Literature-In Translation-Bengali
Selected and Translated by Aruna Chakravarti. Foreword by Meena Kandasamy
Issues of migration are addressed in Nakul Mallik’s ‘Illegal Immigrant’. The formation of Bangladesh spurred the movement of Madhab’s family from a nation in formation to India and back. Extreme poverty once again pushes the family to migrate to India. Madhab settles down with Shefali but is picked up as an illegal immigrant and sent back to Bangladesh, a pregnant Shefali is left alone to fend for herself.
Reviewed by: Payal Nagpal