Maa By Anisul Hoque

The book is based on the war of Bangladesh,in 1971.It is based on true story about a freedom fighter and his mother.From this book the new generations will get knowledge about our independence war.And the most important part of this book is no fictitious character is used to make the story more colorful or distort the true story. The story is about one of our freedom fighter Azad and his mother.Azad was only son of his Yunus Chowdhury and Mrs.Shafia Begum.His father was well known wealthy landlord of that time.He was tall and handsome,Azad figured just like his father at his adult hood.Azad’s mother was always anxious about his father,because she doubted that Mr. Yunus was engaged with another woman.After a few days Mrs.Shafia Begums doubt turned into truth,Azads father married second time.Azads mother immediately left her home with his only son,that time Azad was only a kid.His mother was very tenacious lady.She was determined never to return that home and never to take any type of financial support from his husband.She struggled all her life to raise her son in her own way but never gave up.Azad,knowing all about his mothers sacrifices and struggle he always wanted to write about her.His task has finally been accomplished by Anisul Hoque.When the happiness knocked on the door,the independence war commences and Azad got involved in it.Mrs.Shafia,Azad’s mother gave other martyrs Azad’s friends shelter food and most importantly blessed them in their struggle.Like other people,Azad was seized by the Pakistani militaries for interrogation.He was brutally tortured by them.His mother was desperately looking for him,finally she meets with him behind the bar at prisoner cell.He told his mother that the military will release him if he reveals the names of the others who are in control of guerrilla groups. The devastated but brave and indomitable mother tells him, “Keep strong son, don’t tell anyone’s name”. She would not bend before the fear of losing a precious possession for the greater good, for upholding the rights of citizens, for the liberty of Bangladesh.The day Azad’s Maa gets to see him, he was lying on a cold floor. He told her he has not eaten rice for days. The next day Maa takes rice for her beloved son but by the time the soldiers have moved him to a location no one knows of. Maa never ate any rice nor has she slept on a bed for the rest of her life, all fourteen years after Azad’s disappearance. She has hoped Azad will come back one day, until death wipes it all away. This is the story of Azads Maa but the vast plot of the book describes the true ordeal of the nine-month war in an unforgettable touch.Its a great book, a novel, history, doc-fiction a masterpiece —Maa by Anisul Hoque is a work that will take the reader into the past and will get the feeling of patriotism in the heart.