ABSTRACT
This chapter is about the victims, their losses – with a special attention to the refugees, the lower middle class and the women. It argues the near-destitute refugees, who could manage meagre earnings and save a fraction therefrom, lost their savings to become destitute again. The lower middle class, already exasperated by the effects of Bengal famine and the world war, lost their life’s savings. This is based on a number of excellent family budget surveys. Women suffered due to greed and ruining of the intimate men in their lives; or due to greed and callousness of men in public offices.
