syed shamsul haque
dipen bhattacharya
"Roj-ju Pothhe Cholechhi" by Syed Shamsul Haque is a powerful
poetry collection. This came out around 1987. The section
called "Amar Shohor" is nostalgic as the poet traverses through
time recalling old friends and favourite Dhaka sites. There
are people who have been swept away by time's forgetfulness.
Can you recognise them?
excerpts.....
ekhon amar kachhe e shohor boro beshi dhushor
dhushor bole mone hoy....
keu keu bole
oi je dure'r ek-shar bari, oi je doroja shob,
porda ore potaka'r moto,
okhane shobay achhe |
cholo he syed haque,
cholo jay,
abar jomay |.......
*jainul* h(n)ate na ar e shohore shegun bagane
purono iskule t(n)ar;
bari jete jete
*ajit guhe'r* moto ekjon hothat thomke ar dekhe na to--
are, are, ki?....
long john silver'er pakhi *motin sir'er* k(n)adhe ar eshe
boshe na ekhon|
..........
mone hoy ektu egole
*modhuda-ke* dekha jabe barkosh hate;
hoyto ba *gobindo-babu'r* jonne alubhaja pauruti niye
ekhono dupur diye modhudar h(n)ete jaoa dorshon bibhager dike;
ekat-tor onek pechhone|
................
*hasan'er* trouser dheke shada jama
tuil'er potakar moto koi ore?
hat'er boi char forma'r--danga'r birudhhe--kon danga
karo mone pore?
*tajuddin* h(n)ete jeto medical colleg'er dike
dupur'er bhat khete--
e shohore ekhono ki dupure chhatro'ra
dol b(n)edhe name
moa machh noala'r jhhole?
.................
phere na *lohani* t(n)atibajar'er ghore--
obhidhane matha rekhe nidrito *khaled*,
*mustafa'ke* birokto na kore, mom jele lekhe na lohani ar
baydamar chore kono ek jhor'er kahini|
h(n)ati ami,
h(n)ete jay,
doya ney,
maya ney,
pae phoshka,
*abid* ekhane ney, doyagonjo theke
oporanhe chitkar kore nam dhore dake na she ar
amake ki *obaidullah-ke*|
*tasikul alam'er* hipe ek-i shonge chiruni o kak
kobey to ure gechhe........
This goes on. Shamsul Haque provides a name index at the end. If
you think this is interesting and cannot identify some of the
people I can type in a few more couplets (where a lot more
interesting characters are mentioned) and the name index.
shubhechha, Dipen
dipen bhattacharya
jainul: shilpacharja jainul abedin
ajit guha: jagan-nath college'r banglar adhhyapok; prayata
matin sir: adhhyapok abdul matin, jagan-nath college'r ingreji adhhyyapak;
prayata
madhuda: madhushudhan das, bishyabidyalaye cantin chalaten, ekat-tore
shohid
gobindobabu: darshonik gobindochandra deb, ekat-tore shohid
hasan: prayata kobi hasan hafizur rahman
tajuddin: shohid tajuddin ahmed, shadhin bangladesh shorkar'er prothom
prodhanmontri
lohani: proyato fajle lohani, ekshomoye t(n)atibajare thakten
khaled: khaled chowdhury, ponchash doshoke moukhik shahitya shomalochonay
onon-nyo bektit-tyo
mustafa: adhhyapok mustafa nurul islam, lekhok o shompadok
baidamar'er chor: kalponik ei chore sho-shito manush'er bidrohi hoye othar
kahini dirgho ek kobitay likhechhilen fajle lohani, ponchash
doshok'er majhamajhi
abid: abid hussein, ainjibi, proyato; bud-dhir mukti andolon'er on-nyotom
neta prabondhik abul hossen'er dityo putro
obaidullah: kobi abu zafar obaidullah
tasikul alam: kobi o shangbadik proyato tasikul alam| tar koyekti lin
ekhono purono bondura shoron korte parben--"rastay jachhilum,
dekhlum biplob/jig-gesh korlum,'hello, kemon achho?"
..pore aro likhbo