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Nibedita:
Nibedita Sarker
131-10-850

Verdant Shade

Hazy noise awakens her. She can’t breathe some moments. It happens if Rahima awake suddenly. She feels extremely thirsty and sweats her body, it seems very bad today. With fear, Rahima asked in a trembling voice, “Mazid Mia? Oh Mazid Mia?”
Mizid sleeps in a corner. It’s hard to reach her voice there. Yet Rahima feels Mazid is coming. Door cracks open and a sound of cough. Rahima asked in a soft voice for second time, “Mazid Mia? Oh Mazid Mia?”
But no one comes. It means Mazid didn’t hear. Rahima is crying. She waits some time panting and suddenly the pain disappears. Breathing is now normal. She can’t feel the feelings of dying that she felt earlier.
She comes down from the bed silently and put on the lamp with a firebox. Taking a long time she slowly opens the door. Mazid feels irritated if the door cracks much. It’s very cold outside, freezing wind is blowing. Winter has come earlier this year. With a careful step Rahima comes in front of Mazid’s room. She looks through the window and sees Mazid is still awake. Keeping a pillow under his chest he is reading a book. Cigars ashes are on the floor. Bad smells of cigar is coming. Rahima doesn’t make any noise. She stands behind the window silently and starts to tremble.
Rahima can’t make out what the boy reads awaking at night. Study for exams have been finished a long ago. Rahima stands a long holding the lamp. While standing she feels asleep and then she asks in a low voice, “ oh Mazid Mia?”
Keeping his eyes on the book, Mazid replies, “Call in a right way Mother. Why you call just ‘Mia’?”
Rahima feels embarrassed. (Mazid minds if she calls him Mazid Mia. But she always forgets that.) Rahima says, “Go to bed Mazid”.
“You better sleep, don’t make noise here”.
Rahima says in a low voice, “should I close the window? It’s cold outside.”
Mazid doesn’t reply this time. He starts to overturn the pages. Yet Rahima stands there. She was not willing to sleep then. Who knows, may be sleep will go again. She may feel the pain again. Mazid says in an angry voice, “Go Mother, don’t stand over there.”
Rahima comes in a distant place. She fears Mazid. But he was very little at the time of his birth. Whole day and night he cried. His father used to say, “This boy will not live long. Don’t feel the boy much or you will repent much.”
“What are you saying, being a father how can you say that?” The man is like that, he has no sense of his words.
Rahima comes and goes to bed. She feels tired of sleeping. So she thinks of many things to avoid sleep. She hasn’t mush things to think awaking at night. She thinks of same things every night. She is sitting in a well decorated room alone. There is very noise outside. Her mind isn’t very well. She feels a bit fear and a little tear coming in her eyes. Mean while elder sister in law comes with her husband and says, “Take your husband. Now enjoy you together”. Saying this she locks the door from outside. Rahima wearing a new shari sitting in a corner. She can’t raise her eyes in shame. Can’t think what she should say. At that time what the man has done is beyond thinking. Bleach over the bed. Keeping shame aside, Rahima comes to help him. Thinking these Rahima’s eyes fill with tear. What a shame the man gets at that incident! It’s a long time from today yet it seems as yesterday.
Rahima wake up from bed. She brings out bettle from bettle box nd prepares that. Taking that in her mouth she again goes beside Mazid’s window. He is still waking. She can’t understand anything about Mazid. If a boy of an un-educated family gets scholarships and pass MA then he becomes enigmatic. Once Mazid looks through the window.
“What is this mother? You still walking outside. Why don’t you sleep?”
“Yeah I’m going”.
Rahima feels very helpless. She comes to balcony and sits alone. Half moon in the sky, everything comes to eyes slightly. She feels lonely at night. Her soul cries up. She doesn’t feel that much helpless at day time. She has to do a lot of household works at day times. There is no maid, so her times go on very easily. In a shop, songs are playing in a high sound, sometimes half song. She enjoys that very much
Mazid’s father also liked songs, sometimes he cried out saying “first class”.
. Mazid’s father loved to enjoy life. But that was not in his fate. Some days he went to movie, but return home in a pale face. Either he had no money or someone picked his pockets. In some invitation of a wedding ceremony he went happily but didn’t get anything to eat. Food has been finished before his turn. His son becomes service man but he left the world. Sometimes Rahima said, “Would you like tea?”
Rahima sighs thinking of the ill fated man. He is such an ill fated man that no one was present at the time of his death. Mazid was then nowhere. He has gone somewhere to attend a meeting. All the ritual has been done when Mazid returns back. Foolishly asked, “What happened?”

The man has suffered a lot in his life. He has a very little earning by his mechanic profession. Lands have been sold to bear the cost of Mazids study. Mazid now has chosen a wrong way. In the evening, his friends come. They do their meeting. Tread union, fishing policy blah blah. What are working in his mind who knows?  Rahima told his father to forbid him, police may catch her son. His father only said, “Son is a learned man, he is a illiterate person, what can I say?”
Rahima feels cold and went into the room. She had a resistant in the darkness on her way. Metallic something went on somewhere. Mazid says, “Who’s there?” in a sleepy voice. Rahima says, “I’m here”. There was no more voice. Rahima was thinking of sleeping again but at that time Mazid laugh out. What is the matter? Rahima asked, “Oh Mazid Mia”.
“What?”
“Why do you laugh?”
“Nothing, go and sleep. Don’t speak unnecessarily”.
Rahima really can’t understand what Mazid says. Not only he but also his friends are unfamiliar to her. They come just in the evening. They have some peculiarities, sometimes speak in a low voice, posing. Hours go on their meeting. Smokes of cigar cover the room. Teas are ordered several times from side by tea stall. What about they talk? Rahima tries to hear.
“No, election will not happen. Clearly I can see.”
“But what should we do if there is no election.”
“We need to know what Shekh Shaheb is thinking.”
“Shekh Shaheb will compromise. It’s clear.”
“Sadek is doing much wrong. If he is not carefull…”
Rahima can’t understand anything. Yet everyday she tries to hear. Again if Shikha comes, Rahima must hear what they are discussing. Rahima stand just beside the door. Shikha comes hanging a nice bag in her neck. She never does much makeup but she looks very pretty. She pushes the door laughing. Mazid says in a rough voice, “Who’s there?” (Yet Mazid guessed from the sound of her laugh that it is Shikha, he makes this mode.)
“I’m Shikha”
“Is it fire flame?”
“No, I’m a flame of a lamp.”
Saying so the girl outburst in laugh. Mazid comes out opening the door.
His face seems a bit different that time. Rahima doesn’t like that face. Who knows, Mazid may likes Shikha. May be has decided to marry her while his father wished to get him married with the black girl of Sutakhali. (He has also bought a shari for Hasina. Rahima didn’t see her but listened that she is a very nice and calm girl.) Poor man couldn’t arrange the marriage.
Rahima seen many times that Mazid became impatient when Shikha comes. Laugh out for nothing. He himself goes to bring snacks and tea for her. In the middle of the meeting he says, today ends here. Today will discuss something else. Then laughter comes out of the room. How a woman can laugh so loudly she can’t understand. Not only laughter but also songs sometimes. Mazid’s father was not so fool. Though he remained silent he understood all about the world. Rahima can remember of many times when the man had a chance he used to talk in English. But he was ill fated. Rahima again gets up from the bed and put on the lamp. She can’t the darkness any more. After the war the price of the oil has increased and a few can put the lamp on all night. Mazid again cough from that room. Winter is coming. Rahima several times said to shut the windows but he didn’t listen. He feels disgusted in a locked room. His father also had that bad habit. He kept open the window in the middle of the winter. If Shikha hasn’t come in Mazid’s life he would have been married that girl of Shutakhali. And if once he get married he can’t go to the war. He would have disguised himself with his wife in the village and have returned when the war is ended. But that didn’t happened. Shikha has continued to come with her colorful side bag and becoming beautiful day by day. The war got started. People gathered in Mazid’s home. Shikha was not like before. Rahima understood that time was very bad. But what Rahima would do with the situation? She only sees that her fate is bad. If that’s not true how mazid could say to his father to go in village? His father said if you go only then we will go.
“What nonsense! How can I go? I’ve lot of works to do here. You decide when you will go. I’ll make the arrangement”.
Mazzid’s father avoided the matter and smokes. Mazid says in this chance, “If I marry Shikha, do you mind?”
His father didn’t surprise and said, “When will you marry?”
“That will be later. Do you have any problem?”
“No, why should we? If you marry early that is better for us. Don’t worry for money. I have kept money in post office for your marriage.”
But the man could not see his marriage. When Rahima came from the kitchen saw all ended. Everything is His wish. Later on the war started. Mazid vanished from the village keeping his mother there. Lots of news comes to her. Somewhere hundreds of freedom fighters are imprisoned. Somewhere four freedom fighters are burned alive. Rahima only prayed for her son, “I only want the life of my son.”
Rahima can’t sleep at night. She passes her nights without sleeping. At that time she was attacked by the disease. If suddenly she wakes up her heart beat goes very high. She feels very thirsty and feels of dying. The war ends. One day Mazid comes walking with a stick and call his mother, “Mom, I’m alive. Can you see me, I’m alive.”
The disease increased at that time. When Mazid walks on one foot and makes noise Rahima’s heart beat increases. What a pain! She then starts to think like her son, “This loss is nothing in front of the freedom achieved.” Mazid says nothing but Rahima knows that Shikha got married with someone else. That boy must not walk on one foot. “This loss is nothing in front of the freedom achieved” Rahima tries to think like Mazid. But she can’t. Life hasn’t extended its long hand toward her. So she can’t sleep.

At the late night, when the stars are more lightening than the moon, then she comes near Mazid’s window. She asks in a trembling voice, “Mazid Mia! Oh Mazid Mia!”  That little voice can’t awake Mazid. May be his higher study could not let him awake.


The End

nitu745:

Mousumi Akter
Id. no: 113-10-745
Batch 28th
Ayomoy
Mr.Bodrul Alam will go to read Taravih prayer- suddenly he peeks in ‘bangla ghor.’ Room is dark. But he said before Maghreb prayer that the lamp is given the room. Nobody maintain rules. His body was shaking with angry. Now days he faces this problem, his body is shacked when he becomes angry.
This is impossible to stay in balgla ghor. Bad smell is huge. Rot died man smell is very danger we didn’t know. Bad smell enters the nose and hits the head. Head rings. Then fell vomit. Mr. Bodrul Alam covers the nose with handkerchief. Covered these before enter the room. It was too late. His mentality was bad more. He mistook to enter bangle ghor. He eats rice just before, may be come vomit. He told his wife not to give him rice. He eats rice after Tarabi prayer. He has not listened to me. Now a day’s nobody listen to him.
He called just cover the nose with handkerchief –excuse me, excuse me.
There was no answer. May be died or not? Surprised, half body had rotten but don’t die. The doctor of Thana Health Complex has given speech. He has told no need to admit in hospital. At most two days, patient needs home. Patient will die comfortably in home with relatives.
He is slept in bangle ghor by some mad. How much pain! Is it her home? He is very stopped to see their braveness. Generally bangla ghor uses for many works. Come many people. Lie down there half rotten body man. There is no one to go to outside of the room because of bad smell. Tripe comes out from belly.
He said loudly- excuse me, excuse me.
There is no answer. He keeps his ears. Do not come breath sound. There no moving sound also. May be, he died. Become surprise for the knowledge of this house people. Death is knocking the man, but nobody gives a lamp his room. Rather than he said before Taravih prayer that the lamp is give his room. Didn’t know when he died. Dark room may be fox-dog has eaten. When he remove handkerchief from his nose, bad smell has gone his nose. He didn’t make any exceptional matter.  Then he is turned on the lamp. He didn’t die. Doctor has told that he will die after two days but thirteen days has gone already, he is alive.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said, are you alive?
 Younus replied, yes sir.
Younus did not work in Bodrul Alam’s house. He worked east-village. They were not agree to stay Younus there,as a result they sent Younus Bodrul Alam’s house. Mr. Bodrul Alam was also disagreeing. But doctor has told Younus will alive maximum two days. So Mr. Bodrul Alam did not forbid. Then that month was Ramadan.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said loudly that anybody has not on the lamp this room.
Yes, but the lamp has gone off.
Have you eaten rice?
Yes sir.
He turned on the lamp again before leave the room.
Everybody was waited for him in Mosque. When he will go, Tarabi prayer is started. Prayer has finished within very short time but pray time was longer. He was very angry on sire. Mr. Bodrul Alam will give punishment sire, because sire is temporary.
Prayer is end. Mr. Bodrul Alam said to sire, I am talk to you. Sire got afraid. Sire told before his speech, I went. Younus is not agreeing. This work is pressure free. If you say I go today again.
What are you say?
You said about his repent.  But he is not agreeing in repent.
Now Mr. Bodrul Alam has imagined. He said last week to sire about repent. But he did not do it.
Sire told that Younus does not want to do repent. Why?
Get afraid. He does not want to die. What is the relationship between alive-death? Allah can do everything. You go right now with me. Ok.
Death is well now because this Ramadan month. Then this month is exceptional for other months. Everybody said yes. A man said you are all in all for him.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said I am not anyone.  I am a system who has done the job. Mr.  Kuddsus came that day. He said that you send him out of your house. I said that you do not tell this again.
Younus agree to do repent to see Mr. Bodrul Alam.
After finishing repent, Mr. Bodrul Alam said to Younus that you have need anything or any choice. I have needed nothing.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said sire about repent. Everything is ok. You don’t take tension. Time has come closer. at most three days after repent. But Younus has not died after four days . But his condition is very bad. Bad smell is gone over. That smell was so much bad.
Mr. Bodrul Alam went to see his condition. How are you?
Good.
Good is good.
Have you got afraid in night?
Yes sir. Why?
I feel a thing. Mr. Bodrul Alam said that sire is you read repent correctly.
Sire said, yes sir.
Sire does it again. But Younus did not die. Mr. Bodrul Alam went to visit him after Maghreb prayer. Younus told that I do not want to die. Long time Mr. Bodrul Alam was looking Younus. His one leg was become so big. Fox bites this leg may be.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said I will try last time for you. Let’s go to Mymensing. Then your condition will change. Younus did not understand anything. He just opened his eyes.
Mr. Bodrul Alam managed a buffalo car in night. First time we will go to Netrokona, Netrokona to Mymensing. Then go to Dhaka with doctor’s advice. Buffalo car started to run on 8 o’clock. Mr. Bodrul Alam also went to with him, everybody surprised. There is lot of works in hospital. So he is very important there.
Younus?
Yes.
Try to alive. You do not feel nervous, I am with you.
Younus eyes are full of water. He tries to alive hardly. Buffalo car runs very fast. 

nitu745:
Mousumi Akter
Id. no: 113-10-745
Batch 28th
Ayomoy
Mr.Bodrul Alam will go to read Taravih prayer- suddenly he peeks in ‘bangla ghor.’ Room is dark. But he said before Maghreb prayer that the lamp is given the room. Nobody maintain rules. His body was shaking with angry. Now days he faces this problem, his body is shacked when he becomes angry.
This is impossible to stay in balgla ghor. Bad smell is huge. Rot died man smell is very danger we didn’t know. Bad smell enters the nose and hits the head. Head rings. Then fell vomit. Mr. Bodrul Alam covers the nose with handkerchief. Covered these before enter the room. It was too late. His mentality was bad more. He mistook to enter bangle ghor. He eats rice just before, may be come vomit. He told his wife not to give him rice. He eats rice after Tarabi prayer. He has not listened to me. Now a day’s nobody listen to him.
He called just cover the nose with handkerchief –excuse me, excuse me.
There was no answer. May be died or not? Surprised, half body had rotten but don’t die. The doctor of Thana Health Complex has given speech. He has told no need to admit in hospital. At most two days, patient needs home. Patient will die comfortably in home with relatives.
He is slept in bangle ghor by some mad. How much pain! Is it her home? He is very stopped to see their braveness. Generally bangla ghor uses for many works. Come many people. Lie down there half rotten body man. There is no one to go to outside of the room because of bad smell. Tripe comes out from belly.
He said loudly- excuse me, excuse me.
There is no answer. He keeps his ears. Do not come breath sound. There no moving sound also. May be, he died. Become surprise for the knowledge of this house people. Death is knocking the man, but nobody gives a lamp his room. Rather than he said before Taravih prayer that the lamp is give his room. Didn’t know when he died. Dark room may be fox-dog has eaten. When he remove handkerchief from his nose, bad smell has gone his nose. He didn’t make any exceptional matter.  Then he is turned on the lamp. He didn’t die. Doctor has told that he will die after two days but thirteen days has gone already, he is alive.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said, are you alive?
 Younus replied, yes sir.
Younus did not work in Bodrul Alam’s house. He worked east-village. They were not agree to stay Younus there,as a result they sent Younus Bodrul Alam’s house. Mr. Bodrul Alam was also disagreeing. But doctor has told Younus will alive maximum two days. So Mr. Bodrul Alam did not forbid. Then that month was Ramadan.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said loudly that anybody has not on the lamp this room.
Yes, but the lamp has gone off.
Have you eaten rice?
Yes sir.
He turned on the lamp again before leave the room.
Everybody was waited for him in Mosque. When he will go, Tarabi prayer is started. Prayer has finished within very short time but pray time was longer. He was very angry on sire. Mr. Bodrul Alam will give punishment sire, because sire is temporary.
Prayer is end. Mr. Bodrul Alam said to sire, I am talk to you. Sire got afraid. Sire told before his speech, I went. Younus is not agreeing. This work is pressure free. If you say I go today again.
What are you say?
You said about his repent.  But he is not agreeing in repent.
Now Mr. Bodrul Alam has imagined. He said last week to sire about repent. But he did not do it.
Sire told that Younus does not want to do repent. Why?
Get afraid. He does not want to die. What is the relationship between alive-death? Allah can do everything. You go right now with me. Ok.
Death is well now because this Ramadan month. Then this month is exceptional for other months. Everybody said yes. A man said you are all in all for him.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said I am not anyone.  I am a system who has done the job. Mr.  Kuddsus came that day. He said that you send him out of your house. I said that you do not tell this again.
Younus agree to do repent to see Mr. Bodrul Alam.
After finishing repent, Mr. Bodrul Alam said to Younus that you have need anything or any choice. I have needed nothing.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said sire about repent. Everything is ok. You don’t take tension. Time has come closer. at most three days after repent. But Younus has not died after four days . But his condition is very bad. Bad smell is gone over. That smell was so much bad.
Mr. Bodrul Alam went to see his condition. How are you?
Good.
Good is good.
Have you got afraid in night?
Yes sir. Why?
I feel a thing. Mr. Bodrul Alam said that sire is you read repent correctly.
Sire said, yes sir.
Sire does it again. But Younus did not die. Mr. Bodrul Alam went to visit him after Maghreb prayer. Younus told that I do not want to die. Long time Mr. Bodrul Alam was looking Younus. His one leg was become so big. Fox bites this leg may be.
Mr. Bodrul Alam said I will try last time for you. Let’s go to Mymensing. Then your condition will change. Younus did not understand anything. He just opened his eyes.
Mr. Bodrul Alam managed a buffalo car in night. First time we will go to Netrokona, Netrokona to Mymensing. Then go to Dhaka with doctor’s advice. Buffalo car started to run on 8 o’clock. Mr. Bodrul Alam also went to with him, everybody surprised. There is lot of works in hospital. So he is very important there.
Younus?
Yes.
Try to alive. You do not feel nervous, I am with you.
Younus eyes are full of water. He tries to alive hardly. Buffalo car runs very fast. 

Ajit Chandra:
Ajit Chandra
132-10-890
29th Batch

                                                                      LIFESTYLE


My brother in law is a type of  rapscallion man.I donot know the meaning of rapscallion actually.The meaning may be related with bad animal.It might be different also.I have learnt this from my grandmother.When she got very angry to someone then she named it.It is a very vulgar language to realise how she told it.
However I donot percept that my brother in law is a bad man nor do Bini (Binu is my elder sister.She got married with that rapscallion man ).This is not supposed to realise for Binu.She didnot understand anything.She is very fool and being married with him,She is very happy also. I didnot know , being married  a girl can be happy at this level.I  had a vision that first few days the girls have very upset mood, If they are not upset then pretend to be upset.Binu has none of these eminences.She is sitting with her get up in this very morning time.The lip is coverd with a bad colour of  lipstick.Binu showed me her family room with great joy and began to talk in a very mild voice continuosly.Brother in law didnot wake up from bad that why Binu speaks with mild voice.I began to listen her words carefully.
This is three room house and how big the veranda is ? We have locked the sitting room,thats why dust cannot come in the room.We unlock the room when guests come .Go to the kichten room,want to show you one thing ,we have a tin drum for trashing the garbage.Drum can be open without using hands.
Binu talks as if she has been this house for a long time,but she got married only by tomorrow.Binu is a very goofy.She is waffling and she has no shame.We have two fan,one is for sitting room,and other one is for bedroom,and want to buy a new one.Hey listen,my maternal mother in law has gift me a neclace.They are quite rich .Come want to show you the neclace.I have placed it into the steel almirah,we have a steel almirah.
Brother in law woke up from bed at ten o'clock.He looked at me but recognise me perhaps.He sat down for shaving beard in unsmiling.Binu was standing in front of him at that time and constantly saying still there are a few beard in your right cheek.It wasnot good way finished in chin.Blood turned out.
The fact of bleeding of my brother in law is said by Binu in a way that as a result of bleeding he will die soon.My mouth turns bitter in anger.Are all the girl perky,is Binu only?Who says ,this Binu had sent love letter to Jalal vai at two days ago.What the language of that letter is "I had taken your loves kiss"
Most of the letters I got posted.So that I know who writes what.Brother in law  sat down to eat breakfast at eleven o'clock.In the meanwhile,his bath was finished.He put on a plain Punjabi,There is a good flavor fot his mouth crim.He first spoke to me at breakfast table(donot look at me asking in cold voice,whats the matter,isnot good?) I replied  yes,all right.How are you ? He didnot answer this.He began to separete the white portion from egg poach with close attention.Binu said with smile he didnot eat the yolk.Yolk is playing heart disease.You should eat the yolk.I stayed silent.Why sholud I eat ones eaten food ? But Binu is idiot  began to ask constantly, 'hey ,eat that. There is a black pepper,eat with this,will enjoy. I was annoyed and sad,if you  wish,you should eat.Binu  ate the yolk at speedy.
She has a little shame about the foods.Brother in law touched the tea cup and told me (not looking at me )Binu is elder than you in two years,isnot she?Why are you calling her small words.From now donot call her name with small you.Donot call her name also,you should call her apu,do you understand?I sat down in a bad heart.Brother in law told me in mild voice ,do one thing ,come this house.Binu is lonely here,get a company.Result will published,if you pass,I will admit you in the college.Binu became so glad to hear the words of brother in law,she dropped two drops of egg yolk in her Sharee for laughing.I had no objection to the words of my brother in law ,this is like being a happy event.Want to share the cause properly.Four siblings and our mother was in great problem after the death of our father.We were divided separately to our relatives house,all relatives try to make us leave but they donot because we adhere like glue.I am staying with my elder maternal uncle.Now a days he canot tolerete me.A fifty taka note was vanished from my elder maternal uncle a few days ago.
He made a list of suspected thieves including my aunt,myself,and servant.Aunt didnot know anything about the money touching the Holy Quran.It is difficult to say that uncle believed her words or not(because aunt lies with the help of Holy Quran).But he didnot believe me at all.He ordered to me and servant munir holding the ear stand up and sit down 100 times in front of many people.It is a big scam,however Munir is a very intellegent boy.He fleed with filips radio the next day,there was no way for me to do so.beacause I have no place to go.I had shifted at my brother in law's hoom with all properties on Friday.Binu was so glad,my room was in store room,Binu began to decorete the room hurrily.Fix some hole of mosquito net with full care and told softly,she will make my brother in law to buy a new mosquito net,let some days pass.I knew some new things arriving here i.e Brother in law is a old person,he colored his hair one time in weak at the time of bathing.He had got married before and is a very miser man .Binu had no tension about these topic.
About colouring hair Binu said one or two hair is old,understand?Not more.They had a family tradition ,hair will old in early ages.He has a uncle,his all hair is white at 25.About first marriage of brother in law Binu said wife was so witch.
I knew the mysteri to me here so eagernessly in second days.There is no servant in this house.A servent maid ,moynas's mother cleaned the kichenroom,washed the room and did shoping.The responsibility of marketing was pressed on me.My second responsibillity is buying cigarette for brother in law.He didnot buy many cigarette in one time because it can be eaten more.I am to buy a one cigarette for him and that is very odd time.For example One day he made me buy cigarette in 2 am.Binu told in mild voice shop may be stop now.
It is said to give her agony .Binu used to cry in sobbing,Again I went to buy a cigarette and arriving that evrything was alright.Binu was very happy .She was making tea in kitchen room.BInu was surprised and said 'bad' what is bad ?You donot understand release the working girl.
one night without giving information to moynas mother and didnot paid two month  fare we shifted a new house,new house was bigger than first one,having two bathroom,front and back veranda,Binu had unlimited joy.Whatever her health betgan to worsen,at the corner of eyes has dark circles,the face returns small.Her stomach began to big but this situation she is doing hard labour to decorate the room,wash the floor with soap water,doing cooking every day because there were no servant this house.
My room is next to the room of brother in law ,I am pretend not to listen anything.Night is going.Sometime later sounds didnot come from the room.Perhaps quarelling is done.At midnight Binu knocked the door and saying  are u sleeping?
no why ?
Bring a cigarette for your brother in law .I open the door, Binu didnot come into the light.Binu wanted to hide her left cheek by her veil. I said in soft voice did he again hit you ?
Binu replied no,why did he hit me ?
Then why do you hide your cheek ?
She replied without cause.
The sky of Shrabon is thundering.It is raining,I go to buy a cigarette .Donot want to return home some nights,I am walking and walking but then reminds me Binu is waiting for me ,she has no place to go.I return back,Binu asked me wether the cigarette is wet or not, I replied that I am wet but cigarette isnot.Then Binu smiles.
I love her foolish smiling very much.

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Hunting

He walks silently.
 Air remain calm down while he is walking. But Motimiya sensitive. Credit of on blind men.They can say anything by small air.As usual today. Turning his head who goes said by turning his head is it Ajrof? No, he said and gives his answer easily someone walks silently is not acceptable.Motimiya does not respect it.Again called,Ajrof,yes Mr. Ajrof. Give the some answer no. And replied his pet egret.Its ages as five month but behavior like 90’s years older.Too much nasty sound.Motimiya moved up to ride .Did you go to catch the egret yes.
Never do it my dear.
Ajrof keeps silent.
It’s very bad course, Mr. Ajrof just realize to fake a look at me.
What?
Seat down listen a story Mr. Ajrof how someone addicted to a course. Ajrof never seat down. Any how the, cages egret more inspired behalf of this story.It shakes wings and again make a sound like kock..kock… Motimiya fell comfortable and take a seat. As it is kartik month, soft sunshine on his backrest. Is there any addiction among the sunshine? Something is like that.Motimiya fells comfortable. He looks it as the body’s demand as well.Motimiya likes to seat around the fire. But still its kartik month even winter just to come.
Is there Ajrof?
Yes.
Where is the sound of your egret, rubbish bird, isn’t it?
Yes it is.
Even who catch first, he will lost his eyes. He lost eyesight for ever.It will be happened one day. Are you realized to see me?
Motimiyatries to open his eyes to make sure the egrets stupidness.But he failed.
Yes mr.Ajrof
Carry on, I just listen.
Seat down Ajrof.
But Ajrof does not seat down. He stands close to the Motimiya. Motimiya says like melody.
Egrets allows a death peck do you understand? Its pecks in the right place. First of all, It crashed the right eye and later the left eye. The world becomes dark. Nothing is more important the eyes.
Motimiyadoes not understand, While Ajofmiya listen or not. Egret pet moves its wings. Motimiya inspired enough by that. Egret killer will lost his eyes sight once. You just look at me and realized yourself. Have you imagined about the nephew of Nejam.
Who is it?
Motimiya excited and sit up straight. He starts the story of the Nejams nephew. He likes so much to talk. Although the sunshine of kartik month on his back rest. Is there anything better than sunshine? One stage, motimiya moves on fagging. Ajrof remain sit in a swampy area, Which his in the north Nabale. A trap of e egret, one of his hand. A tied mat cover with bedhs green leaves. Egret is a bird of feeble views. The trap is look like a pleasant bush for them. The paid egret standup to the bush, is tied with rope. It looked at the sky and frequently called. This cracked voice may be a sympathy for them. Because the quit egret moves over its head. The paid egret called continuously. The egrets come down. Their eyes filled with doubt but still come down. And once they sit behind the pet egret. Something to say with deep compassion. But there is no chance. The egret hunter, hold its leg quickly and press under his leg. He makes his hand empty as soon as possible. Because another one is on the way to come down. No time at all. Difficult tusk to come downthe egrets. Although once the bird tries for the death peck. At that time, it finds the humans eyes. A soft place, where it can peck. The egret killer lost their eyes by the egret peck. First of all, the right then left eye.
Today, they don’t come,may be times up. As the high sunshine remain the birds don’t want to down. Empty and dark blue sky. Ajrof looks at the sky. Such blue that difficult to view it. It increase the headache while looking up. Nothing is comparable with to the blue sky.
Have you got anything Ajrof? Ajrof just looking, it is member this types of people are trying to talk with all everyone. They like more to talk.
Still don’t you get anything, may be.
No till now.
How many do you hunt, Ajrof?
Not sure, sometime I able to catch eight or ten.
What you say, though you sold the taka per piece is twenty taka.
How to sell?
I am not sure.
Ajrof doesn’t like to talk. He looks at sky. A egret fly a distance away. It come down? The pet egret felts excited. It moves its wings. Even Ajrof says to petegret. Just call Anufa. Just call your friends. The pet egret named Anufa just look at the sky as it was thirsty member also looks at the sky. Then he return near the read and go to the district board on foot.And says Ajrof,stir his umbrella. Ajrof look at him, then he realize that his left eye up tons.
It begins to drop water from his eyes. It is a very bad sign.
It means, the end of the time of left eyes. Someone will peck his eyes among these catch bird or his pet egret, A stupid bird. Ajrof look at the Anufa. It sit up to the trap with fresh mind. Water belongs to the Ajrof eyes, he sees something different. This small bird look like a big     SAROS     bird. Its two lip so much big.

Ajrof wipe tears with the slips of shirt, but tears was going down. It will be lost, left eye will be lost, it may be lost today.
It was happened with Sofdor Ali, without any symptom tears was being incessantly showered from right eye. Every time sofdor bro told me when I met with him, hey Ajrof, it is time to be lost my right eye, and this is symptom.
How is it possible?
Eyes has a life, it can feel.
That was right. Really he lost his eye. All people in Npbinagar was extremely afraid at Sofdor’s abnormal shouting. Can birds understand anything? Sofdors pet egret (called sona) was continuously sounding “kock..kock.. kock…”Was that either for cheerful or sadness ? That will be never known.
To Netrokona hospital, it is two days far away by boat. We took sofdorali on the boat by binding his eyes with rag and ashes, Ajrof and his elder son which is also called “sona” sat down beside sofdors head. Sofdor shouted randomly by rising head with the sounding of ho ho. Then his son shouted same to him, ho ho.
Sofdor had been being in corridor at the Town hospital for four days, after five days he had died in the evening. The eye was totally damaged.
Ajrof looked at the sky. He feel that sky like muddy. Few egret is flying lonely. They will round now, lonely. This is not exact time to be gathered. The time of gathering will come after two month. Then egret will get different scenery. They won’t get down by calling of pet egret. Why they won’t get down? Many mystery is in confusion in the earth. This earth is in so much mystery. Eye release tears when it is going to be lost. Ajrof wipe tears with a corner of his lungi. It is ruining, tears is losing so much, it may not to die.
Anufa is looking by downing her head. Her two pretty eyes are gated so red. Suddenly she sounded kock… kock... Could she understand? She could understand that bird hunter Ajrof’s eye will be lost now, he will never come to hunt, hen won’t conceal at the land of east BondoNabal.
Animals can feel so many things. Motimiya thinks that they know rather than people. That’s why cuckoo bare the news of death of the householder. It flies again and again by sounding kurak. The pet dog of householder weep uoouoo.

The egret come down from the sky with circling. All are in a group. Birds its never happen. Although the sunshine comes to end. This time they never come down. Why they do it? Are they really suspected ?
Ajrof think that some of the dare birds come down with desire of death. Their lips are so sharp. One by one they will surrendered by themselves. Nobody will be interrupted. Not least spanking/ one of them instantly peck on the soft eyes. That one will be the healthy bird. It’s style will be different.

Its feather may look like white milky. The pet egret of Ajrof fells unstable. It just makes noise. Ajrof fells a thirsty. And breath remain repeatedly. Something is going to be wrong. Ajrof fells nausea.
How about the bird caught quit? Is it possible to do? Instant, he can free the Anufa’s band, isn’t he? Whatever but Anufa will never left. There is a illusion in this band life. Last year he did that. It’s named Antu. Antu does not flown away. By deeply astonished, it was just flying over Ajrofs head. Ajrof said, get lost. I except this job just leave.
Antu did not flown away.
Motimiya thought that egret hunter never can reject his passion. A rubbish intoxication. Hunting a something alive is a great passion avoid. For this each year, he just say it. No more. This is too much. Than he passed his days with despair. He can’t concentrated at all. From next Boisakh, again he began to pet the bird. And in Kartik month, he again starts to hunt the egret. People said Mr. Ajrof, are you again start?
Just a little bit.
Bird’s hunter can’t get back until they lost their eyes. The first one goes. It’s inspired the intoxication.

A sound reflect into the blood. And nerve just shake with dare. Then second eye is way to lost. The world remain black. Until it remain dark, they have not freedom. Its passion will be closed when everything will under the dark. Then he just listen the sound of the wings movement at the night. And he just starts to reveal their thought while he is getting opportunity. They love to do it.

Ajrof released the Anufa. What is thought, what is done.Anufa flies and again sit down on the top of the mat. Ajrof tired voice said, just get lost. Anufa does not go. Its style to sit full of glory.
Its feather is look like white milky. It is a strong wealthy bird.
Just get lost.
Go stupid.
Kock..kock…
I reject this passion, you go.
Kock..kock..
Anufa rubbed its lip in his/her feather. What does it mean? Is it the some bird? Higher sun shine. The sky still muddy. Most of the birds are moving around the sky. As if they give the courage. Yes I am. Ajrofs heart jumps in fair. The body is jingled. There is no time. This is the time to surrender.

Now he will have to quickly hold Anufas yellow leg. He will bring down in lightning speed. Ajrof looked up the neck. Anufa does the same. Water is coming back to his eyes again the bird is look like a vast bird as well. It is like a strange bird while gainting white feathers. Birth of a unseen world. Flying bird over the head are coming down quickly. He put out his hand. Yes, they come down. They shake edge to edge and called kock..kock……


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