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 a... 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 – screamin... 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 ha... Read more
Chapter 7 We started from nana’s house at dawn. Rani apa walked as far as a mile along with the bullock cart. It was clear she didn’t want to stay in the village... Read more
Chapter 8 After the speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7th March nobody had any doubt that the situation was quickly turning into trouble. Mujibur Rahman had declared loudly... Read more
Chapter 9 A few days later we received an urgent message about jhima. She wasn’t doing well. She had been suffering from varieties of health issues for ages and went t... Read more
Chapter 10 Only about a week had passed by since Rani apa had left. Jhima had been healthy and returned to her normal routine of pestering everybody with her usual manners.... Read more
Chapter 11 Once we reached Khulna mom collapsed on khala’s lap and cried profusely. We moved into the same room where we stayed before. There was no news of Roni bhai yet bu... Read more
Chapter 12 Finally, after plenty of effort, dad got a family quarter around the first week of August in Chaman, Baluchistan. The few Bengali doctors who worked in Pakistan c... Read more
Chapter 13 I fell in love with the new house at the first sight. While the inside of the house was great – specious and everything, that wasn’t the main reason of my e... Read more
