(1)
Bus ta eshe anekhhon themeche signal e. Poronto bikeler astomito surjer taaphin alota janla diye gaaye porate besh bhaloi lagchilo Rajarshi r. Baire takatei tar chokhe porlo Eden Gardens er alogulo. Pashei Aakashbani Bhavan. Aaj rastay ektu beshii bhir kenona shobe matro INDIA—WEST INDIES er tritiyo test er dwitiyo din er khela shesh hoyeche. Bus eo jathesto bhir. Tobe Rajarshi ekebare bus stand theke othay tar bosbar kono asubidha hoyni. Signal clear hoye gele bus chute chollo prochondo gotite. Pash diye hush hush kore beriye jachhe Mahunbagan math, East Bengal math, Maidan…..shobkichu. Shobematro November mash----ar tai er modhhei taratari shondhe hoye jete arombho koreche. Kintu shiter resh matro nei. Rajarshi aaj i Indore theke fireche. Office r kaje prayii take baire jete hoy. Ei niye tar strir shathe prochondo jhogra hoy. Kenona she swami r eirokom jibon thik mene nite pare na. She swapno dekhe ek sushtho, swasthokor jibon er------jekhane nei kono Ashanti, kono dukhho.
(2)
Calling bell er awaj ta ektu jorei hoyechilo. Kodin dhorei calling bell ta kharap hoyeche. Kono samay ekebarei baje na----abar kono samay emon jore baje je----------
“Ke…?”
“Ami, kholo..”
“Ohh tumi. Ta hoye gelo tomar office er kaaj..?”
“Keno hobe na…?...aaj i to ferar katha chilo. Tomay to bolei giyechilam.”
“Han bolechile…kintu kaal i je tomar kaaj shesh hoyeche tar ki kono proman ache..?”
“Ani….ki ja ta bokcho tumi..?”
“Aami thik ii bolchi…sotti katha bolle omni raag..tai na?...”
“Tomar ei faltu katha shonar bindumatro ichhe amar nei. Jodi paro to kichu khete dao. Aami hath-mukh dhuye ashchi.”
(3) [Anindita r katha]
Raat 12:30. Somosto para nijhum. Golfgreen jayga ta emnitei faka faka. Aar raat barle to katha i nei.
Anindita Chatterjee------Presidency College er Psychology bhibhager chatri. Porashona shesh howar por biye. Achena, ajana ek chele r shathe----naam Rajarshi. Tarpor shuru ei bibahito jibon. Tobe dampotto koloher fake fake abashho ache kichu hashi moshkora.
Shuye shuye ei shob iii bhabchilo Anindita. Hotat ii dorjar awaje tar chintabhrosto holo.
“Rajarshi…”
Nijer mone mone i bollo. “Eto raat re kothay jachhe…?”
“Dekhi kothay jay…?”
“Ohh maa o to telephon e katha bolche…eto raat re abar kar shathe dorkar holo..?”
(4)
“Kal ratre kake Phone korechile..?”
“Ka—ka—ke korbo abar..?...Phone eshechilo…wrong number…”
“Ohh tai bujhi etokhhon dhore katha bolchile…?”
“Tumi tahole shob shunecho..?”
“Ei byaparta bujhte eto samay laglo..?”
“Shono Ani tumi amay bhool bujhchho..”
“Aami kake bhool bujhbo aar kake noy…sheta tomay thik kore dite hobe na…”
“Ufff tumi tomar jhogra niyei thako…ami chollam office e…”
“Han esho. Ar tar shathe abar kono ekta Field e jaoar offer niye esho...”
“Han dorkar porle taiii anbo..”
(5) [Ekaki Rajarshi]
Rajarshi Chakrabarty---ekti naami bank er ekti uchu post e she chakri kore. Joubone she ekti meye ke bhalo basto. Naam Tamoghna. Kintu baba-maa r chap e she Anindita ke biye korte badhho hoy. Tobuo she bibahito jibon ke bhalo bhabei mene niyeche.
Kintu biyer bachor pachek por thekei she nijeke eka mone korte shuru koreche. Tar shonge tar strir durotto kromosho berei choleche. Keno je emon hochhe..?...
“Tobe ki ekdin Tamoghna r shathe rastay dekha howay katha bolchilam aar sheta o dekhe feleche..?”
“Noile hotat ii o emon shuru korbe keno?..Ei jibon aar shojhho hoy na. Amay ki o ektuo bhalobashe na..?”
(6)
Shobematro minute ponero hoyeche Puri station e eshe train themeche. Rajarshi eke eke shamasto maal potro namachhe. Pashe dariye Anindita. Shob namano hoye gele ta coolie r mathay chapiye ora jakhon baire elo takhon shobematro Puri r ghoom bhengeche. Kenona scheduled time er anek agei train eshe pouche geche. Station er baire eshe ekta auto te chepe ora aage theke book kora ekta hotel er uddeshhe rowna holo.
Hotel e pouche ektu bisram niye breakfast khete khete snan er samay hoye elo. Ora samdurer dhare giye dekhe anek bhir. Bahu lok er shomagom shekhane. Anindita k eek jaygay boshiye rekhe Rajarshi bollo
“Ektu bosho, ashchi.”
“Ekhon abar kothay jachho?”
“Ashchi, bosho na.”
Anindita boshe boshe samudrer ashanto roop dekhte laglo. Hotat ii or chokhe porlo je samudrer bhitore kichuta dure ekjon er haat ekbaar uthche aar namche.
“Rajarshi to anekhhon giyeche. Ekhono ashche na keno?.”….nijer mone mone i bollo she.
Samudrer bhitor theke oi haat dekhar por tar mone holo..ke jane oi haat Rajarshi r noy to?
She takhon choote gelo. “Please bachan. Ekjon dube jachhe”
Muhurter modhhe beach e shorgol pore gelo. Koekhhon er modhhei 4 jon nuliya neme porlo. Besh kichukhhon por tara ek dubonto byakti ke paar e tule niye elo----Rajarshi.
“E tumi ki korle go..? eto boro shasti tumi amay diye gele?..Ei paglamo korte tomay ke bolechilo?”
Shonge shonge koekjon mile take kacher ek hashpatal e niye gelo. Anindita naoa khaoa bhule sharakhhon hashpatal e boshe raat jagte laglo. Prochur sheba shushrusha r por char diner mathay Rajarshi bhalo hoye uthlo. Cho din pore hashpatal theke chara peye aro du din katiye tara fire jaoar upokrom korlo.
(7)
Howrah Junction. Charidike kolahol. Ei matro Puri Express eshe themeche. Rajarshi aar Anindita train theke namtei dekhte pelo prochur atmiyo-shojon esheche tader niye jete. Ashole Anindita r phone peye shakole udbigno chilo. Taar ii aboshaan ghotate shobai eshe uposthit hoyeche station e. Station theke beriye Rajarshi bollo
“Tumi chole jao, ami ashchi”
“Aabar tumi kothay jachho?”
“Aare chole ashbo ektu porei. Aar ta chara ami to ekhon shustho.”
“Shustho holeo kakhon je paglami chapbe ta to bola jay na”
“Aare na na. Tumi jao. Ami kichukhhon porei ashchi.”
Stree o atmiyo--shajon ra chole jaoar por Rajarshi chole elo Ganga r dhare.
Aaj she khub ii profullo. Ganga r dhar diye hat te hat te shitol batasher sporshe tar mon abar notun kore jege uthlo. Ei abhijaan e she abar notun kore tar stree ke chinte pereche. Rajarshi bujhte parlo je baire jotoi jhogra koruk na keno, taar stree r bhalobasha r gondi r baire she ekhono pouchayni. Dur e takhon ekta mosjid theke Aajan er sur bheshe ashche. Aaj je Shukrobaar.
Bus ta eshe anekhhon themeche signal e. Poronto bikeler astomito surjer taaphin alota janla diye gaaye porate besh bhaloi lagchilo Rajarshi r. Baire takatei tar chokhe porlo Eden Gardens er alogulo. Pashei Aakashbani Bhavan. Aaj rastay ektu beshii bhir kenona shobe matro INDIA—WEST INDIES er tritiyo test er dwitiyo din er khela shesh hoyeche. Bus eo jathesto bhir. Tobe Rajarshi ekebare bus stand theke othay tar bosbar kono asubidha hoyni. Signal clear hoye gele bus chute chollo prochondo gotite. Pash diye hush hush kore beriye jachhe Mahunbagan math, East Bengal math, Maidan…..shobkichu. Shobematro November mash----ar tai er modhhei taratari shondhe hoye jete arombho koreche. Kintu shiter resh matro nei. Rajarshi aaj i Indore theke fireche. Office r kaje prayii take baire jete hoy. Ei niye tar strir shathe prochondo jhogra hoy. Kenona she swami r eirokom jibon thik mene nite pare na. She swapno dekhe ek sushtho, swasthokor jibon er------jekhane nei kono Ashanti, kono dukhho.
(2)
Calling bell er awaj ta ektu jorei hoyechilo. Kodin dhorei calling bell ta kharap hoyeche. Kono samay ekebarei baje na----abar kono samay emon jore baje je----------
“Ke…?”
“Ami, kholo..”
“Ohh tumi. Ta hoye gelo tomar office er kaaj..?”
“Keno hobe na…?...aaj i to ferar katha chilo. Tomay to bolei giyechilam.”
“Han bolechile…kintu kaal i je tomar kaaj shesh hoyeche tar ki kono proman ache..?”
“Ani….ki ja ta bokcho tumi..?”
“Aami thik ii bolchi…sotti katha bolle omni raag..tai na?...”
“Tomar ei faltu katha shonar bindumatro ichhe amar nei. Jodi paro to kichu khete dao. Aami hath-mukh dhuye ashchi.”
(3) [Anindita r katha]
Raat 12:30. Somosto para nijhum. Golfgreen jayga ta emnitei faka faka. Aar raat barle to katha i nei.
Anindita Chatterjee------Presidency College er Psychology bhibhager chatri. Porashona shesh howar por biye. Achena, ajana ek chele r shathe----naam Rajarshi. Tarpor shuru ei bibahito jibon. Tobe dampotto koloher fake fake abashho ache kichu hashi moshkora.
Shuye shuye ei shob iii bhabchilo Anindita. Hotat ii dorjar awaje tar chintabhrosto holo.
“Rajarshi…”
Nijer mone mone i bollo. “Eto raat re kothay jachhe…?”
“Dekhi kothay jay…?”
“Ohh maa o to telephon e katha bolche…eto raat re abar kar shathe dorkar holo..?”
(4)
“Kal ratre kake Phone korechile..?”
“Ka—ka—ke korbo abar..?...Phone eshechilo…wrong number…”
“Ohh tai bujhi etokhhon dhore katha bolchile…?”
“Tumi tahole shob shunecho..?”
“Ei byaparta bujhte eto samay laglo..?”
“Shono Ani tumi amay bhool bujhchho..”
“Aami kake bhool bujhbo aar kake noy…sheta tomay thik kore dite hobe na…”
“Ufff tumi tomar jhogra niyei thako…ami chollam office e…”
“Han esho. Ar tar shathe abar kono ekta Field e jaoar offer niye esho...”
“Han dorkar porle taiii anbo..”
(5) [Ekaki Rajarshi]
Rajarshi Chakrabarty---ekti naami bank er ekti uchu post e she chakri kore. Joubone she ekti meye ke bhalo basto. Naam Tamoghna. Kintu baba-maa r chap e she Anindita ke biye korte badhho hoy. Tobuo she bibahito jibon ke bhalo bhabei mene niyeche.
Kintu biyer bachor pachek por thekei she nijeke eka mone korte shuru koreche. Tar shonge tar strir durotto kromosho berei choleche. Keno je emon hochhe..?...
“Tobe ki ekdin Tamoghna r shathe rastay dekha howay katha bolchilam aar sheta o dekhe feleche..?”
“Noile hotat ii o emon shuru korbe keno?..Ei jibon aar shojhho hoy na. Amay ki o ektuo bhalobashe na..?”
(6)
Shobematro minute ponero hoyeche Puri station e eshe train themeche. Rajarshi eke eke shamasto maal potro namachhe. Pashe dariye Anindita. Shob namano hoye gele ta coolie r mathay chapiye ora jakhon baire elo takhon shobematro Puri r ghoom bhengeche. Kenona scheduled time er anek agei train eshe pouche geche. Station er baire eshe ekta auto te chepe ora aage theke book kora ekta hotel er uddeshhe rowna holo.
Hotel e pouche ektu bisram niye breakfast khete khete snan er samay hoye elo. Ora samdurer dhare giye dekhe anek bhir. Bahu lok er shomagom shekhane. Anindita k eek jaygay boshiye rekhe Rajarshi bollo
“Ektu bosho, ashchi.”
“Ekhon abar kothay jachho?”
“Ashchi, bosho na.”
Anindita boshe boshe samudrer ashanto roop dekhte laglo. Hotat ii or chokhe porlo je samudrer bhitore kichuta dure ekjon er haat ekbaar uthche aar namche.
“Rajarshi to anekhhon giyeche. Ekhono ashche na keno?.”….nijer mone mone i bollo she.
Samudrer bhitor theke oi haat dekhar por tar mone holo..ke jane oi haat Rajarshi r noy to?
She takhon choote gelo. “Please bachan. Ekjon dube jachhe”
Muhurter modhhe beach e shorgol pore gelo. Koekhhon er modhhei 4 jon nuliya neme porlo. Besh kichukhhon por tara ek dubonto byakti ke paar e tule niye elo----Rajarshi.
“E tumi ki korle go..? eto boro shasti tumi amay diye gele?..Ei paglamo korte tomay ke bolechilo?”
Shonge shonge koekjon mile take kacher ek hashpatal e niye gelo. Anindita naoa khaoa bhule sharakhhon hashpatal e boshe raat jagte laglo. Prochur sheba shushrusha r por char diner mathay Rajarshi bhalo hoye uthlo. Cho din pore hashpatal theke chara peye aro du din katiye tara fire jaoar upokrom korlo.
(7)
Howrah Junction. Charidike kolahol. Ei matro Puri Express eshe themeche. Rajarshi aar Anindita train theke namtei dekhte pelo prochur atmiyo-shojon esheche tader niye jete. Ashole Anindita r phone peye shakole udbigno chilo. Taar ii aboshaan ghotate shobai eshe uposthit hoyeche station e. Station theke beriye Rajarshi bollo
“Tumi chole jao, ami ashchi”
“Aabar tumi kothay jachho?”
“Aare chole ashbo ektu porei. Aar ta chara ami to ekhon shustho.”
“Shustho holeo kakhon je paglami chapbe ta to bola jay na”
“Aare na na. Tumi jao. Ami kichukhhon porei ashchi.”
Stree o atmiyo--shajon ra chole jaoar por Rajarshi chole elo Ganga r dhare.
Aaj she khub ii profullo. Ganga r dhar diye hat te hat te shitol batasher sporshe tar mon abar notun kore jege uthlo. Ei abhijaan e she abar notun kore tar stree ke chinte pereche. Rajarshi bujhte parlo je baire jotoi jhogra koruk na keno, taar stree r bhalobasha r gondi r baire she ekhono pouchayni. Dur e takhon ekta mosjid theke Aajan er sur bheshe ashche. Aaj je Shukrobaar.
