Unit: 12; Lesson- 2 (D); My Roots 2
Mainul Islam is a qualified farmer in Naogaon. Mr Islam was very brilliant as a student. He took his higher education from Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh.
āĻŽāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛Â āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻˇāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ§āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
After completing his higher education Mainul came back home and started advanced farming. He has two other brothers who are graduates in different areas.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
The specialty of the Islam family is that they all are living in their village and all have fame in their own fields. His younger brother, who is a Rajshahi University graduate, is a science teacher in a local school.
āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ°ā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻļāĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĨ¤
His youngest brother is a social science graduate and he too would like to start a local NGO to work for this area. When asked âWhat makes you decide to stay here in this village?â,
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ (āĻŦā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§, “āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Mr Islam smiled.He said, âLook, itâs true that we could leave this village for a city life. I could be an officer or my brother could be a bureaucrat.
āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻšā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, “āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§, āĻļāĻšā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§ āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
But it didnât attract us. We are sons of this soil. Yes, we have education but does education prepare a person only to be an officer?
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§?
Donât we have any obligation to the soil that has made us what we are?â He also added that every educated individual shouldnât be a job seeker.
āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¯ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§? āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĨ¤
He continued that since his discipline was Agriculture, after his education he took the occupation of a farmer. In response to the question whether they have any frustrations to live in a village, he confirmed that they were very pleased with their life.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻžā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āĻž āĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ°ā§ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž- āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°Â āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤
He said, âI work in my own farm, stay with my family members, pass time with my old friends, and sleep at my own home. All these count a lot.â
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, ” āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤”
Mr Islam is right. Many people go to cities and forget or loosen their roots knowingly or unknowingly. Mr Islam and his brothers are great – they never forgot their roots.
āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨- āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
They not only stuck to their own roots, they have been torch bearers for others to be respectful of their own roots.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŦāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻļā§āĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
01. Qualified (adj) 02. Brilliant (adj) 03. Specially (n) 04. Renowned (adj) 05. Bureaucrat (n) 06. Discipline (n) 07. Frustration (n) 08. Confirm (v) 09. Loosen (v) 10. Stuck (v) 11. Touch Bearer (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
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