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	Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
	Author Noorjahan Bose
	Language: English
	Pages: 315
	Cover: PAPERBACK
	8.5x5.5 inch
	Weight 260 gm
	Edition: 2023
	ISBN: 9789363365810
	HBY068

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About the Book Daughter of the Agunmukha is the riveting personal story of Noorjahan Bose, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a farming family, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha-Fire Mouth River. Sexually abused by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself a child bride, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy. Nurtured joyfully and creatively by her mother, and mentored by local activists, she found her way into the progressive movements that would one day take her around the world. From the pain of Partition to her husband's death when she was only 18 and pregnant, to the devastating cyclones threatening her family's home and livelihood, Noorjahan's life has not been easy. Yet her courage shines through the pages of her memoir, whether she is promoting Bangla language rights in East Pakistan, enduring Bangladesh's Liberation War, or marrying outside her family's faith. This moving, gripping book tells a powerful story of trauma, loss, resilience and empowerment.

About the Author-1 Noorjahan Bose is a feminist writer, social worker and activist, living between the US and Bangladesh, and the founder of two US-based organisations to empower South Asian women: Ashiyanaa (formerly ASHA) and Samhati. Daughter of the Agunmukha won the Bangla Academy Literary Award for Autobiography and the Anannya Literature Award. About the Author-2 Rebecca Whittington is a literary translator from Tamil, Bangla, and Hindi. She completed her PhD in South and Southeast Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019.

Preface As a child, I remember hearing everyone tell stories about the River Agunmukha the Mouth of Fire. When I heard the name, a shiver of fear would run through me. In fact, the Agunmukha has six other rivers flowing into it: the Tetulia, Lohalia, Bura Gauranga, Rabnabad, Darchira, and Digri rivers. At one time, people called the Digri river a khal or channel. South of the Galachipa port, hugging the coast of the Bay of Bengal, many small islands or sandbars known as char have formed in the natu-ral process of erosion and formation. Among them are Barobaishdia, Chhotobaishdia or Rangabali, Char Kajal, Char Momtaz, Char Biswas, Char Kukrimukri, Char Kalagachia, Andarchar, Sonarchar, and many others. Around 200 years ago, pirates from Burma's Arakan region came and established the first settlements on some of the higher islands, such as Barobaishdia and Chhotobaishdia. They were attracted by the fertile land, the dense forest of the Sundarbans, and the abun-dance of fish. Bengalis came to the region later and gradually built settlements, living side by side with the Burmese. The Agunmukha's frightening aspect was legendary. The people of Galachipa, Khepupara, Aamtoli, Char Kajal, and other villages and towns on the islands and on the banks of the Agunmukha had to cross the river for work or business. No one kept count of how many people lost their lives on the crossing.

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