Gramer
Nam Kakondubi by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
(Translation: The village named Kakondubi)
Published on – February, 2015
Publisher – Tamralipi
Plot
synopsis
The story revolves around a small Bangladeshi
village, Kakondubi, namesake of the title, during the Liberation War of 1971, a
war against Pakistan to acknowledge Bangladesh as a sovereign country. The main
character of the story is a twelve-year old rural boy called Ranju, who was
orphaned during his early childhood and was living with his old grandmother in
Kakondubi.
The book is a standalone and divided into four
episodes, each of which depicts a certain period of the Liberation war. The
first part introduces the characters, describes the village and hints at the
upcoming war. The second part tells about the beginning of the war, emergence
of new characters and gives an idea about the effects of the war. The third
part depicts the brutality of the enemy country (murder of Hindus, rape of
women, Rajakars etc), but in a suitable way to children. The fourth and final
part describes the role of the guerrilla army (freedom fighters/muktiyoddha) and
the involvement of the main character Ranju and his friend, Dora and how the
guerrilla overcomes the Pak-Army.
