Old Road New Crossings

Malek abandons school and takes to business. He falls in love with a beautiful older woman despite his family's disapproval. Priya, a singer and an academic, faces opposition from her husband at every step. Malek and Priya are brother and sister, very different from each other except for their determination. They are part of a Bengali joint family founded by their father, the rational but trusting Shams. For four decades when their homeland changes from Bengal to East Pakistan and through the Liberation War to Bangladesh, they struggle to build their lives.

Translated from Bengali by Shelley Rahman