During the Eighth General Elections in Bangaldesh and athe days which followed, there were large scale atrocities on the Hindus of that country. This novel by Salam Azad documents real life incidents that took place at that time. There are many instances of Hindus being subjected to oppression in independent Bangladesh but those are nothing compared to the large scale and well planned genocide that took place then. The four party alliance government formed with the support of fundamentalists was interested in either eliminating the Hindus or driving them out so that an Islamic and pro-Taliban regime could be set up. A daughter was raped in her father’s presence, mother and daughter were sexually assaulted side by side. No one was spared, either a seven year old girl or a sixty year old woman! What led to this inhuman act? Why did one community let loose a reign of terror on another? The novel tries to find answers to some of these questions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Salam Azad
Salam Azad was born on 10 July 1964 at Damla Village in the Bikrampur of Bangladesh. He studied in JC Bose Institution and was an outstanding student there. Later he went to Gadbandha Government College and Dhaka University. His publications include: Bigyai Jagadish Chandra Basu, Jiban O Gabeshana, Rabindranaath Je Bhabe Likhten Jeman Kare Likhten, Patrabali, Juddha Shishu, Deshtyag: Sampradayik Bhavna, Mahapurush Bishuddhnanda Mahathero, Rabindranath Ke Lekha Jagadish Chandrer Patrabali, Shwetpatra, Prafullachandra Ray, Rabindranather Knighthood Pratyakhyaner Dalil, ananya Prasanga, Bishwakabir sonar Bangla, Patisare Rabindranath, Shantibahini O Shanti Chukti, chukti Uttar Parbatya Chattogram O Adivasi Prasanga, Nazrul Smarak Grantha, Desh Bhager Galpa, Hindu Sampradaya Keno Bangladesh, Deshtyag Karechhe, Taslima Nasrin O Annana, Bangladesher Advasi, ostitter Shankot, Bangladesher Madarasha Shikha, No Man’s Land etc. Some of his works have been translated into Hindi, English, French, Assamese, Marathi, Gujrati, Malayalam. Azad at present works with an NGO called ‘Army for Peacae’. Salam Azad is married to Mirza Fahmida Azim Soheli.
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