Key Features A splendid translation of a Bengali memoir (Dayamoyeer Katha) thatreceived critical acclaim and awards (Ananda Puraskar and LilaPuraskar) About the Book: A Life Long Ago A beautiful and moving memoir of the Partition Barely twelve years old, Dayamoyee watches with bewilderment as hervillage, Dighpait, begins to change and people she knows and loves packtheir belongings and leave. India has been partitioned, and Dighpait hasnow become part of a new country: (East) Pakistan. Forced to leave herbeloved house and her friends, especially Majam, Dayamoyee resolvesnever to mention what they have left behind. And so, from childhood toadulthood, from adulthood to middle age, she never speaks of Dighpait.And then, in the early 1990s she hears of Majam's death and thefloodgates of memory open. About the Authors: Sunanda Sikdar, Anchita Ghatak Sunanda Sikdar's beautiful and moving memoir Dayamoyeer Katha(Dayamoyee's Story) was awarded the prestigious Ananda Puraskar in2010. Anchita Ghatak works for Parichiti, a women's organization presentlyworking to establish the rights of women domestic workers. Reviews A new language is ? created- Bhaswati Chakravorty, Baromash Sunanda Sikdar has woven a tale relying on a tiny slice of that terriblehistory- Ashok Mitra, Anandabazar Patrika 'Thoughtful and compelling.'- The Globe and Mail on The Man Within my Head