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Grandmother

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Narrator’s strict schoolmistress grandmother who values time and disapproves of Tridib. Grandmother retires after 27 years of teaching, experiences emotional upheaval, and revisits her past house in Dhaka. Grandmother carries a sari for Saifuddin's wife, struggles to rise, negotiates with Khalil and Ukil‑babu, decides to take the old man away.

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