SSC Unit 7 Lesson 1 Zainul Abedin, the greatest artist
Zainul Abedin (29 December, 1914-28 May, 1976) was a Bangladeshi painter. He had an extraordinary talent and was internationally recognized for his paintings. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings on the great man-made famine in Bengal during British Colonial rule.
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He played a vital role in the art movement in Bangladesh and was the founding Principal of the Government Institute of Arts (Now Faculty of Fine Arts) at University of Dhaka. His paintings on Bengal Famine are considered as his most characteristic works.
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His homeland honoured him with the title âShilpacharyaâ, or the great teacher of arts for his artistic and visionary qualities. He was a pioneer of the modern art movement and was rightly considered as the founding father of Bangladeshi modern arts.
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Abedin was born in Kishoreganj on 29 December, 1914. He spent most of his childhood near the scenic banks of the Brahmaputra River. The river and the open nature inspired him for his early life.
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The Brahmaputra later appeared in many of his paintings and remained a source of inspiration throughout the career. As his tribute to the river Brahmaputra, he drew a series of water colour paintings in this regard.
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This helped him earn Governorâs Gold Medal in All India Exhibition in 1938. This was the first time when he came under spotlight and this award gave Abedin the confidence to create his own visual style.
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Abedin got admitted to the Government School of art Calcutta (Now Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, India). Here he learned European academic style for five years. Later he joined the faculty of the same school after his graduation.
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He was the first Muslim student to obtain âFirst Classâ with distinction from the school. In 1951, Zainul went to London to study at Slade School of Art for two years.
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From the dissatisfaction of oriental style and the limitations of European academic style, he was attracted to realism. After his return from London, he started a new style called âBengali Style.â
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Later he realized the limitations of âBengali Styleâ. Therefore, he went back to nature, rural life and the daily struggles of men to make art that would be realistic but modern in appearance.
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In 1943, he painted a series of sketches on the man-made famine, which had spread throughout Bengal. The famine killed thousands of people. The devastation of the famine on cheap packing paper.
ā§§ā§¯ā§Ēā§Š āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯-āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻāĻļāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžā§āĻž āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŽā§ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸āĻ¯āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
The series of those sketches are known as âFamine Sketchâ. Through those sketches, he drew the helplessness and deprivation of the poor people, their miseries and death without having food. He painted those starving people who were dying by the roadside.
āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŖāĻž, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻ° āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
These sketches are his most remarkable works, which spread his name and fame around the world as a famous and humanitarian artist. Abedin not only documented the famine but also showed its sinister face through skeletal figures of people fated to die of starvation.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ, āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
He depicted the inhuman story with very human emotions.  These drawings became iconic images of human sufferings. These sketches helped him to find his way into a realistic approach that focused on human sufferings, struggle and protest.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§- āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Through a 65 feet scroll, he depicted the mass movement of 1969 and with a 30 feet scroll painting called âMonpuraâ: he showed the devastating cyclone of 1970 and the sufferings of the people. Through the latter sketch, he remembered the people who died in that calamity.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ ā§Ŧā§Ģ āĻĢā§āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ŧā§¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŖ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻĢā§āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§Ļ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
In 1975, Zainul Abedin set up a folk museum at Sonargaon and a gallery in Mymensingh named Shilpacharya Zanul Abedin Museum. He became Actively involved in a movement to preserve the heritage of Bengal and reintroduced Bengal art from the roots of Bengali culture. He passed away on 26 May, 1976 in Dhaka.
ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§Ģ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ- āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¨-āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŽā§ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻžā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
1.Extraordinary (adj) 2.Talent (n) 3.Recognize (v) 4.Famine (n) 5.Vital (adj) 6.Visionary (adj) 7.Pioneer (n) 8.Scenic (adj) 9.Inspiration (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1.āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ 2.āĻŽā§āĻ§āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻž 3.āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž 4.āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇ 5.āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ 6.āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ 7.āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ¤, āĻĒāĻĨāĻŋāĻā§ā§ 8.āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§ 9.āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻž |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
10. Tribute (n)
11. Spotlight (n) 12. Visual (adj) 13. Faculty (n) 14. Distinction (n) 15. Oriental (adj) 16. Limitation (n) 17. Realism (n) 18. Struggle (n) 19. Realize (v) |
ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻļā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž
ā§§ā§§. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° ā§§ā§¨. āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¸, āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ā§§ā§Š. āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻĻ ā§§ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§ ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ ā§§ā§. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ ā§§ā§¯. āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
20. Realistic (adj)
21. Man-made (Phrase) 22. Famine (n) 23. Devastating (n) 24. Touch (v) 25. Deprivation (n) 26. Miseries (n) 27. Starve (v) 28. Name and Fame (Phrase) 29. Humanitarian (adj) |
ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ
ā§¨ā§§. āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯-āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻ ā§¨ā§¨. āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇ ā§¨ā§Š. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ° ā§¨ā§Ē. āĻ¨āĻžā§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž ā§¨ā§Ģ. āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž ā§¨ā§Ŧ. āĻĻā§āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻž ā§¨ā§. āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž ā§¨ā§Ž. āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ ā§¨ā§¯. āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
30. Document (v)
31. Sinister (adj) 32. Skeletal (adj) 33. Figure (n) 34. Depict (v) 35. Inhuman (adj) 36. Emotion (n) 37. Iconic (adj) 38. Movement (n) 39. Realistic (adj) |
ā§Šā§Ļ. āĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
ā§Šā§§. āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¸ ā§Šā§¨. āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° ā§Šā§Š. āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ ā§Šā§Ē. āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž/ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Šā§Ģ. āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ ā§Šā§Ŧ. āĻāĻŦā§āĻ ā§Šā§. āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇ/ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° ā§Šā§Ž. āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ ā§Šā§¯. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
40. Approach (n)
41. Focus (v) 42. Calamity (n) 43. Preserve (v) 44. Heritage (n) |
ā§Ēā§Ļ. āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ / āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ
ā§Ēā§§. āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž/ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ ā§Ēā§¨. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§/ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ā§ā§āĻ ā§Ēā§Š. āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ēā§Ē. āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° |