what was mani's predicament for which his father felt pity for him in the story the taste of hilsa
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Hilsa is no doubt one of the tastiest fishes I have ever tasted. My earliest memory of the taste of the fish goes back to a day in my childhood when Guru Bipin Singh was invited at our house. So plenty and delicious was Hilsa on that occasion that it remained in my sub conscious for ever.
In 2007, we went through an unforgettable experience of trying to get fresh Hilsa of Bangladesh from Agartala to Imphal across the Indigo check point. Our Pengba and Khabak are no less tasty but definitely not as romanticised as Hilsa.
Oja Kunjamohon's "the taste of an Hilsa" is no doubt a great story. I read it again and again but I always felt there must be something beyond the 'taste of the Hilsa fish'.
The theme of the story cannot be bounded by a river and a fish. When I read the many obituaries of this litterateur, I again began thinking about the meanings of the story. A write up by Londonbala in Poknapham even had the backdrop of the genesis of the story where my father E. Nilakanta Singh, fascinated by the Barak, inspired the author to write something related with the Barak River.