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.
āĻāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
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 āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ§āĻāĻŋāĻžāĻāĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻā§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§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ˛āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŋā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻā§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻ¨ā§ā§āĨ¤
However, it cannot stop peopleâs desire to meet their family, in-laws, or friends. What makes people rush for their homes in spite of serious hazards?
āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§ā§ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻˇāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻžāĻŦāĻš āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžā§āĻž?
This is the pull of the roots. Do human beings have roots like the trees? The answer is âyesâ but unlike the roots of the trees they are invisible, they lie in our minds.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĨ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§? āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨ā§, āĻ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯, āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĨ¤
Itâs 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.
āĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§ā§, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋ-āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°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. Itâs our roots that develop our identity making us what we are.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§ā§, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻā§ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§ā§ 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.
āĻāĻ° āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻšā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§ 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¯āĻāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻ§, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
They donât know where they are from, and/or where they are heading towards. This often makes them feel empty and lost.
āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĨāĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§, āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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) |
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