Ekti binidro rajani

Kaal shara raat load-shedding chilo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kono maney hoy?????????
Sharadin gelo, shara shondhye gelo……….think manushe shute jachhe, shei shomoy power-cut.
Besh khushi hoe uthlam jokhon chollish minute pore power eshe gelo………..kintu hay, shey shudhui bhuo asha. Tokhono WBSEB tar ashol uddyeshyo lukiye rekehchilo. Thik jemon golaap tar fool tai dekhei, kaanta noy.
Ar etai promanito holo jokhon - ( ami thik shomoy ta jani na coz ghori dekhini ) tobe andaaj 1am nagaad abar fan er hawa bondho hoe gelo abong ami realize korlam je abar power off hoe geche. Little did I know je this time it was for good.
To add to the woe of being power-less in a summer’s night, the weather was as grim as it could be. Ekta gacher ekta pata’o norchilo na – just bhebe dekhun bondhugon!!! Thhom-thhom korchilo akash, no hawa, no batash – mon ta amar hoe gelo bilkul hotash L
Tobe hyan, bhagwaan ke ghar me der hai, par andher nahin – no mosquitoes!!!! Ki Ashchorjjo!!!!! Ektao mosha chilo na, ektao mosha kamralo na. Kaner pashe ektao mosha bhon-bhon korlo na!!! kirom ekta odbhut kritogyota bodh holo amar – kar proti, ami tokhon thik realize korte parini. Ekhun bhabchi – bhogobaan na mosha – who should I be indebted to???? Ek kaj kori, ami dujon kei pronaam janai. Je kalker durbishoho raat ta ke ektu holeo ujjwal kore tolar jonne.
Raat egiye chollo tuk-tuk kore. Amio adha-ghum ebong adho-jagorone’er ek dolachole ghire roilum – kokhon gheme-neye, abar kokhon shojaag jege.

Sheshe alo fut te shuru korlo, pakhi rao eke-eke jege uthlo, akash ektu-ektu kore forsha hote laglo, ar ami shei shob drishya ebong shonbo ke anubhab korte thaklam ja aj obdhi amar ojana ochena chilo.Shesh’e ar thakte na pere janla gulo shotaan khule dilam raat 4 ter shomoy. Kintu nah, bhorer hawa bole je ekta bostu ghora-fera korar kotha, tar kono pattai pelam na L
Ogottya shei jegei shue roilam. Oi shomoye ar parchilam na. Shorir er shob shokti furiye esheche raatri jagoroner fole. Chokh chaiche pran-pon gobhir ghum e mogno hote, kintu uttapta deho – fan na ghorar jonne- takey allow korche na.Emon shomoy hothat!!!!!!! – fan ghurlo, hawa dilo, abaaaarrrrrrrr shob nishchup. Ghotona ta du-bar repeat holo. Arthaat du bar khoniker jonne power esheo chole gelo abar.
7AM e finally jokhon power on holo, tokhon na ache ghumonor time, na ache mood. Ei bhabei glanite, dukkhe, koshte katlo ekti binidro rajani!!!!!!!!!

Brishti pore Tapur-Tupur...

Ki gorom – ki gorom………pran’ta jay-jay pray
Obosheshe, elo desh’e, akash hote obiram dharay
Shei shudha jar jonne shorir-mon chilo opekkhay
Aj brishti mon bhejalo, bhijlo boshon, tanu-mon.

Aj mon shudhu tomake kache chay
Brishti jokhon mon ta ke dhoyay
Pashe jodi tumi nao thako, tobu theko amar moner anginay
Haat’ta amar jodi nao dhoro, chhnue jeo mon’ta.

Hoyto tumi bhabcho na amar kotha temon kore ekhun
Je bhabe ami anubhab korchi tomay
Hoyto tomar moner alo-chhayay ami nei kothao
Tobe amar moner, alo o chhaya – dutoi tumi.

Jodi konodin, kokhono, emon ek badol mukhar shondhay
Tumi thako amar pashe,
Tobe moner kotha bolbo ami, shob bhule
Ar dekhbo, alo-chhaya’r khela, tomar mukhe’r ashe-pashe.

Dol dol duluni,Bor ashbe ekhuni

“Ei shon, porshu bikele ora toke dekhte ashbe”, office theke firtei maa bollen……..Shanghatik ekta sentence, jeta tomar jibon take puro-puri olot-palot kore rekhe debe. Tumi obaak hobe, sheta muhurter modhye panic e bodle jabe, jeta khub shiggiri birokti te porinoto hobe, ebong shob sheshe mukher bhetore ekta bhalo-na-laga taste.

Tomra nishchoi bujhecho etokkhone je ami kisher kotha bolchi. Hyan, biyer kotha. Ekta bishuddho Bangali motey’r arranged marriage. Er theke kono chharan-chhoron nei. Biye to kortei hobe. Tao chele hole na hoy mane chilo, biye na korleo chole. Kintu ekti bhodro-barir tanaya o-bibahito theke ajibon norok-jontrona o shomaaj’er bibhinno bipod-apod er shommukheen hobe, ta ki kore hoy!!! Meye’tar baba-maa je Shwarge giyeo shanti paben na!!! Ta hok na meye professionally qualified, MNC te chakurirota, othoba nijer cheshtay, nijer paye darano. Ekta meye’r jibone chakri kokhonoi pradhanyo pete pare na. Chele hole na hoy onno kotha chilo. Amar didi’ma pray’i bole thaken “byata chele sonar chaand khabe dudher shor,meye-chele mati’r dhela jabe porer ghor”. Shey kotha alada je dudher shor khete motei bhalo lage na amar, ba amar dada’r.

Ar arranged marriage! Amar ek mashtuto bon bolechilo ekbar, “college life e time ta constructive bhabe katale,ekhun eto jhamela hoto na”. Kintu ki ar kora, amader college e pod’er chele kom’I chilo. Ontoto amar chokhe to poreni. Tarpor post graduation, chakri – hoy amar takey pochondo hoyni, noy tar amake opochondo! Ei tana poren’e kete gelo koto-gulo bochor. Jiboner durmulyo basanta’r kichu bochor. Koto chatting, koto dating,bondhu’der through diye alaap – kintu na, bhobi bholar noy.

Ogotya ei lekhar prothom line’er srishti. – ora dekhte ashbe. Heshe dekhao, hete dekhao, boshe dekhao, bole dekhao, chokher drishti’te dekhao, hater bhongima’te dekhao. Ajkal abar hater kaj , gaan geye dekhanor jug chole geche. Je khabar gulo dekhne’wala’der poribeshon kora hoeche, sheta meye’r hater toiri kina, erom proshno to bhabai gorhito kaj. Eishob lokeder “insensitive” bole chihnito kora hoye thake. Etao ek obak kando je meye dekhte eshe cheler baba o maa shob shomoy asha koren je meye nishchoi randhan korme potiyoshi. Bhule jay je meye’ti’o tader chele’r moto’I ador-jotne lalito-palito. Tar baba-ma’o takey lekha-pora shikhiye manush korechen. Tar o ekti individuality ache. Takey tar maa temon’i jotno kore ranna kore khaiyechen, jotota chele’r maa. Kintu manob choritro boroi odbhut ebong jotil. Tai jokhon maa bollen je amay dekhte ashbe, ami thik I kore nilam je best policy holo keep the conversation simple and to the point.

Ebar dekhte eshe ki holo-na-holo, that is another story altogether. But ekhane we are only concerned with marriage – process of arranged marriage.

Prem jokhon korte paroni, bachha, tokhon meye dekhte to ashbei tomake. Proshno korbei. Jobab ta mono-moto na holei bipod. Maa bolben, chakri-bakri koro, ekta proshner intelligent uttar’o dite paro na! As if chakri kori bole ami shadharon ekta bhoy-pawa( dekhte esheche bole ) meye’r cheye alada. As if office e amader biyer interview’er training deoa hoy! Bojho byapar!!!

Chele jodi baba-maa’r shonge elo to bhalo. Noile abar tara bolben “amra to dekhlam,kintu bujhtei parchen, chele’r pochondo’i main”. Arre baba, tai jodi hoy to chele’ke niye elen na keno? Jar mot’ta important tar’i to asha uchit, naki?

On the whole, amar mone hoy,it is grossly unfair to blame any failure of this process on the girl. Taar motamot ebong preferences er upor shob cheye beshi nojor rakha uchit. Chele’r pochondo holei meye ke hyan bolte hobe, eta kono kotha noy. Meye’r pochondo hoeche kina, that is of utmost importance.

Tobe bondhugon, amar ei shob kotha shune bhebo na je amar barir lok dictatorship chalay amar opor. Onara besh liberal, ei ekta bishoye. Oboshyo amio besh tiara meye. Kono kothai shoja-shuji manyo kora amar dhatei shoy na :-) And I totally respect my family for respecting my likes and dislike in this arranged-marriage byapar.

But jai bolo,biye byapar ta kintu khub ekta kharap noy.Ar keu dekhte eshe ek chance'e pochondo korleo besh bhaloi lage :-D Ar hyan,love-marriage der bolbo,arranged marriage e besh ekta buk dhuk-puk kora bhalo laga joriye ache kintu.Ektu traditional,ektu formal,kintu ei realization je relationship ta prem'eri,er modhye ekta alada romancho'kor byapar ache.

Jani, khub joga-khichuri bhashay likhlam ei lekha’ta. But that’s how I am, bhashay jokhon bhebechi, shei bhasha tei likhechi. Kajei eta amar nijer mon’er lekha. Not influenced by any external forces of decorum.

Jai hok, mohila-pathok’ra, ebong purush-pathok’ra, tomader shobai kei welcome korchi to put in any comments on this you wish to.