Fifteen People crowded in Mansur Ahmed’s house. Among those who came were Shipra’s uncle Manzur Ahmed, and the others were of her uncle Humayun Kabir and his wife Marufa Rahman. Besid... Read more
Sixteen Before Manzur Ahmed got up from bed, Humayun Kabir and Marufa appeared at his house. They had come so early, apprehending that Manzur Ahmed might go out. If they couldn’t meet... Read more
Seventeen Inspector General of Police Hafizur Rashid was in great anxiety. After reaching his office in the morning he had got several phone calls. Thereafter his tension began. Pract... Read more
Chapter 1 My dad was posted in a government hospital in a town named Navaron in southern Bangladesh, then East Pakistan. He had landed this job after graduating from medical school th... Read more
Chapter 2 Winter wasn’t totally over yet. The touch of coolness in the air felt quite good. One evening after travelling in a bus for practically the whole day we reached the ti... Read more
Chapter 3 Finally Dad’s date of departure was fixed. He was scheduled to leave Dhaka on 7th February. I had a great desire to see off dad in the airport. But that was impossible... Read more
Chapter 4 Finally one day mom declared that she was feeling well enough to visit her parental house. She still had volcanic coughs and the dreaded morning sickness but not as bad as b... Read more
Chapter 5 Decided but we still had to hold off the trip to Khulna until mom felt well enough to make the trip. Her pregnancy seemed to have frequent ups and downs – screaming at me on... Read more
Chapter 6 During my next visit to nana’s house I had the opportunity to experience two unique things. One was exorcism and the other one was sanctified stick manoeuvre. I had heard a... Read more
