Dhaka-based Author Anisul Hoque's Book on Bangladesh War- Freedom's Mother launched

Bangladesh High Commissioner Tariq Ahmed Karim and the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Dr. Karan Singh, released Dhaka-based author Anisul Hoque's latest book,  Freedom's Mother in New Delhi on 4 February 2012. Hoque is also the Deputy Editor of Dhaka's leading newspaper, Prothom Alo.

The release of Freedom's Mother came soon after activists launched controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's latest work despite protests by certain religious extremist groups in Kolkata.

The book, Freedom's Mother is a fiction based on a true story. The idea of freedom and the sacrifices made by people in the fight for independence underlined the theme of the book. Bangladesh is presently commemorating the 40th anniversary of its liberation. Termed it as soul-stirring, thought-provoking story, the book speaks of the price one has to pay to aceive freedom.

Anisul Hoque had published one of his most ambitious and widely researched projects, Maa in 2003. since then there have been multiple editions of this highly acclaimed novel, originally written in Bangla. The plot  of Maa involved a woman called Safia Begum, who left her rich husband, in protest against his marrying a second time. She raised her boy, Azad, on meagre funds. He was later caught by the Pakistani army, and the mother spent 14 desperate years, trying to locate him.