: These short stories by the author of ‘Babu Bangladesh’ portray many Bangladeshes #IndiaNEWS He rolled the empty beer can between his palms. The glittering roll of metal reflected the pale light

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These short stories by the author of ‘Babu Bangladesh’ portray many Bangladeshes #IndiaNEWS
He rolled the empty beer can between his palms. The glittering roll of metal reflected the pale light entering the apartment through the bay windows. It was getting late; you could tell by the purple outlines. Taroon was watching me now, following my eyes. He smiled. “Remember when we were small and Nani would tell us stories after dinner? She’d start exactly after she washed the dishes, drying everything with her tattered, white sari. I can still remember the paisley design on it. The little flowers here and there along the edge.� He enveloped himself with little finger movements and rumbling laughter. “And you would always bug her about why she only wore white saris, even though she never answered. And then you finally got her that green one. Man, that was one ugly sari! I can understand why she never wore it.�I smiled to show that I did remember, but what my smile didn’t show was that though I was in my thirties, it still didn’t make sense that she wore plain saris every day. Why did she never wear green or even yellow ones? Why had she been afraid of colour? Taroon’s smile was swallowed into his face and he looked...Read more

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