Ekattorer Dingulee
Ekattorer Dingulee (Bengali: একাত্তরের দিনগুলি, English: The Days Of 71(translator Mustafizur Rahman))[1] is an autobiographical book by Martyr-Mother Jahanara Imam based on her experiences of the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.
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| Author | Jahanara Imam |
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| Translator | Mustafizur Rahman |
| Cover artist | Qaium Choudhury |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject | Memoir |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Shandhani Prakashani and Charulipi Prakashani |
Publication date | February 1986 |
| Pages | 268(Shandhani Prakashan) 311(Charulipi Prakashani) (Both differ) |
| ISBN | 984-480-000-5 |
| OCLC | 417202076 |
Ekattorer Dingulee means The Days of 71.
Jahanara Imam's son Shafi Imam Rumi, a student, went out to fight against the Pakistani army in the urban regions, specially at Dhaka. This book contains Jahanara's practical daily life as well as horrors.
The book concludes the fate of an unfortunate mother who lost her child as well as her dear husband during the war. She achieved the independence for such a great price that she had to sacrifice the life of her dear child Rumi and her husband. The book has a sacrifice of a brave son of Bangladesh.
Rumi was one of the most brilliant students of that time. He was supposed to go abroad for getting his degrees on Engineering outside Bangladesh . But due to the fate of his luck, the independence war of Bangladesh started and he himself rose for forward to become a volunteer for the "Mukti Bahini" (Freedom fighter). During the war once he was caught from his own house during night by Pakistani Soldiers and taken away from his home. He never returned. His mother waited .
Her husband Sharif Imam was a Civil Engineer. He had a heart attack during the war. But due to the ind v pak war,it was blackout and the life saving machines could not be switched on as a result her husband faced death.[2][3]
She got her independence but had to remain rest of his life with her only son who is 1/3 of her heart. This book manifests the cruelty of the war. It is also the auto-biography of the other thousands of mother of the war.
Citations
- Hensher, Philip (1 March 2013). "Bangladesh's bestseller about its brutal birth". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- Karmakar, Prasanta (30 October 2009). "মুক্তিযুদ্ধের নিভৃত এক সহযাত্রী". The Daily Prothom-Alo. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- (Imam 1986, pp. 262)
References
- Imam, Jahanara (1986), Ekattorer Dingulee, Shandhani Prakashani, Dhaka, ISBN 984-480-000-5 (in Bengali)