"A Tale of a Freedom Fighter" Taken from the first flap of the book: Rakib and Nazma studied in the same class. Rakib was a bad student and Nazma was a good student. Rakib fell in love with Nazma. Initially, Nazma did not like Rakib. But gradually a good relationship was built up between them. Nazma's parents married her off. Rakib became very shocked. He stopped going to school. Then the liberation war began. Rakib went to fight against Pakistani forces along with his two friends. His two friends died in the war. Rakib returned to home finishing the war. Coming back home Rakib found none of his family members alive. Nazma's husband divorced her for being raped by Pakistani forces. Nazma went to commit suicide. Rakib saved her and married. Then they started a new life.