There were indiscriminate killing, burning and looting of the unarmed
civilians. An underground resistance movement spearheaded by students
came into being to fight the oppressor. A ful-fledged war of liberation
ensued. The breathtaking events of 1971 are faithfully recorded in the
present volume. It is a first-hand account by the author who along with
her son and husband took an active part in the struggle for freedom. She
had herself witnessed some of the events. For the rest she gathered
facts from authentic sources. Written in the form of a diary, -the book
was originally published in Bengali. This English rendering of it now
presents the story of Bangladesh's war of independence to a larger
audience.