Enayetullah Khan

By Udatta Bikash, Dhaka
19 November 2005, 18:00 PM
The death of the veteran journalist, Enayetullah Khan, is a great loss for the nation. Especially, in this time of political confrontations, the nation would have been benefited if he could continue his mission through journalism.

Personally, I used to read his thought-provoking and well-articulated pieces in the New Age and Weekly Holiday. I also had the opportunity to meet him and listen to his speeches on some occasions-- the last one, probably a year back in a UNDP sponsored conference on the prospects of human rights commission.

You have rightly noted that "He was by far the best among us; courageous, articulate, clear thinking, highly political and refreshingly outspoken. His was a life totally dedicated to journalism. Unabashedly opinionated and unreservedly expressive about his views, he was an icon for us who took up journalism as a profession."