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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.

āĻŽāĻˆāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛Â  āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻ“āĻ—āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§‡āĻ§āĻžāĻŦā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿ, āĻŽā§ŸāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻš āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻšāĻ¤āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°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 āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ• āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§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.

āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻļāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ• āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ•āĨ¤

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 “What makes you decide to stay here in this village?”,

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ• āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻāĻ¨āĻœāĻŋāĻ“ (āĻŦā§‡āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ,  “āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Mr Islam smiled.He said, “Look, it’s true that we could leave this village for a city life. I could be an officer or my brother could be a bureaucrat.

āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻšā§‡āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻļāĻšā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

But it didn’t attract us. We are sons of this soil. Yes, we have education but does education prepare a person only to be an officer?

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ?

Don’t we have any obligation to the soil that has made us what we are?” He also added that every educated individual shouldn’t be a job seeker.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡? āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤

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§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻĒā§œāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻŦā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž- āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°Â  āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤

He said, “I 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.”

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, ” āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§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.

āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻšā§‡āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§‡āĻšāĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļā§‡āĻ•ā§œ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻ˛āĻ—āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨- āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļā§‡āĻ•ā§œ 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¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļā§‡āĻ•ā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŦāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻļā§‡āĻ•ā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻļā§€āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛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°

ā§Ļā§§. āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻŽā§‡āĻ§āĻžāĻŦā§€

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤, āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ†āĻŽāĻ˛āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ

ā§Ļā§­. āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ—ā§‡ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛

ā§§ā§§. āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻšāĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€