The
story is a conglomerate/ fabrication of various evidences cemented and
compounded in such a way that it takes
us back to the time/period/instance when Hindu- Muslim riots were the call of
the day and no entity was left affected by the vengeance and torment afflicted
in the society. The macro theme in this long short story emphasizes on appeasement/reconciliation
between father and daughter and sister and brother who after 30 years of warfare happen to
meet in the Calcutta that took manika or
khuku couple of years hunting/ delving
for her family and in return Father shekharnath though spotted someone coming towards the house
/crossing the threshold but felt an aura
of nostalgia , dismal and melancholy encompassing/embodying him and bolted his
door and did not bother to open it till she left the home . He had throb inside that was killing him
for the reason he flew away and daughter being abducted, At this juncture, when
he is getting an opportunity to meet his daughter he felt guilty- remorse for
he had to leave his family behind in that desperate condition to save the left
ones skin from the
riots/uprisings/insurrections/disturbances/unrests/rebellion/revolt going out
in mirpur town of Bangladesh. Narrator of the story has considerately disguised
characters of story in such a moving picture that the father who believes in
humility is taken over/provoked by the brutal setback when his wife was
murdered and daughter being seized by rabbles.
Story
delves the path of leaving behind
the prejudices being paved and flagged by Hindu – Muslim
riots and following the turbulent trajectory of the partition.
Essayist has vivaciously disguised the story from
existing period to the primeval
times which revives the
protagonist about his doleful / mournful/gloomy /despondent memories that have
seized away his beloved wife and
daughter from him due to the rage of time and cold blooded people . Title is
competent and suggestive to the story as it implores 2 sub themes under it:
1. Guilt that has left father crestfallen
and down casted due to impulsive
situation that made him shift his township in no time and daughter being left
abducted by mobs ,past 1947 riots.
2. Grief , woe , despair and misfortune
that encased/wrapped/shrouded/encircled
him and his only son left , due to family being tarnished by the
belligerence marked by Hindu Muslim insurgents.
Mother
has been featured as the one who was always apprehensive and worried about her
daughter and she played this part so well because she has been guided by such
orthodox , conservative and conformist
beliefs of Brahmin folk.
*Hemlata’s thoughts and ideas , her
worries and concerns , were all enclose by a strong iron frame beyond which it
was impossible for her to ever stray *
These lines portrays how her thoughts
were left undaunted by her husband and with the climax of the story husband
felt guilty and was submerged/plunged in the forlorn of not being able to save
his daughter from the hands of throng.
The
best moment can be priced as the one when Shekharnath was stimulated and
provoked/triggered by the dictum of his son,*it’s terribly wrong , Father , that
Didi will never come back home to us*
This
led air of camaraderie recuperate/reincarnated inside his heart and in no time
he leaves for airport amidst the cold blanket of fog encircling the town with
his grandson. He embraced her daughter with the cuddle of pride, sorrow and joy
and tendered her with the trinkets her mother has left for daughter.
So,
beginning on a peaceful and sanguine note story culminates in dynamic manner
leaving behind no antipathies and resentment in heart of none of the characters
pictured in the story.
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