Urdu

By Shoaib Ahmad

Story of Kausar-the daughter of an Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslim father and a Bangla-speaking Bihari Hindu mother. Father migrated to East Pakistan, mother lived in Patna, Bihar. Torn between two languages, religions and countries, Kausar is besieged in Dacca during Civil War during 1970-1. A Turkish ship is wrecked near East Pakistan. The surviving members of the ship owners-the Uluks adopt Kausar as their family member during their stay in Dacca. Kausar and Alimov Uluk get married. Kausar insists on living in the land of Urdu on the banks of river Indus. Another twenty years pass when her daughter Anusha is faced with life threats in the land of five rivers. Eventually, Kausar decide to leave her adopted home, the land where Urdu lives.On 16th December 2019, Kausar and her loved ones were leaving Urdu and its assumed home in the land of Indus. The dark memories of eastern land of Bengal, its rivers and the delta which were abandoned almost half a century ago were hanging on as a tattered wall poster in the hall of her memories. Today, Kausar made a second escape. The first one was to save herself from the wrath of Bangla on Urdu and the second, the most recent one, was to save her daughter from the wrath of Urdu.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1673797490
• ISBN13: 9781673797497
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"