UNIT 4 Lesson 4(B) The Story of Lipi
In the next class Ms Choudhury tells her students the story of Lipi. In brief the story is like this: The year before last, Lipi, a 14-year old girl, had been in class 9 in a rural school in Rangpur.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ°, ā§§ā§Ē āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ, āĻ°āĻāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŽ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤
Lipi is the eldest of five children—three daughters and two sons. Their father is a day labourer working on other peopleâs land and mother is a homemaker and a part-time worker at other peopleâs houses.
āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§ā§- āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĨ¤
The parents, particularly the mother, found it real difficult to raise five children on the small income the father could earn.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžā§ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻā§ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
Perhaps that is why Lipiâs father wanted to marry her off. But Lipi was not ready to accept what her parents wanted to impose on her.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĻ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
She wanted to pursue her education. So long her mother stood by her, though secretly. But when her father arranged her marriage with Tara Mia, the only son of a farmer in the same village, she became a little upset.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋā§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
Tara Mia was a widowerâilliterate, but well off. His father had a few acres of arable land and was influential in the village. The marriage seemed to be inevitable.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ-āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§ā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤
Lipi first talked with her classmates and then with the Headteacher, who was very sympathetic to her. He called a meeting of the teachers and students of the school.
āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Also the school managing committee members, some respectable persons of the village, Lipiâs and Tara Miaâs fathers attended the meeting.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻžā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋā§āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
The Head teacher explained in detail the serious consequences that would follow Lipiâs marriage. She would be having children from her very early age — 15 or 16.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¸ā§ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻž ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
It would create constant health hazards to her. Her education would stop. And on top of all, her marriage against her will might shatter her future dream.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻšā§ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
At one stage, Tara Miaâs father stood up and tried to argue, âYou are all making mistakes. Lipi would be very happy if she got married with Tara Mia.
āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋā§āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ âāĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋā§ā§ āĻšā§āĨ¤
She would have everything—money, clothes, home and status in the society. Why are you trying to deprive her of this opportunity?â
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§ —– āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨?
But no, the big majority, who attended the meeting, supported the Headteacher. Lipiâs marriage was called off. She is now studying at Carmichael College, Rangpur.
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻžāĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
1.In brief (Adv. Phr) 2.Rural (adj) 3.Day Labourer (N) 4.Homemaker (n) 5.Particularly (adv) 6.Raise (v) 7.Marry (v) 8.Accept (v) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1.āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§ 2.āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖ 3.āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŽāĻā§āĻ° 4.āĻā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŖā§ 5.āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ 6.āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž 7.āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž 8.āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
09. Impose (v) 10. Arrange (v) 11. Upset (adj) 12. Illiterate (Adj) 13. Well off (Adj.phr) 14. Arable (adj) 15. Influential (adj) 16. Inevitable (adj) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
ā§¯. āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ ā§§ā§§. āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ ā§§ā§¨. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻļ ā§§ā§Š āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻāĻžāĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§ ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ ā§§ā§. āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
17. Sympathetic (adj) 18. Attended (v) 19. Consequence (n) 20. Constant (adj) 21. Hazards (n) 22. Shatter (v) 23. Deprive (v) 24. Majority (n) 25. Called off (Adj. Phr) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
ā§§ā§. āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ˛ ā§§ā§Ž. āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ā§§ā§¯. āĻĢāĻ˛ ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§ā§ ā§¨ā§§. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ ā§¨ā§¨. āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻž ā§¨ā§Š. āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§¨ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž |