Geeta Kar fought against the Pakistanis in the Liberation War otherwise known as War of Independence. She recalls the events of those days even though she was only 15 years old when it begun. The fateful day was on May 5, 1971 when her father was brutally taken away from her by the Pak army. This was a shocking event that led her to leave her mother and siblings to seek solace in in their neighbor country India. During these events her mind was focused in liberating her country from their enemies, the Pakistanis. The only way to be actively involved was to join a freedom movement. The Bangali people were already crossing the borders in to her country and were making plans to wage war against the Pakistanis. She only had to forward her name to the Mukti Bahini which she did. On July 2, 1972, she was lucky to join the others in training. She train in the art of guerilla warfare and skills in offering first aid. In her training camp, they were a group of over 200 women. Their ultimate goal was taking revenge as most of the women there had already lost their family members. Even though they were feed on paltry, this was not a bother to the focused women in the camp. They were determined to drive out the Pak army at all costs.
Soon the training was over. Only Geeta and other fourteen women were given consent to join the actual war. A guide was added to this group of beginners. Their big challenge was communication as the guide could neither speak English nor Bangla. As if that was not enough a challenge, on one fateful day, the guide vanished without a word. The determined women could not allow them themselves to be brought down by missing a guide. With willpower, they carried on without the guide. They still faced food problems as they went on without proper food for ten days. They had to survive on the only available foods, bananas and water. They fortunately were able to reach the Sylhet border. It was difficult to persuade the Indians at the borders. Makhon Shom, a man at the refugee camp, offered to help them. He feed them and keep them under the warmth of a fire lit for them. Through the help of this man, they were able to proceed to Agartala. To their surprise, they were not allowed to go to the warzones, their only target.
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They were sent to Bangladesh Hospital. This was a 480-bed hospital that attended to the injured. These women were determined to help. They offered their undivided effort to the hospital services as medical attendants. Geeta can never forget those days as she meet the freedom fighters. Most of them were not in good shape and were brought in with serious injuries. She and her friends were contented in their services as they believed their services were as important as fighting in the battlefield. They both had similar outcomes after all.
Finally, the victorious day came. They stayed on for other five weeks attending to the injured in the hospital. On the last week of January, she, her friends and the wounded Muktijoddhas finally returned to Bangladesh. They spent a week in Comilla. Later on they returned to Dhaka. Most of her co-workers had immediately left for their homes on arrival at Dhaka. It was difficult for Geeta because she had no place to go. Her father was already dead and she did not know the whereabouts of her other family members.
