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Unit: 12 Lesson: 4 (B); In search of identity

Dear Avajon
Often I’m so sorry to see the footpaths occupied by floating people. They are living in some makeshift houses.

āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻŸāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻ–āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ– āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ•ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

I simply cannot think how father, mother grandfather, grandmother and kids are living in such a tiny place. Within few yards in their possession they are sleeping, socializing, cooking and even beautifying themselves.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻœāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž, āĻŽāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻ—āĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§ŒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

These people are living in such an inhuman condition! This cannot be the picture of life in a civilized society.

āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ŸÂ  āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ­ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

Also they are polluting the area. They are the least bothered about their health and hygiene. Out of my curiosity, I talked to some of these people.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‚āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻšā§‡āĻ¤āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

They have their own home and identity at their own village. They are here thinking that the city life will make their life better.

āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

What an irony! Can’t the society or the state do anything for these people? However, I must admit that I’m amazed to see how they sometimes tidy up the place especially in the evening!!

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ° āĻ•ā§€ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸! āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœ āĻŦāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž? āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Home, sweet home after all !

āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž

Mithun

āĻŽāĻŋāĻ ā§āĻ¨

 

Dear Mithun

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ ā§āĻ¨

I understand your concern. Human flow from the rural areas to the urban areas is a big social problem in many countries like ours.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ— āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§œā§‹ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĨ¤

These floating people are definitely a burden to the cities where they migrate. When the number is huge, it is difficult for any state to rehabilitate them quickly.

āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡-āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤

See from the other side. The people you have referred to have lost their roots and they are unable to assimilate in the new culture.

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‹āĻŖ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ› āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

May be many of them are attracted by the gloss of the cities, but I’m sure it was a need to many others. People become rootless sometimes due to climate change, river erosion, social discrepancies, or
poverty.

āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§ŒāĻ˛ā§āĻ¸ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨, āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§ˆāĻˇāĻŽā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

However, you cannot solve this problem overnight. But you can take steps to improve their lifestyle.

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ  āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§ŸāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĨ¤

Why don’t you form a committee with other young people in your locality that will teach them basic health, hygiene, and ethics? It may better their life as well as help you minimize pollution.

āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ°Â  āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽā§ŒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‡? āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻĻā§‚āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Give it a try.

āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĨ¤

Yours Avajon

āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ­āĻžāĻœāĻ¨

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

01.  Occupy (v)

02.  Tiny (adj)

03.  Possession (n)

04.  Beautify (v)

05.  Inhuman (adj)

06.  Erosion (n)

07.  Curiosity (n)

08.  Identity (n)

09.  Tidy (adj)

10.  Concern (v/n)

11.  Huge (adj)

12.  Rehabilitate (v)

13.  Charm (n)

14.  Discrepancy (n)

15.  Minimize (v)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§Ļā§§. āĻĻāĻ–āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸā§‹

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻ…āĻ˛āĻ‚āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ°

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§Ÿ, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ¨

ā§Ļā§­. āĻ•ā§ŒāĻ¤ā§‚āĻšāĻ˛, āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻš

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ

ā§§ā§Ļ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ—

ā§§ā§§. āĻŦā§œā§‹, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛

ā§§ā§¨. āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦā§ˆāĻˇāĻŽā§āĻ¯

ā§§ā§Ģ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹