August 13, 2021

āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§â€ŒāĻ•āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ (Ruskin Bond)

āĻļ⧁āĻ­āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁

‘āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁!’āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϟāĻž āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž, āϚāĻŋāϞ⧇āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžāϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāρāϚāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻļāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻšā§āĻ› āĻ­āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĢāϤāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϤāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻšā§ Friday The 13th āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ“ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāρāϚāĻž āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰāĨ¤

āĻļ⧁āĻ­āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϜ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ā§Ģ

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϚāĻžāϰāϤāϞāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§â€Œāϟ āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ⧋ āφāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĢāϞāĻĒāĻŸā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“ āϛ⧋āϟāĨ¤ āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ—āϰāĻžāĻĻ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻŸā§‹āϞ-āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧁ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāχāϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϤāϞāĻžāϟāĻž āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāĨ¤

āωāĻĒāϞ āϏ⧇āύāϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻž āĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧜āĻž ⧍ā§Ŧ

āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ⧁āύ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϕ⧇āύ, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻšāĻŋ, āĻ–āĻŋāϞāĻ–āĻŋāϞ, āĻ ā§‹āρāϟ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āĻŽā§āϚāĻ•āĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϞāĻž āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—-āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĨ¤ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏāĨ¤

āϏ⧁āĻŽāύāĻž āϰāĻžā§Ÿ (Sumana Roy)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰāĻŋ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ā§Ŧ

āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ ‘āϟ⧁āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸâ€™-āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻžāρāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āφāϰ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ ‘āĻāύāϜāϝāĻŧ’ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āχ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āϤ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āĻ“, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĨ¤

āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§â€ŒāĻ•āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ (Ruskin Bond)

“Fare Thee Well”

‘…There was no Mrs. Owl, as far as I could tell; and there was no Mrs. Bond. Sometimes a friend would come to stay for a few days, especially during the summer season, but for most of the year I was on my own. On cold, lonely winter nights the gentle hooting of the owl was a comforting sound.’ A brand new story.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ⧍ā§Ģ

‘…āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϞāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āύāχāϞ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāχ āφāϰ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž! āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āύāĻĻā§€-āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤ-āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϧāĻžāύāϟāĻžāĻ“ āϝ⧇āύ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧈āώāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāϞ⧇? āϤāĻžāχ āϝāĻ–āύ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜ āύāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧇āύ?’ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤāĨ¤

āϏ⧁āĻŽāύāĻž āϰāĻžā§Ÿ (Sumana Roy)

Uttarbanga Diary: Part 6

‘Not a single book he (my nephew) studies tells him his story – about the town he is in, how it gets its name, why its climate is what it is. He does not know the name of a single historical figure from his town. After much thought, he says ‘Wriddhiman Saha’.’ Of insular North Bengal and its little-known history.