Set in the 1980's in Dhaka, against the backdrop of a military regime, The Memsahib's Foot is a fascinating story of a young university professor, who is also a left-wing radical, and his beautiful, tempestuous wife, told from the perspective of Phulbanu, their young and attractive young maidservant. Phulbanu watches how her employers improve their social and financial standing, succumb to the lure of lucrative big money 'consultancies', and how a passionate love affair threatens her employer's wife, the titular Memsahib of the story. Originally written in Bangla by Kashinath Roy, this dramatic story has been lovingly translated by his friend Shawkat Hussain, both former professors of English at Dhaka University