Expression by Ritwik from US on 24th September, 2008 Website: http://www.banglalive.com (Following are in Romanized script of Bengali language) Par-par onekgulo paataa poRe fellaam. onek kiChhu sikhlaam. onek kiChhu jaanlaam. aami kaaror saathe tarke jaabonaa, kintu kiChhu kothaa bolte chaai. bhool hole maaf kore dio. sabaaikei tumi bolChhi kintu. dharmo aar desh puro byaapaartaa bes ‘debatable’. dharmor saathe desher sotti kono samparko aaChhe bole to aamaar mone hoynaa. baa thaakleo dharmo mene desh chalenaa. aar maanush nijer kaajke ‘justify’ baa ‘explain’ koraar jonne desh baa dharmer aashroy naey. dharmo maane koyektaa niyom, kiChhu ‘basic principle’. jeguloke bibhinno raasTronetaa baa dharmoguru nijeder moto kore goRe naey, paalTe naey. maanush nijer ‘principle’ mene cholle kono dharmer-i kono darkaar nei, jodi sotti ‘secular nation’ goRte hoy taahole dharmo byapaartaake ‘irrelevant’ naa holeo ‘secondary’ kore dite hobe. aar dharmo niye kaTaaqxo koraa bondho korte hobe. aasole santraasbaadiraao aktaa lukonor jaaygaa khonje. dharmo oder aashroy. desher byapaartaao ak-i rakom. oTaao aar akTaa ‘concept’. bhaarat naamak mohaan desher dhaaronaaTaao nehaat-i akTaa dhaaronaa. itihaas poRe dekho, kakhonoi bhaarat desh bole kiChhu Chhilo naa. ChhoTo ChhoTo raajya Chhilo. aanugotto-o Chhilo serokom-i bibhakto. desh maatrikaa kintu sotti-i kobir (baa Abon Thakurer) kalpanaa. kobi bole geChhen bolei “bibidher maajhe dekho milano mahaan” hobe eTaa sotti noy. aami duTo ‘logic’e bissaasi. ‘global citizen’ hisaabe dekhle aami ‘Houston’ aar ‘Bangalore’er moddhe sotti-i kono paarthokko paainaa. aar ‘local’ jodi bolo tahole aami aamaar graamer kothaai bhaabi. kolkaataate aami kakhono thaakini, kintu baangaali bolei kolkaataa niye aahaa aahaa korte hobe eTaateo aamaar bissaas nei. baanglaate kothaa bollei kew jokhon jigges kore kolkaataate tomaar kothaay baaRi takhon birokto-i laage. aamaar mone hoyeChhe ei (baanglaa – kolkaataa), (‘India’ – hindi), (santraasbaad – dharmo) ‘grouping’gulo akdom akirakom. goTaa deshe jigges kore dekhte paaro, desh bolte aamraa ki bujhi? akTaa toiri koraa simaarekhaa? jodi sudhu taai hoy taahole aami desh maani naa. jodi desher maanusho hoy taahole boloto ki kore bhaarat er saathe onno akTaa desh ke aalaadaa korbe? ‘race’, ‘religion’ ‘language’ ‘culture’ diye aalaadaa koraa cholbenaa. jodi ogulo diye aalaadaa korte hoy, taahole bhaarat er moddhe onek desh aaChhe. bhaarat ke bhenge dilei hoy. aamaar kothaaTaa bojhaate paarlaam bodh hoy. ‘proper debate’e aamaar aapotti nei. aaro kothaa bolte paarle khusi-i hobo. ei paataar sabaar saathe bondhutto korte chaai. lekhaa poRe sobaaikei chini jodio. Ritwik | ekta gram | US
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