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Grandmother and the Tiger is based on a fanciful story about why women embroider tigers on quilts. As with other stories by the author, there is a moral for those who wish to find it. But all children love to go to the zoo. They also like the thrill of danger. Grandmother and the Tiger provides both and, with its colourful illustrations by Liton Saha, is meant primarily to encourage children to read.
Niaz Zaman
Niaz Zaman is a retired academic, writer, translator, and publisher. She has edited several anthologies, including ‘Selected Stories from Bangladesh’, ‘1971 and After’, and ‘The Escape and Other Stories’. Her study of the Partition, ‘A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh’, won the Atwar Hussain Award of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and the National Archives Award. In 2025, she received the Ekushey Padak for her contribution to education. Her other awards include the Bangla Academy Award for Translation (2016), the Anannya Sahitya Puroshkar (2013), and the UPL award for Prolific Author (2018).
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