‘Tumi Kon Gogoner Tara’: In remembrance of a mother

The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2021 will see the launch of Shirin Hussain's Tumi Kon Gogoner Tara (Golpokar Books, 2021), a story chronicling the life of one Shayesta Begum, the author's mother. According to Hussain, the book was conceptualised after her mother's passing in 2017. After the outpouring of memories and untold stories shared at Shayesta Begum's memorial, Hussain and