• She is a British Bangladeshi writer, novelist

and columnist.
• She is author of Bangladesh trilogy.
 A Golden Age
 The Good Muslim
 The Bones of Grace
• It is war literature and historical novel.
• Set against backdrop of Bangladesh war of
independence
• It is story of Passion, revolution, hope, faith
and unexpected heroism.
• Motherhood
• Human emotion
• Family
• Lose
• Loneliness
• Sacrifice
• Torture, brutality
• Love, joy, food
• Patriotism
 The plot of novel is Allegorical.
 Its has double meaning.
 It can be read at personal level as well as
political level.
• Rehana Haque
• Sohail
• Maya
• Iqbal Haque
• Faiz Haque
• Parveen Haque
• Mrs. Chowdhury
• Silvi
• Sharmeen
• Sabeer
• The Major
• Mr and Mrs. Sengupta
• Mrs. Rehman and Mrs. Akram
• Aref and Joy
• The story open in 1959 with the words of a
young widow to her dead husband:
‘’Dear Husband, I lost our children today.’’
• She has lost the custody of her children.
• Faiz convinces the judge that she is an unfit
mother.
• Outside the courthouse, Rehana buys two kites.
• Anam portrayed stereotypical society when
Mrs.Chowdhury came to Rehana’s house with
Silvi. She said
‘’My bastard husband left me when I couldn’t give
him a son.’’
• In the prologue, there are memories of children.
• Special birthday treat of Maya’s fourth birthday
• The novel then jumps to March1971, the 10th
anniversary of her children’s return.
• It is also the same month when civil war
started.

• To raise money She sold Iqbal’s Vauxhall and

her wedding jewellery.
• She build a house named ‘’Shona’
• As a widow, she could not arrange bank loans.
• During the party , Mrs. Chowdhury introduces
Silvi’s Fiancé.
• Sohail got tickets of cricket match.
• Rehana goes to recourse ground for attending the
speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rehman.
• On 25th March a dinner was hosted by Mrs. Chowdhury
in honour of Lieutenant Sabeer.
• Nikkah ceremony of Silvi and Sabeer held .
• Searchlight operation start at ten o'clock the tanks began
to fire.
• Symbol of food used.
• Theme of patriotism used.
• Radio was a great medium of communication for giving and getting
information about war.
• Songs and programs inspired the fighters and common civilians in
an unexplainable manner.
• Indirect reference to the issue of language conflict.
• Remind of glorious language Movement of 1952.
• Sohail and Maya both were into student’s politics during their
college days, Sohail taking inspiration from Political leaders and
poetry.
• Maya always dressing up in white sari, marching and
practicing with wooden guns with her classmates.
• Sohail gets into a training camp for guerrillas, and Maya
starts working with a newspaper publishing revolutionary
articles in Calcutta.
• Operation searchlight doesn’t made them run away to
another place, it makes them fight against the dictatorship
and massacre taking place into their country.
• Throughout June, Tikka khan’s soldiers made their way across
summer plains of Bangladesh. They looted homes and burned
roofs. They raped. They murdered. They practiced new and old
forms of torture.
• Mayas friend Sharmeen is raped by the soldiers of Tikka Khan .
• History shows not only women were raped ,but also many were
savagely murdered.
• “They are soldiers Maya. Tikka khan’s soldiers”.
• “Tikka khan” Maya shouted, as though she was making an

announcement “the Butcher of Bengal”.

• Tikka khan, “the Butcher of Bengal”Anam Writes “The

number of refugees flowing into west Bengal has reached one

million”
• I love you Porgy is a song. This song is sing in jazz
style. I love you Porgy is a phrase itself in the song.
• Throughout June Tikka khan’s soldiers made their
way across the summer plains of Bangladesh.
• Rehana said
‘I’m not sure I’m a nationalist’.
• As a widow, She could not arrange bank loans.
• She is facing sexual harassment by one of bank
worker.
• During her meeting with Mr. Ali, a blind wealthy
man, she steals the jewelry box of his wife for
more money.
• It is a symbol that shows love, happiness and
stability. But in this case shows death and
bloodshed in Sohail’s red rimmed eyes and
Sabeer’s red-tipped fingers.
• Selvi says to Rehana, Sabeer has been captured by
Pakistani army.
• “Sabeer is a red-fingered bird, sabeer is a bird a
red tipped bird”
• Rehana goes to Calcutta and major tells her that he will
not go with her and Maya will meet her in Calcutta.
• Change comes in Rehana and Maya.
• Rehana and Maya go to Salt Lake Refugee Camp.
• War is occuring in this chapter.
• There are War sufferings
• Mrs.Sengupta is in trauma due to war.
• Take my affliction is a biblical verse.
• Rehana recalls her past days when her husband’s
brother and his childless wife claim they could take
better care of them.
• Theme of lostness found in this chapter.
• Silvi, Mrs. Chaudary’s daughter was not in favour of
war, she is mentally depressed. She thought “War
was a sin, the country splitting”.
• Sexual encounter between Major and Rehana.
• Army arrest Major rather than Sohail, One love
swallowed another.
• War has ended.
• Faiz beg off from her but she says she can not
forgive him due to her daughter.
• She tells the story of war to her husband through
writing.
• Got new country
• Build good relationship between Maya and
Rehana
• Everyone gets a new Life
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