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A microfinance NGO pairs them for a cross-regional livelihood project. The West sends widows to learn metalwork from the East. The conservative village elders are outraged: "A widow from Rangpur touching scrap metal in Chittagong? Under a man with missing fingers? Haram! "
analyzes how the war "expedites the slow death of romantic involvements" across the East/West, Bengali/Urdu divide. My Friend, My Enemy (Niaz Zaman)