Kathmandu, Dec. 14 -- Bangladesh, 1971. At the roots of a venerable tree, a bot, a young couple press against each other, sobbing in desperation, to create a new life in a country that awaits a direction. A few decades later, Babu Abdul Majumdar emerges as a highly promising political leader, enthralling all he meets. One day, sometime around 2021, he disappears.

The narrator of Babu Bangladesh! then takes it upon himself to write about the life and times of this ardent environmentalist, segmenting them into five sections-building, tree, snake, island, bird. Each more mysterious than the other, with one simple entity unfurling into a cornucopia of symbols, motifs, and metaphors. It is a story that depends on the allegories of nature, a d...