Religion And Progress "Cure him, we will worship your idol every year", said Trisha, wife of Mihir. They lived in the village of Taratola. Trisha was of 50 years and Mihir of 60 years. Their family consisted of the year three sons, their wives and children. Mihir was a hawker. He would sell ground-nuts to different villages. His income was decent. He looked after his family well. Mihir's wife Trisha was a housewife. They had three children - Tarit, Bapon and Shyamal. All of them after their high school education, took up the same profession of selling ground-nuts. Their income was good. In a few years, they built a large pucca house of four rooms. By and by, all the three sons were married. At first Tarit, then Bapon and at last Shyamal. A few years later, Tarit had three children, Bapon two and Shyamal two children. Then the financial problems started to appear and that led to family quarrels. One day, on sharing family expend...