Song of the Little Road[1]) is a 1929 novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was later adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray.
However, Durga, Shorbojoya's six-year-old daughter, is very fond of Indir Thakrun and stays with her for hours to listen to fairy-tales.
The helpless old woman implores for shelter in her dying moments but she is heartlessly refused; she passes away in a rice-barn.
[5] Four or five years later, the boy named Apu grows up to be very inquisitive and sensitive to the beauty and mystery of nature.
He and his elder sister Durga are always out for some new adventures like roaming through the forests, taking part in indigenous games and plucking flowers and fruits stealthily.
Durga, restless yet innocent, dies suddenly, plunging the whole family into grief and leaving her little brother all alone.