The Hungry Tide: Part 2: The Day After Summary & Analysis

The day after the storm passes, the Megha is most of the way to Garjontola when Kanai and Horen see Fokir's boat in the distance. The boats slowly approach each other and soon, those on the Megha realize there's only one person in the boat. Moyna watches, transfixed, as they realize it's Piya. Moyna sits and begins to break her marital bangles, making herself bleed. Horen and Kanai carry Moyna into a cabin and by the time they return to the deck, Piya is alongside the Megha. Kanai catches her as she stumbles onto the deck. She says that Fokir died when something heavy hit him and crushed him. He said Moyna and Tutul's names as he died.

Fokir's body is cremated that evening. He's one of only a few casualties. Over the next few days, Piya stays with Moyna and Tutul. As Piya holds Tutul, she thinks of the impact that killed Fokir. She'd felt rather than heard him say Moyna and Tutul's names, and remembers the promises she'd made to him as he died. She'd tried to tell him how loved he was, and felt as though he understood.