Cycle of Cliches
Birinchi, however, seems to care least about her words.
“After the incident, we left Tezpur and came here. In the big maze of this city, it was easy to remain underground. But we couldn’t, for long. In eight months, Matlif was encountered and Samiran fled the state. As far as I got to know, he kept moving places until he surrendered. And then, he died in the 2008 bomb blasts. Scientific socialism had haunted one of its flag bearers to death. In the jail, between torture, menial labour and rest, the words of your father kept ringing in my ears. I was done with seeking justice or revenge or whatever it was.