimately three-volume Who’s Who in Islamic Studies presents the scholarly world at long last with its own biographical encyclopaedia. Taking as a starting point the inventory of authors from the renowned Index Islamicus, the author, Wolfgang Behn (Berlin), has systematically collected numerous data on the lives and works of the tens of thousands of authors listed in the Index Islamicus from 1665 to 1980. This Biographical Companion will be an indispensable reference tool for the serious student and scholar of Islamic Studies. It enables the user to quickly gain knowledge on the life, work, and professional background of almost every major and minor author, and thus to place each author in his/her proper perspective. A tremendous achievement and a true must for every library.

Papers on social science research in Bangladesh.

Vols. for 1969- include index.