From Partition and the birth of nations, to childhood in rural Bangladesh, to folklore-touched stories across South Asia— these books trace family, resilience, and the way the past keeps talking.
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“We have gained our independence, but lost our country” is a twice-told tale in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh— a family forced from ancestral roots near Kolkata, rebuilding in East Bengal, and again when the liberation war demanded further sacrifice in 1971. It is also a tale of young love and mature love: one cut short, one sustaining the family through decades of turmoil.
After 1971, the world often called Bangladesh a “basket case.” Having lived those years, the author understood the label— but also knew another Bengal: rice fields and flowers and fruits, family always close, and the joy of community, together with the strictures of society. This is the story of a girl growing up where, against all odds, a community made itself a nation.
A collection drawn from the author’s life as the wife of an American diplomat. Some stories are true; others are “more than true,” where lived experience blends with South Asian fable and tradition. Ghosts appear—but so do hunger, neglect, disease, and superstition: a sacred calf saved by a Muslim woman in Nepal, a wandering ghost searching for her lover, and a beautiful bride left to wither and die alone after cholera claims her entire family.
Books available on Amazon under the author name Rowshon “Mira” Daley (and “Rowshon Mira Daley” on some editions).
Rowshan Ara “Mira” Daley was born in Bikrampur, Munshiganj, and spent her childhood in various parts of Barisal. During her time in Bangladesh, several of her stories were published in the weekly magazines Begum and Lalona. She loved writing from a young age, and a few of her stories were also published in the Kochi-Kachar Asor section of the newspaper Ittefaq. She now resides in Maryland, USA, with her husband, Paul Daley.
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