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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox book<br />
| name = Maa {{small|(The title of English translation is ''Freedom's Mother'')}}<br />
| image = The cover image of Maa.jpg<br />
| caption = The cover image of ''Maa'' (Bengali edition)<br />
| title_orig = মা<br />
| translator = Falguni Ray<br />
| author = [[Anisul Hoque]]<br />
| illustrator =<br />
| cover_artist =<br />
| country = [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| subject =<br />
| genre = [[Historical novel|Historical]], [[War novel]]<br />
| publisher = Samay Prakashan, [[Dhaka]]; Palimpsest, [[New Delhi]]<br />
| release_date = January 2004<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]])<br />
| pages = 272<br />
| isbn = 984-458-422-1<br />
| oclc = 650373666<br />
}}<br />
'''''Maa''''' ({{lang-bn|মা}}, [[Literal translation|lit.]] Mother) is a novel by the [[Bangladesh]]i author [[Anisul Hoque]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Nahid Khan |date=28 May 2011 |title=The tears and pride of a mother |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187486 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> An English translation, titled ''Freedom's Mother'', was published by Palimpsest from New Delhi in 2012. The novel entered the ''[[Prothom Alo]]''{{'}}s list of the best ten creative books in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] of the 1st decade of the 21st century and the list of the best ten creative books in Bengali on the [[liberation war of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সৃজনশীল ১০ বইমুক্তিযুদ্ধের সরল আখ্যান |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/section/date/2011-12-02/category/47 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |url-status=dead |access-date=1 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105012031/http://www.prothom-alo.com/section/date/2011-12-02/category/47 |archive-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> The novel was published in [[Maithili language|Maithili]] too.<br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
The story spins around the life of the freedom-fighter, [[Magfar Ahmed Chowdhury]], also known as Azad and his mother. The story begins when Azad's mother Shafia, being angry with her husband's cheating on her, leaves her wealthy husband's affluent home with a small child, Azad. Resolute not to return she determines to raises Azad on her own. Shafia's husband tries several times to reconcile with her but she never compromises. Though she never takes any help from her husband, her son Azad often goes his father's house to take money from his father and spends lavishly. By the time when the [[liberation war of Bangladesh]] began, Azad was grown-up, almost self-reliant and a graduate from the [[University of Dhaka]] but in the middle of the war he is caught by [[Pakistan Army]] on 29 August 1971 and tortured brutally and martyred. Nonetheless, Shafia does not lose hope and carries on searching for him, as the dead body is never found. Gradually her almost-fulfilled dream begins fading out. The later part of the story spins around Shafia's struggle to survive on her own without taking helps from others. In the end, she dies in extreme poverty.<br />
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==Reviews==<br />
In addition to being a highly acclaimed title in the original language, the English translation of ''Maa'', ''Freedom's Mother'', was the debut novel brought out by Palimpsest Publishing. ''The Indian Express'' noted the release of the book, describing it as: "Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War, it is a compelling story of love and betrayal and the human cost of conflict."<ref>{{cite news |author=Dilip Bobb |date=13 February 2012 |title=What the Dickens! |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/what-the-dickens/ |work=The Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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Heena Khan from ''The Hindu Business Line'' praised the narrative as underlining "personal tragedies with historical accuracy."<ref>{{cite news |author=Heena Khan |date=12 July 2012 |title=Love and loss |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/love-and-loss/article23031268.ece |work=The Hindu Business Line}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Bengali-language novels]]<br />
[[Category:2004 novels]]<br />
[[Category:History books about Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi books]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Liberation War]]</div>Bot