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An Unfinished Search
Three generations of a family search for their identity, as their village changes its identity from being Indian, to being Pakistani, to being Bangladeshi.
Born out of wedlock in the village of Hazratkandi, Anjaan’s tale traces the desperate search of three generations of Hazratkandis for their identity, which they believe lies buried in the martyr’s graves of Malegarh, in Assam’s Karimganj district.
Asman Hazratkandi, the last in his line, remains in the village where he was born, while the village itself is shoved from India first to Pakistan, and then to
Bangladesh.
Asman Hazratkandi belonged nowhere.
In life, no land accepted him.
In death, he lay in the no man’s land at the Indo-Bangladesh international border, leaving behind an unfinished search.
Born out of wedlock in the village of Hazratkandi, Anjaan’s tale traces the desperate search of three generations of Hazratkandis for their identity, which they believe lies buried in the martyr’s graves of Malegarh, in Assam’s Karimganj district.
Asman Hazratkandi, the last in his line, remains in the village where he was born, while the village itself is shoved from India first to Pakistan, and then to
Bangladesh.
Asman Hazratkandi belonged nowhere.
In life, no land accepted him.
In death, he lay in the no man’s land at the Indo-Bangladesh international border, leaving behind an unfinished search.
318 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published September 19, 2023
About the author
Rashmi Narzary
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RASHMI NARZARY
Sahitya Akademi Awardee for English Children’s literature, 2016 for her book “His Share of Sky”, Rashmi Narzary is an author, Creative Writing Mentor, Book Reviewer and Independent Editor. She also dabbles in translation, having worked with Late Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia’s award winning Assamese works.
A recipient of the ‘PRAG PRERONA AWARDS, 2020’ for her work towards literature, in recent times she had been committed to creative writing workshops as a mentor for
1. Katha Utsav 2019 as National Grand Finale Mentor, New Delhi
2. The Indo-Japanese literary venture Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Writing Methodology Workshop for research scholars
3. Katha Utsav (East Zone) 2017
.....among other workshops
Presently, she is also the Joint Secretary of the North East Writers’ Forum.
A graduation in Economics and a post graduation in Human Resource Management, could not dampen her passion for writing. Thus was published WINGS, her first book, in the year 2005, which is a collection of short stories. Looking Beyond, her second book, was released in 2006.
His Share of Sky (2012) is her third, followed by Mosaic, a collection of short stories. 'BLOODSTONE, Legend of the Last Engraving', is her debut novel and the latest work.
However...
....given her way, she'd rather be introduced as the maker of her boisterously happy home of two grown-up children, three pets, all dogs, and a whole, large flock of doves, house sparrows, swallows and pigeons, with a couple of owls recently joining the merry hearth and a large beehive on an Ashoka tree right outside her study in Guwahati. These she manages with a wee bit of help from her husband Hemanta, a former bureaucrat .
She lives in Guwahati with her husband, daughter Sandie and son Jerry.
RASHMI NARZARY
Sahitya Akademi Awardee for English Children’s literature, 2016 for her book “His Share of Sky”, Rashmi Narzary is an author, Creative Writing Mentor, Book Reviewer and Independent Editor. She also dabbles in translation, having worked with Late Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia’s award winning Assamese works.
A recipient of the ‘PRAG PRERONA AWARDS, 2020’ for her work towards literature, in recent times she had been committed to creative writing workshops as a mentor for
1. Katha Utsav 2019 as National Grand Finale Mentor, New Delhi
2. The Indo-Japanese literary venture Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Writing Methodology Workshop for research scholars
3. Katha Utsav (East Zone) 2017
.....among other workshops
Presently, she is also the Joint Secretary of the North East Writers’ Forum.
A graduation in Economics and a post graduation in Human Resource Management, could not dampen her passion for writing. Thus was published WINGS, her first book, in the year 2005, which is a collection of short stories. Looking Beyond, her second book, was released in 2006.
His Share of Sky (2012) is her third, followed by Mosaic, a collection of short stories. 'BLOODSTONE, Legend of the Last Engraving', is her debut novel and the latest work.
However...
....given her way, she'd rather be introduced as the maker of her boisterously happy home of two grown-up children, three pets, all dogs, and a whole, large flock of doves, house sparrows, swallows and pigeons, with a couple of owls recently joining the merry hearth and a large beehive on an Ashoka tree right outside her study in Guwahati. These she manages with a wee bit of help from her husband Hemanta, a former bureaucrat .
She lives in Guwahati with her husband, daughter Sandie and son Jerry.
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