“It must have been 9 or 10. I had gone to catch fish with my work partner, Bilichhyan. And after …

“Many decades ago my wife left me. She must be in the heavens. She has left two daughters who visit …

“My community has been continually fishing since the days of the Gods. But with the emergence of the human rule …

“They bring the poison from across the border. They wait in the darkness of the night for it to dissolve …

“We have spent the last 27 years, both in love and in sorrow, together. Our relation is not so weak …

“The old stove collapsed so I am making a new one to cook rice for the family. There is no …