Against Her Will

By Mrinal Bose

A young Bangladeshi Hindu woman's poignant story of immigration to India and her struggle to come to terms with new realities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mrinal Bose
• Release date: Apr 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781452361239

Mrinal Bose

I'm a fiction writer, columnist,and literary blogger based in Kolkata, India. My fiction and columns have appeared in The Pedestal Magazine, January magazine, suite 101.com and Future among many other online and print magazines. In real life, I'm a practicing physician, and when I'm not attending on my patient, I'm either contemplating fiction or writing it.

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Against Her Will

Mrinal Bose

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As they left the border town behind, a rural landscape came into view: long stretches of greenery, an old and neglected school building, houses hemmed by trees, an occasional man or two standing or at work without any hurry, a Hutch billboard and shop, and a very palpable silence.

They drove over a narrow bumpy bus road for another fifteen minutes to reach their destination.

She came to see him after half an hour.

Can you recognize me?

He looked at her well and long enough. Memory of a distant and long-forgotten face was popping up.

You can’t. How could you? I was not even born when you left the country.

Are you, by any chance, the daughter of Narayan uncle?

She laughed widely, somewhat surprised but pleased. How do you know?

It’s your mother’s face that comes to my mind. You look very much like your mother.

Oh, you have got a long memory.

But how do you know me?

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