“To not have your own land is a curse. But it is not the earth that rejected us, it is …

When are are together we laugh more times than we cry.

The Gauna was a big celebration for my husband and his father and mother, but not for me. That day I cried a lot. But what can a woman do?

My husband stays at home and looks after the children. He fell off a roof and broke his leg and shoulder and he cannot do much.

Every morning I take my children boating in these backwaters and sing them happy songs.

“It must have been 9 or 10. I had gone to catch fish with my work partner, Bilichhyan. And after …