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Unit:12 Lesson : 1 (B); My Roots

Eid is the main religious festival of the Muslims in Bangladeh. Eid means happiness. Everyone wants to share this happiness with their near and dear ones.

āĻˆāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻˆāĻĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

So most of the people, who are living outside their home for different reasons have a strong desire to get back home during the Eid vacations.

āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ§āĻ•āĻŋāĻžāĻ‚āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻˆāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤

As a result, there is a mad rush in the buses, trains, or launches for the home-bound people. This often causes transport accidents that take away many lives.

āĻ¸ā§‡āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡, āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ˛āĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĢā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ­āĻŋā§œ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ āĻ•ā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤

However, it cannot stop people’s desire to meet their family, in-laws, or friends. What makes people rush for their homes in spite of serious hazards?

āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ“, āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻˇāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ­ā§ŸāĻžāĻŦāĻš āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžā§œāĻž?

This is the pull of the roots. Do human beings have roots like the trees? The answer is ‘yes’ but unlike the roots of the trees they are invisible, they lie in our minds.

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡? āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¨ā§Ÿ, āĻ āĻ…āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯, āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĨ¤

It’s these roots that make a bond between us and family members, inlaws, friends, neighbours or even between us and the land where we were born and grew up.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯, āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻŦā§œ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ-āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

In that sense our families, land of birth, relatives, our culture, traditions, or surroundings are our roots. And wherever we stay, we have a continuous pull of our roots. It’s our roots that develop our identity making us what we are.

āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ°āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ•ā§€ā§ŸāĻ¤āĻž āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤

When we lose that bond, we become rootless. Human beings who do not have any root or contexts, are non entity.

āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œāĻšā§€āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻšā§€āĻ¨āĨ¤

In other words, they do not have their own identity. Such persons are devoid of values, humanity, and social responsibilities.

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§Ÿ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§‹āĻ§, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤

They don’t know where they are from, and/or where they are heading towards. This often makes them feel empty and lost.

āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻž āĻĨāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ§āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ“ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

01.  Festival (n)

02.  Near and dear ones (n)

03.  Vacation (n)

04.  Rush (n)

05.  Take away (v)

06.  Desire (n)

07.  Invisible (adj)

08.  Surroundings (n)

09.  Rootless (adj)

10.  Empty (adj)

11.  Root (n)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§Ļā§§.āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻœāĻ¨

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļ

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ, āĻ­āĻŋā§œ

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ•ā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž, āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻ†āĻļāĻž, āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻž

ā§Ļā§­. āĻ…āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļ

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āĻ¨, āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯

ā§§ā§§. āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§œ, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛