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Nimki’s Hidden Past Unfolds Inside the Sengupta Home

Nimki’s Hidden Past Unfolds Inside the Sengupta Home
Fiction: Abandoned near the border, Nimki is taken in by the Senguptas to work as their maid · scroll.in

Nimki is a girl who was abandoned near a border and brought to live with the Sengupta family.

She works in their home as a maid.

The family will not tell her exactly where she came from or how old she is.

They also worry because she has no birth certificate.

Nimki guesses that she is eleven years old.

She takes care of Bagha, the family dog, even though the dog receives better treatment than she does.

Nimki feels lonely and sometimes envies Bagha.

Still, she and the dog become close friends as they look out over the neighborhood together.

Key facts

Work
Fiction excerpt from Beyond Our Births
Author
Antara Mukherjee
Publisher
Bloomsbury India
Main character
Nimki
Household
The Senguptas
Residence
Godhuli Nibas
Companion
Bagha, the Senguptas’ dog

Quotes

Nimki

A young girl living and working in the Sengupta household

“Seet Bagha, seet.”
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