আন্তাবড়ি - ৩

- পুটকি টা দেখছেন ?
- কোথায় ?
- ওই যে দেওয়ালে দেওয়ালে ।
- কোন দেওয়ালে ?
- হোয়াইট হাউসের দেওয়াল নিশ্চয় বলিনি ।
- বলেননি যে কি করে বুঝবো ? আপনি তো সেটাও বলেননি যে আপনি বলেননি ।
- আমি তো শুধু পুটকি বোললাম ।
- তো হোয়াইট হাউস-ও বলতে পারতেন ।
- না কেন বলবো ?
- এই, যে জন্য পুটকি বললেন ।
- সে তো পুটকি আছে বলে বোললাম ।
- সে টা কোথায় ?
- দেওয়ালে ।
- দেওয়াল টা কোথায় ।
- সেটা জিজ্ঞেস করুন না ।
- করতে দিচ্ছেন কই !
- দিচ্ছি না বলে করবেন না ?
- করতে দিলেই বা কেন করবো ।
- সুযোগ এলে সদ্ব্যবহার করতে হয় বলে ।
- সব ব্যবহার কি সৎ হয় ?
- অসৎ না করলেই হয় ।
- আপনি জানেন আমি সৎ
- আপনিও তো জানেন না আমি সৎ কি না ।
- তাতে আমার কি ?
- তাতে আপনারও কিছু না ।
- তাহলে পুটকি দেখুন ।
- কোথায় ?
- দেওয়ালে দেওয়ালে ।

আন্তাবড়ি - ২

(সকাল ৯ টা বাস স্ট্যান্ড, একটি লোক দাঁড়িয়ে, পাশে আর একজন এসে দাঁড়ায় ।)

আর একজন লোক জিজ্ঞাসা করে ।

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--   কোথায় আছি বলুন তো ?

--   কেন যেখানে ছিলেন ।

--   ইয়ে মানে সেটাই বা কোথায় ?

--   কেন আপনি কি ভবঘুরে । এক জায়গায় থাকেন না ?

--   এইরে তা তো বলতে পারবো না । তবে সেরকম উৎখাত জাতীয় কিছু হইনি কখনো । হলে হয়তো ভবঘুরে হয়ে যাবো ।

--   তাহলে তো মিটেই গেল, আগে যেখানে ছিলেন এখনো সেখানেই আছেন ।

-   আচ্ছা মুস্কিল সেটাই তো জানতে চাইছি আগে ঠিক কোথায় ছিলাম ।

--   না ঠিক কতক্ষণ আগের কথা জানতে চাইছেন ।

--   আপনি ঠিক কতক্ষণ আগের কথা জানেন ?

--   এই তো মিনিট তিনেক আগে আপনি আমার পাশে এসে দাড়ালেন ।

--   ঠিক বলছেন । মিনিট তিনেক ?

--  একদম কাঁটায় কাঁটায় ঠিক না হলেও, আপাতভাবে সেরকম ।

--   তাহলে দেখুন সময় ব্যাপার টাই তো আপাত । আর সময় আর স্থান দুটোই পরস্পরের উপর নির্ভরশীল । তাহলে আপনি কি বলতে পারেন যে আমি আগে যেখানে ছিলাম এখনও সেখানেই আছি ।

--   না আপনি কি রকম থাকার কথা বলছেন ? সে টা বুঝলাম না

--   ও মা না বুঝেই বলে দিলেন বুঝি ? এ অন্যায় । না বুঝে বলবেন না ।

--   জিজ্ঞেস করলেন কেন ।

--   জিজ্ঞেস করলেই বলতে হবে ? ছোটোবেলা থেকে তো কত কি জিজ্ঞেস করেছে কত লোকে আপনাকে । সব কিছুরই কি উত্তর দিয়েছেন ?

--   না তা দিইনি ।

--   তবে আজ দিলেন কেন ?

--   ইয়ে বাস এসে গেছে । আসি

--   সাবধানে ।

--   হ্যাঁ । 

--আর কাউকে কিছু বলবেন না । জিজ্ঞেস করলেও বলবেন না । মনে থাকবে ?

আন্তাবড়ি - ১

- ও দাদা আপনি হাটতে যাচ্ছেন ?

- অন্ধ নাকি দেখছেন না হাটছি !

- আহা আমি এ হাটার কথা বলিনি

- তবে কি গড়িয়াহাটা-র কথা র বলছেন ।

- আঃ রসিকতা করছেন কেন ?

- রসিকতা তো আপনি করছেন মশাই ।

- অমনি বললেই হল ? আমাকে হাটতে দেখে জিজ্ঞেস করলেন কেন হাটতে যাচ্ছি কিনা । জানেন না আমি রোজ সকালেই হাটি ।

- ধুত্তেরি আমি কি এই হাটার কথা বলেছি নাকি ?

- বলেননি আবার এই শুরুতেই তো বললেন । “হাটতে যাচ্ছেন”

- আঃ আপনি বুঝছেন না ।

- কেন বুঝতে যাবো ? বুঝে কি উদ্ধার হবে শুনি । কি পরিবর্তন টা আনবেন বুঝিয়ে হ্যাঁ ?

- আমি কখন বললাম আমি পরিবর্তন আনবো ?

- এই যে বলছেন । আপনি এ হাটা নয় অন্য হাটার কথা বলছেন । তা যেটা রোজকার বাইরে তাই তো পরিবর্তন ।

- তা ঠিক কিন্তু আমি কিন্তু তা বলিনি ।

- ও তাহলে আপনি ঠিক বলেননি স্বীকার করছেন তো ? আমিও জানতুম আপনি ভুল বলছেন ।

- কি যাতা বলছেন? ভুল কি বললাম ?

- কেন আপনি তো বললেন যে আমি ঠিক বললাম ।

- তাই বলে কি আমি ভুল বললাম ?

- ঠিক আছে আমিও ঠিক, আপনিও ঠিক । শান্তি ।

- হ্যাঁ সেটাই তো বলছি ।

- সেটা ঠিক বলছেন ?

- মনে তো হয় ।

- কেন সন্দেহ কি সে ?

- কি সে আবার সন্দেহ হতে যাবে ?

- ওই যে কি মনে হয় ঠিক করে উঠতে পারছেন না ।

- আমি তো শুধু বলছিলাম......

- কি বলছেন দেখা তো গেলো । আর কিছু বলতে হবে না । হা হা হা ।

- ঠিক আছে তবে থাক আর বলবো না ।

- চলুন হেটে আসি বাকি টা ।

- হ্যাঁ রোজই তো হাটছি ।

অতঃ কিম

রোজ রোজ কিছু বলা কওয়ার থাকে না । আবার যেমন আমার মতন কিছু উপদ্রব পৃথিবীতে আছে যার মাঝে মাঝে কোনোদিন কিছু করারও থাকে না । তখন বেআক্কেলে অকাজপনায় দুনিয়া জ্বালাই । অবশ্যই তাই বলে তোমরা আমাকে হনুমান বলবে তা চলবে না । আমি অত বীরপুরূষ নই, তবে বাঙালীর চির শৈশবের সেই প্রাচীন প্রবাদে আমারও একখানি অদৃশ্য লেজ স্থান পেয়েছে । তবে এই জ্বলুনি তে তার অবদান কতটুকু তা বোধহয় তোমাদের কাছে ঠিক বুঝিয়ে বলতে পারবো না । তবে হ্যা আমি আবার খুব একটা নির্লজ্জ-ও নই । এই আজকেই যেমন ধর , সক্কাল সক্কাল ঘর ছেড়ে আশপাশ ঘুরে যখন লক্ষী ছেলের মত ঘরের দূয়ার ছুলাম ঠিক তখনি আমার কলজে তে লজ্জার ফড়ফড়ানি টা শুরু হল। কি অবাধ আচরনে দিন কাটালুম আর তার কারণ কাজের কাজ কিছু ছিলনা বলে । অবশ্যি এটার half life বেশ কম । এখনই যেমন সেসব কোথায় হাওয়া হতে শুরু করেছে । তবে হ্যাঁ এই লেখার কারণ আজ আমার আর কিছু বলার নেই । আমার মাঝে মাঝে নিউজ রীডার হওয়ার ভারী সাধ জাগে , প্রতি মিনিটে ওদের বলার কত কি আছে । অবশ্যি আমার একটি প্রবলেম আছে আর সেটি হল অতঃ কিম । কালা লোকেদের বললে তার কি শুনতো "ঘোড়ার ডিম" আমার সেটা মনে হল । অবশ্য ঠিক শুনতেও পারত , কিংবা আর কিছু শুনতে পারতো । সেই অতঃ কিম রোগ টায় আজ আমি বেশ পর্যুদস্ত । রোগ টা আমার মধ্যে কিছু পরিবর্তন এনেছে যেমন আমি হঠাৎ করে এক কথার মানুষ হয়ে গেছি লোকজনের কথার উত্তর এক কথায় দিচ্ছি । কারণ আমার মনে হচ্ছে অতঃ কিম । বেশী কথা বলে কি হবে ? খাওয়ার আগে খাওয়ার টা মুখের সামনে নিয়ে ভাবছি অতঃ কিম , এটা কেন খাচ্ছি , খেয়ে কি হবে । সিগারেটের ধোঁয়া টা মুখে নিয়ে ছাড়ার আগে ভাবছি অতঃ কিম ছাড়ার পর কি হবে । আর তাতেই বেশ নাকানি চোবানি খেতে হচ্ছে সারা দিন ধরে । অবশ্যি আমার এসব বিলাসী রোগের স্থায়িত্ত্ব খুব কম । এই একটা রাত । তারপর সকালে আমি "অন্যরুপেন সংস্থিতা" । এবার এই বকবকম টা তো তোমাদের দেখাতেই হয় । কিন্তু ঐ আবার মনে হচ্ছে অতঃ কিম । বলে দিও তো কার কতটা জ্বলল । অতঃ কিম ।

খাচ্ছে খাক , নিপাত যাক, মৌ-এর চাক
অতঃ কিম
শুরুর শেষ, পুলিশ কেস, ডনকে চেস
অতঃ কিম
না মুমকিন, ঘোড়ার ডিম, ফেয়ার ক্রীম
অতঃ কিম
চলছে চলুক, মগের মুলুক, তালা ঝুলুক
অতঃ কিম
আমারও হবে , কবে কবে ? দিন যে যাবে
অতঃ কিম
শেষ ভালো যার, সব ভালো তার, পড়ুক সাটার
অতঃ কিম ।।

Do Dooni Char

I could clearly remember our Maths teacher in School who used to say that make a day 26 hours and practice, only that way you can get a good score, actually he had learnt it from his teacher and perhaps his teacher too. There was something else in those words. It meant to give an extra effort than usual. Though I was not enough smart to understand it at that time. So just used the time in my way and that far less than even 24 hours.

When we really talk about time it appears that, aren't we wasting time talking about managing it, why not lets start working in this time. But for every productive work we need to invest something and here it is Time which is the most valuable asset in our lifetime.


Scientific idea has given a boundary of 24 hours and after that we are compelled to add a day everyday. In our busy life it matters much, if anyway we could get 2 hours more. With the blessing of thalamus (part of brain involved in imagination) we are enabled enough to imagine that & can share some instances we could do if it really happens.

In my humble opinion the want of 2 hours extra in a day changes with our ages. Here I will try to make your voyage through those time and i hope you will experience how it changes smoothly.

Lets start with the early ages when we had immense energy to exhaust ourselves even after a whole day workout, yes the younger ourselves. We then hardly care about how many hours really makes a day. Later with the introduction of bookish knowledge we grab the idea of 60 secs make a minute and thereby 24 hours a day & the bang happened thereafter. We were forced to bound by routines. 45 minutes each class, 8 hours in school. 2 hours to play, 8 hours to sleep and so on. All that schedule forced us to run by the time and we are still running after it and we will do the same until last day of our life.

2 hours, before the exam night it appears in the mind of almost every students that they could finish whole syllabus if they could manage 2 hours more. It happens same before the every god damn exams. Just like that when we spend time with girlfriend or boyfriend we badly want to stop the time & more 2 hours in that event matters a lot.

In the lazy winter time it always appear to me if I could delay the clock 2 hours more when my mobile buzz its routine alarm. Its similar in the hot summer, when the AC classroom/office pampers me to stay inside the room 2 hours more before getting burned.

Unlike all these things it always appeared hard to me when I have two extra hours in exam time and I have nothing to write. ;) . Though that is the main inspiration of my creative writing. So I can say. Extra time always matter for creativity. Like now as I was not getting time to complete this piece, not actually a two hours span but still as per requirement. So probably if I could get extra two hours I could finish it earlier.

Thats in very generalize form I have explained till now what I could do. But if the matter seriously happen and earth really delays to revolve around the Sun, probably I will not spend it sleeping(I am not overconfident ;) ). But I would like to invest it like my recently grown up business mind and would like to make "Do Dooni Chhar" (2x2=4). Is it confusing? But really not, actually I will try to follow my Teacher's words now. I will try to make use of it worth fully. Though I have many options now to spend it worth fully, but only the real time will tell how will I spend it. But I can assure you it will not be same daily as I become bore very fast.

So friends my article may disappoint you atlast, knowing that I really have not disclosed what I will do in my extra time, but it is true in all senses. If you have planned already what you will do, believe me it will not happen the same. Am I behaving like philosopher? I do not want to be. So lets shutter down and here I am clicking Publish Post.

RE-DISCOVERING THE FOSSILS’S FRONTMAN – DOCUMENTARY ON RUPAM ISLAM

From past few decades the Bengali music industry has got an add on of a different group of musicians, with a different sense of performance. As we used to see in old days one lyricist, a composer and completely isolated set of musician who used to compose Bengali songs either for cinematic purpose or a solo album. But with the change of sense and western influence, their evolved a new era of Bengali musicians who perform as a group with lyricist, vocalist, and musicians together & with that, the term Bangla Band popularized in our society.

RUPAM ISLAM

Today there are many such groups of Bangla Bands have established themselves in the music industry. When we start our discussion about Bangla Band music we can not dispense one name from the list, that is Fossils and the front man of the group Rupam Islam.

Rupam is the person who have brought up and established the music of inner emotional turbulence of young generations and also make it possible to spread such music (considered as ROCK) to each corner of Bengal, which was initially not happened with Mohineer Ghoraguli or Other Bengali Bands.

Recently a popular Face of Aakash Bangla Channel Mr. Ayan Chakraborti has made it possible to make a documentary on Rupam. He shared his passion for Rupam and reason behind his creation with KHYAPAR KHULI.

AYAN CHAKRABORTI

Is this documentary only on the life of Rupam or his Band Fossils?

No, this documentary is made only on Rupam.

Why did you choose to make a documentary on Rupam Islam?

Rupam’s songs are giving me company for a long period. I am a big follower of his songs- their composition and lyrics, his performance, his stage presence and his vocal power. In the beginning of 2011, while shooting for a programme called “R2T2’ for Akash Bangla TV channel, I had a wonderful long chat with Rupam-during which I came across the singer and writer and the real human within him, and I felt that I needed to start documenting on him and his contribution in Bengali culture. And I began work immediately.

What are the main aspects you wanted show us through this documentary?

Rupam had been brought up in a mixed environment of different religions and cultures. His father is a Muslim and his mother- a Christian. The place where he works is geo-politically a Hindu dominated one. Through this documentary, I have tried to portray how this mixed cultural upbringing has influenced and moulded Rupam as an artist and also as a human being.

Why did you choose Rupam among all the other Bengali Band singers as a subject for your documentary?

In the peaceful world of Bengali songs, Rupam has stirred up quite a sensation. After Rabindranath Tagore, one who consistently came up with good Bengali songs was Suman Chattopadhyay aka Kabir Suman. But the Bengali band movement had not started yet. Then there was the band- Mohiner Ghoraguli-but they also failed to spread their influence beyond the urban upper middle class youth generation. Fossils was the first Bengali band that broke the barrier that existed between rural and urban audience. Nowadays, the experience that I have at Nazrul Mancha or Nicco Park Big Lawn, the same experience I can have at Medinipore, Bankura, Purulia, Siliguri or Bardhaman- 3000 to 5000 or 10000 young audience listen spellbound to Bengali songs for hours on end. They sing on with Rupam, even his recently launched songs are learnt by-heart and sung by this young audience along with him. The sight is really a spectacular one.

This documentary will be available soon and I hope the followers of Rupam will grab it unconditionally. 

(INTERVIEW TRANSLATION BY PRITAM BASU)

(EDITING BY KHYAPAR KHULI)

ANIMAL SACRIFICE--SHOULD NOT WE STOP THIS??

By Guest Author Ayon Mukherjee

I am a young goat, living in the fields of the city Tarapith,West Bengal,India. My skin colour is BLACK. (I had no idea that being the skin colour black for goats is really dangerous sometimes, which I later realised.)

I grazed happily in the green fields, eating away tasty green grasses. I was enjoying my life with my fellow mates.

But suddenly I was caught by some people one day, while I was eating grasses on the fields. I had no idea why I was captivated. I got bored as I was tied to a pole whole day, though I used to get good foods in huge quantity.(I never know why they captivated me and giving me such good foods to eat!)

Time passed by. May be after two weeks of my captivation, I was taken to a nearby temple. Must be a very big temple as many people had gathered there. They had all come to pray to the goddess of the temple. There I saw many of my fellow mates, who used to graze with me on the fields.They were also same black in colour like me. I had no idea why so many goats were taken to a temple. I was tied to a pole again. Stood under the sun for more than five to six hours. I was getting damn bored.

Then a huge fat man came and took me with him. I was cleaned with lots of water and I enjoyed the bath! I felt fresh. PHEWWWW....

I was worshipped then. Many people gathered around me. I was feeling proud.

Then I was queued again to a line and found many friends of mine in the queue. They told me that they had the same experience in the last few days. We were chatting happily ,as we all had no idea about what was going to happen to us in next few minutes.

After few minutes, I heard one of my friend squealing. I had no clue,I didn’t get for what the squeal was.

Then my turn came, I was carried away by that fat man again and taken to special place, where I saw dead bodies of many goats like me. Many people were surrounding the place. I also found the killing instrument by which I was going to be slaughtered in next few seconds of my life.

I panicked and started crying at my highest pitch. I tried hard to escape. But all my efforts in vain. I couldn’t. I cried for help from the people standing around me, but no one helped me. All were rather happy, seeing me cry. At last I prayed to God, to save my life. But then I felt that God is also helpless in front of this cruel people, who felt great after killing an innocent life.

HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TO ME IN A TEMPLE, WHERE ALL MIGHTY IS PRESENT ?

HOW CAN THEY TAKE AWAY MY DAYS OF FUN FROM ME?

HOW CAN THEY FORCE TO END MY LIFE SUDDENLY IN ONE MORNING?

WHO HAS GIVEN THEM POWER TO DECIDE ABOUT MY DEATH?

I had many questions in my mind. But there’s none to answer.

I was forced to lie down in the floor. I kept lying quietly ,counting last seconds of my life.

Then suddenly the instrument landed on my shoulder and I WAS KILLED. The people surrounding me were happy to see this and celebrating my death.

This is the story of a poor goat and YOU, yes YOU, the cruel human beings ,imagine if it happens to you one day ,how would you feel? Can you celebrate then as you did when it was the goat’s turn?

We are all Indians. India is land of cultures and many religious myths. But I hate this practice of sacrificing the life of goats as a part of rituals.

Earlier in India, life of small children was also sacrificed as a part of ritual. However it was stopped by law after we fought for our life. But, what about this goats? Who will fight for them?

Since they can’t speak like us...cant appeal to courts...they will be killed mercilessly?

Is there no one to fight for them?

I think, we human beings should come up and change our thoughts.

We all know that none of the sacred texts like GEETA, KORAN,BIBLE etc preach about destruction of life. God never wants life to be sacrificed for His satisfaction. Rather He gets wounded when He watches human beings killing innocent animals for pleasing Him.

Great Ramakrishna was never in favour of any kind of animal slaughter. He tried his best to stop it but due to the very strong orthodox priestly class he could not stop it. He even told some devotees during one Kali Puja that Maa Kaali had told him cracking a coconut was enough, that itself was a sacrifice. There is no animal sacrifice at Dakshineshwar today. Even at Kamakhya Temple, Assam, no goats are sacrificed for pleasing the Goddess of the temple. So why we couldn’t stop by enforcing laws against the practise.

We should be more like a human being and act accordingly. We should fight for justice and go for enforcing laws to stop this inhuman act in the name of the God.

So I would appeal to the people of whole world to stop this act to save the innocent lives and stop slaughtering any form of life for the sake of pleasing God.

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