pstrongA story full of gravity and urgency. -Ha Jin, author of emA Song EverlastingemstrongppstrongemA love story unravels in the tumultuous years leading up to the war for Bangladeshi Independence, revealingemstrongstrongem the irreconcilable fissures of land and life.emstrongpA city is hellbent on revolution. Passionate and impetuous, Shelley Majumder is a university student at a time of political discord in Dhaka in the late 1960s. Frustrated by the oppression of West Pakistani rulers, the Bengali people are rising up, taking Shelley with them. As he is forced to navigate the chaos of an uprising, where his every choice and action weighs heavy with consequence, Shelley's life is thrown further into disarray when he elopes with his childhood sweetheart, Roxana, a Muslim girl from his village, sparking a chain of events reflecting the turbulent relationship between Hindus and Muslims that quickly spins out of control. pAt its very core a story of love and loss, Bengal Hound emtraces t