Victory SongVande Mataram! The Song Of The Freedom Fighters Is Ringing In The Countryside. It Is 1939. In The Little Village Of Shona Gram In Bengal, Neela Hears About How The Freedom Fighters Will Stop At Nothing Till They Send The British Back. The Day After Her Sister S Wedding, Her Father Decides To Go To Calcutta And Join A Protest March Called By The Congress. He Promises To Be Back In A Week. But When Three Weeks Go By And There Is Still No Sign Of Him, Neela Decides To Take Matters Into Her Hand. Dressed As A Wandering Minstrel, She Arrives In Calcutta. There She Befriends Bimala, The Rich Daughter Of A Judge And Cousin Of Samar, A Young Freedom Fighter Neela Had Rescued From The Police In Her Village. They Begin A Desperate Search For Her Father And Get To Know He Is In Jail And That He Will Be Deported To The Andaman Islands In A Few Days. Neela Has To Free Her Father Before That. But Can A Twelve-Year-Old Girl Outwit The Mighty British Empire? Set In A Dramatic Period In India S History, This Racy Adventure Will Have You Turning The Pages To Find Out If Neela Finally Manages To Succeed In Her Mission Age Group Of Target Audience: 9+ |
Contents
WEDDING PREPARATIONS | 1 |
BANDITS | 17 |
GOODBYES | 29 |
THE SECRET GUEST | 40 |
BAD NEWS | 56 |
ALONE IN A CITY OF STRANGERS | 70 |
A DESPERATE SEARCH | 82 |
A DARING PLAN | 93 |
THE RESCUE MISSION | 105 |
UNEXPECTED OBSTACLES | 114 |
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arms Baba bangles Bardhaman barn Bengali Bimala Biren Bishu Bishu's friend British Budhi bundle Calcutta Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni clothes compartment dark daughter door Drama Club dress ektara eyes face father feeling freedom fighters gatekeeper gave girl give gold chain Great-aunt hair hand Hari Charan head constable hear heard Howrah Station husband India kurta lathi laughed leader lorry loved milk mother Neela asked Neela cried Neela felt Neela knew Neela looked Neela nodded Neela stared Neela thought Neela wondered Neela's heart Panditji prisoners Rani saab Samar Sarada sari scared shehnai Shona Gram shook his head shouted sitting smile someone song started station stopped street sure talk tell Thank There's things told tomorrow train trying turban Usha Vande Mataram village voice waiting walked watched What's whispered woman women worry young