One day in 1985, the sandal on the foot of Abdul Mojid, a young man from Lakshmi Bazar's Shyama Prosad Chowdhury Lane, lost conformity with circumstances and went phot and snapped. Actually, if the theory of the life of matter had been scientifically established, perhaps it could have been said that the strap of the sponge sandal on his right foot snapped not because of the failure of matter, but rather, on account of that inner reason for which, soon after this, his very being sought to fall apart all over again. The strap of his sandal snapped while he was on the way to Raysha Bazar; he had just reached Nawabpur Road after emerging from Karkunbari Lane, and so he stopped and stood there.