Rathin had set off for the nearest Town rail station in the morning from his wife's maternal house. The way to the station from the village where he'd spent the last 3 days and 3 nights is "not that far" as according to the villagers who were used to travelling long distances for visiting the village hats (weekly markets) or to towns. With very few households having the economic liberty to afford a motorcycle, most of the times villagers travel on foot or at the most a cycle, to town for various daily chores or for pleasure or business; but for Rathin a distance of five and a half mile was somewhat troublesome on foot, so his brother in laws had arranged a thela (a paddle driven tri wheel carrier mostly used to carry agriculatural goods in villages) which was supposed to drop him at the station and not charge him a single paise which was particularly stated by Shyamalda- his wife's eldest brother. His wife is the youngest of all the seven brothers and sisters they were- three brothers and four sisters, and till date she was proud possessor of the status of the most loved one in the family. But in the past they had seen bad days, with losing both their parents to tuberculosis, at very tender age; it was left to Shyamal who was sixteen,  to act as the pillar to support the otherwise helpless family in the dire straits. But he proved his mettle and started with paddy, chilly, and tomato cultivation in fews acres of land that he'd inherited; and within a very short period of time became quite renowned among the local farmers and Mahajans; but in all these milie of affairs his primary concern was always his six siblings who in the sudden absence of their parents clung on to him with all the vigour they had in their tiny hands. So dedicated and caring was he, that he took a vow unto himself that the thought of marriage won't cross his mind till he's seen to the well-being of all his brothers and sisters. Shyamal wasn't illiterate, and he knew that the disease that killed his parents was contagious, and the first sensible step he took to minimise the risk is that, he met up with an old friend Satish Roy, who was an RMO (Residential Medical Officer) and was posted at the District Town Hospital and Medical Centre at Bhutkimari. On the advice of Satish, Shyamal took all his siblings to the District Town Hospital, and got the TB diagnosis test called DOTS done. He breathed a sigh of relief when none of them were tested positive.

Rathin was himself born and brought up in a small hamlet no different from this one, but that's been a distant past since he had a difference with his father on choosing a profession. His father always wanted him to be a farmer like him, his dream was his son would become a rich Mahajan (a well to do businessman who sells and buys agricultural goods); but by nature Rathin's destiny has always called out for the farther and greener pastures of livelihood, and secretly he'd always nourished this wish of starting an agricultural products business of his own at the nearest town - Bhutkimari. Then one quiet night he slowly ventured into the dark and set off for Butkigudi, the nearest route being by water, as the town just across the river Sarala, the banks of which was along Magurdangi- the village that's adjacent to Boyaldangi