My Home Thy Country

Set in the early twentieth century in undivided India, My Home Thy Country is the story of a young man’s journey from the darkness of illiteracy and oblivion to the light of knowledge and the glory of freedom.

Achintya Kumar Dutta, born to an illiterate farmer family in a remote village of Sylhet district of East Bengal, began his quest that compelled him to leave home very early. Under the tutelage of his brother-in-law, a staunch nationalist, the idea of freedom from foreign rule grew in his young mind. To pursue higher education, he shifted to Calcutta, which had become hotbed of armed revolutionaries. He met Subhas Chandra Bose in Scottish Church College and struck a friendship that would change his life forever.

During the partition of the country, Sylhet district of East Bengal was made to decide its fate through a referendum. Half-hearted effort of the Congress party and a heinous conspiracy of the Muslim League over and above threats and intimidation led to the inclusion of Sylhet in Pakistan. Achintya lost his mental balance, plunged into the dark abyss of delusion and hallucination that would kill him soon.

Surobala, Achintya’s widow, left her home with a broken heart because she realised though it was her home, it wasn’t her country anymore.