It was a sunny afternoon of 1971.lieutenant mehboob & ishraq were on there back to the camp with some other freedom fighters after an operation with the Pakistani armies..suudenly a bad news came,Pakistani armies were back with more power and they attacked the whole village.mehboob and ishraq sent their companions to a safe place and hide themselves under the water of a pond full of water hyacinths.a young,pregnant woman was washing clothes in the pond.she noticed them.
After a few moments Pakistani soldiers reached the pondside.they asked the woman-“has any freedom fighter come here?” “NO” the woman answered bravely.a soldier shouted to her-“have u seen any freedom fighter here”?.-“NO”she said once again.two soldiers clutched her hands and the third one asked again-“have u seen any freedom fighter here”?the woman was violently bayonet charged afer saying "NO "once again.the 8 months pregnant woman’s womb was slashed with bayonet. and an immature baby came out----------.then it was the evening mehboob and ishraq came out from water.they saw in the darkness-a mother laying beside her child smeared with blood.who is the most couragious of all?and who is the greatest freedom fighters ?will our history ever evaluate this simple village housewife?
Source:-‘Brave of heart’by- Habibul Alam