The current study's goal was to look at how stocking densities affected Bheda (Nandus nandus) growth and production over the course of a 120-day period. Three treatments were T 1 (20,000 fish ha -1 ), T 2 (30,000 fish ha -1 ), and T 3 (40,000 fish ha -1 ), each with three replicates. Those fishes were fed daily with commercial sinking feed and a live food mixture at 9-3% fish body weight up to harvesting. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and other water quality indicators were measured every two weeks, along with the growth performance of Bheda fish. T 2 had the highest yield of Bheda (3439.08±207.31 kg ha -1 ), followed by T 3 (3422.78±224.42 kg ha -1 ), and T 1 (3136.62±150.00 kg ha -1 ). The harvesting weight (g), individual weight gain (g), individual percent (%) weight gain (g), SGR (% per day), and survival rate (%) of fish were significantly higher (p<0.05) in T 1 , followed by T 2 and T 3 , respectively, where combined production of fishes was significantly higher at T 2 followed by T 3 and T 1 . Net profit and benefit-cost ratio were significantly higher in T 1 than T 2 and T 3 . Based on the results of this experiment, it can be concluded that stocking density of Bheda fingerlings at the rate of 20,000 fish ha -1 in T 1 showed the highest production performance for profitable pond aquaculture. However, further research on the standardisation of stocking density with economic profitability of this fish at the on-station or on-farm level in ponds may be required before widespread dissemination of this culture technology to farmers, particularly in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

One of the outcomes in Postcolonial era is the inherited multiple identities of individuals and their respective communities. Torn apart in the Partition, the domestic and social spaces of millions of people across the border got blurred and diluted. It is exemplified more evidently when it comes to religious identity, both Hindu and Muslim. Seen from this perspective, the looming tension and growing vulnerability of members of both religions in Post-Partition Dacca and Kolkata have always been trapped in divided home and divided identities. Alam’s Own House by Debyendu Palit is one such short story that quintessentially addresses the crisis of home and identity across two cities, Dacca and Kolkata that have been the worst affected in the Partition. Telling from third-person point-of-view, this short story vividly narrates the mental tensions of the lead characters through portrayal of interfaith love, communal tensions, residential crisis, and more evidently the gradual realization of cultural differences. Nationhood and belongingness in Postcolonial Indian subcontinent are entangled with the divided home and divided identity. Alam’s Own House faithfully reflects all these issues.

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