Eta lala ke

Amader barita chilo onyorokomer – kholamela, jamjamat, ar sarakhan hattagol. Barite visitors der jonno kono register rakha thakto na, jei byabostha office charao poysaoyala lokeder bari ba flat e dekha jay. Tobe akhon afsosh hoy tar jonno karon seta thakle aj seta hoto amader barir aitihasik-samajik dalil. Ke aseni amader barite – Alokranjan Dasgupta theke suru kore Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Manindra Gupta, Debarati Mitra, Amalendu De, aro koto ke.

Amra kono banedi poribar noi – na kono ‘boroboro namidami’ lok. Kintu amar chotodida (amar lala) chilo kobi manush – Debanjali Mitra. Tar ‘Patar Manabi’ aj o kobider kache khub akarshaniyo.

Chotobelar pray puro samaytai amar keteche lalar sahacharje. Lalar amake niye chilo jato ahlad, ar amar tar kache samasta abdar. ‘Chander Pahar’, ‘Pather Panchali’, aro nana desh bidesher (Greek mythology, Russian short stories) galpo lala roj sonata amake. Kakhono birokto hoto na amr upar. Tar klantohin chokhduto sabsamay khuje berato amar sukh, amar tripti. Kono kobita likhleo tar prothom srota hotam ami – bujhi na bujhi ami abar take interpret kore tar upar comment ditam, lala tai sune vison heshe amay kache tene jorie chumu dito. Lala pan kheto khub, tar pan er gandher sathe meshano mukher gandho ami chokh bandho korle aj o khuje pai. Mangsho ranna hole ami valo khai dekhe, konodino amay na khaiye se khabar mukhe tulto na. Mona (amar chotodadu) bolto, “tomar adorei o gollay jabe.” Kintu lalar biswas chilo ami gollay jabo na – tar amar prati driro astha chilo.

Aj ami 26 – jibone alpo-bistor settle koreci. Anek jhar-jhanja-pratikulata perie tike achi, chokhe aka ache aro anek swapno. Kintu aj lala nei – nei tar sajatne sajano phulbagan; sudhu roeche monar bado gharer dewale tanano tar ekta sundar chobi, ar pasher gharer take rakha badhano abasthay koekta collage kora chobi ar tar 38 bachar boyeshe lekha sesh ‘Desh’ a prakashito kobita ‘Mrityu’. Kobitata lala tar mrityur koekdin age likhechilo.

Samay palteche dhire dhire ar samayer sathe sathe samparko. Monar sathe amar katha nei bahudin, tai jatayat o nei ar dotalar ghare. Lala jakhon jibita chilo ektao din jayni je ami school theke firei, siri diye ek lafe tar ghare giye, tar sada chadorer talay dhuke, take jorie dhore, chumu kheye tar kach theke galpo sunini. Ar aj atai ekta galpo.

Dewal e tanano chobitay hoyto dhulo pore geche, hoyto ba poreni. Kintu asob amar syllabus a ar kothay! Baro hoechi, chakrir subade edik odik jete hoy, koekta jayga, jar naam lalar kach thekei prothom sunechilam aj koto kache, ar amar oporer oi gharta amar theke koto dure sore geche.

Baritao palte geche anek – abadha, nishup, ar sarakhon hattagol.

9^th May 2011, Monday

1.10 pm