Saturday, January 15, 2022

Happily humbled

The humble looking person with whom I am sharing the photo is Sonada, a very ordinary looking person who drives his auto in some South Calcutta route. But behind this apparently humble look, there resides a noble soul to whom I will be ever grateful. This is so as this person actually kept my cell in his custody securely for a little less than 2 hours before returning it safely to me after I left it in his vehicle while alighting in Golpark today morning. Yes, I had inadvertently left my cell near Golpark while I was on my way doing errands in the neighbourhood. When I realised, quite a few minutes past, I was shell shocked and was not clear what to do. I prayed to God and tried to think what can I do. I requested a nearby shopkeeper to lend me his phone so that I can try contacting my lost cell. But it seemed that his required recharging. Fortunately a shopkeeper of Mio Amore, whom I approached soon after, helped me immensely. Praying feverishly to 🙏The Almighty, as I tried calling my cell, it continued ringing the 1st time but was answered in the 2nd.
The auto driver, Sonada, was already on his return journey and was kilometres apart from me. But, he assured that he will be plying on the same route and if I can communicate with him after around another hour, will return it while on his way in the route. Thanking him and hanging up and sharing the contact details with the Mio Amore shopkeeper, I rushed to my home and waited with baited breath for another hour.
Previously I had witnessed the ill wishes of a private vehicle driver who had tried stealing a cell lying on his backseat and was quite apprehensive even after the calm assurances of Sonada. But brushing aside all these bad doubts and sticking ever true to his words, this honest individual continuously kept answering my calls, updating his whereabouts in his regular route and returned my device containing my albums and banking details safe and sound within a couple of hours. As I thanked him profusely, he just told that anybody in his line of work would have done the same. We parted with smiling faces but mine was that of relief while his was of contentment after completing a selfless act to drive a complete stranger happy.
Folks like Sonada make this world a better place to live and blesses mankind with happiness and belief! My heartfelt wishes for Sonada and his dear ones, may 🙏The Almighty keep him in good health.

Thursday, January 13, 2022

āĻ—োāϰা....āĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ

āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞী āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্āϰেāχ āĻ—োāϝ়েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻĒোāĻ•া! āφāϰ āϰāĻšāϏ্āϝ āϰোāĻŽাāĻž্āϚ āϧাāϰাāĻŦাāĻšিāĻ• āĻšāϞে āϤো āĻ•āĻĨাāχ āύেāχ, āϟি āφāϰ āĻĒি āĻāĻŽāύি āĻāĻŽāύি āĻŦেāĻĄ়ে āϝাāĻŦে। āϜাāύা āĻ•āĻĨা āϝে āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻļেāώে āĻ—োāϝ়েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ িāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒāϰাāϧী āϧāϰে āĻĢেāϞāĻŦে। āϤāĻŦুāĻ“ āĻ—োāϝ়েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻŽোāϘ āφāĻ•āϰ্āώāĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞী āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্āϰে।  āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻ•ি, āĻ…āύেāĻ•āϟা āĻāχ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖেāχ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ—োāϰা āĻĻেāĻ–াāϰ āϏূāϤ্āϰāĻĒাāϤ। āφāϰো āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻ›িāϞ, āϤāĻŦে āĻ—ৌāĻŖ - āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ•। āĻāχ āĻ­āĻĻ্āϰāϞোāĻ•েāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāύ⧟ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦেāĻļ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰে āϤিāύি āĻ•ি āĻ•āϰেāύ āϏেāϟা āĻĻেāĻ–াāϰ āφāϞাāĻĻা āĻ•āϰে āĻŦাāϏāύা āĻ›িāϞ। āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻŦ্āϝোāĻŽāĻ•েāĻļেāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ…āϜিāϤেāϰ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰে āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›ি। āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ•েāĻŽāύ āĻĻেāĻ–āĻŦ āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ। āϤāĻŦে āĻŽুāϞāϤঃ āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϰ āϟাāύেāχ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏিāϰিāϜāϟা āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰি।

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦে āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝে āĻĒāĻĻাāϰ্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰেāχ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϟা āĻ–āϤāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āφāĻ—েāχ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ—ৌāĻŖ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝāϟাāχ āφāϏāϞ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ—েāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϏিāϜāύāϟি āĻļেāώ āĻšāĻŦাāϰ āφāĻ—েāχ āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϚāĻ•্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āĻ…āĻ­িāύীāϤ āĻ—োāϰা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāϟি āĻāϤāϟাāχ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻĒ্āϰাāϧাāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĒে⧟ে āĻ—েāϞ āϝে, āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒে āϝāĻĻি āĻ—āϰুāĻ•ে āĻ—াāĻ›ে āϚ⧜াāύো āĻĻেāĻ–াāύোāĻ“ āĻšāϤ, āφāĻŽি āϤāĻŦুāĻ“ āĻŦāϏে āĻŦāϏে āϤাāχ āĻĻেāĻ–āϤাāĻŽ। āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϏ্āĻŦāϤঃāϏ্āĻĢূāϰ্āϤ āĻ…āĻ­িāύ⧟ āφāĻŽি āĻļেāώ āĻ•াāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›ি āϜাāύি āύা। āĻŦেāϏুāϰো āĻ—াāύ āĻĒাāĻ—āϞা, āϏাāĻ™্āϘাāϤিāĻ• āĻ–্āϝাāĻĒাāϟে, āĻĒ্āϰāϚāύ্āĻĄ āĻ­ুāϞো, āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŽāύে āύা āϰাāĻ–āϤে āĻĒাāϰা, āϜāĻ—āϤেāϰ āϝাāĻŦāϤী⧟ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•āϤা āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧে āωāĻĻাāϏীāύ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤীāĻŦ্āϰ āύāϜāϰ āφāϰ āϤীāĻ•্āώ্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻļ্āϞেāώāĻŖী āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰী āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰে āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻ—ো⧜াāϤেāχ āĻĢাāϟাāĻĢাāϟি। āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āϏāϤ্āϝি āĻ•āϰে āĻŦāϞāϞে āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĢাāϟাāĻĢাāϟিāϟা āφāĻŽি āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ•āĻ•ে āĻŦāϞāϞাāĻŽ āύা āĻ—োāϰা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāϟাāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞāϞাāĻŽ āϏেāϟা āĻ িāĻ• āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦো āύা। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻ—োāϰা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāϟাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻŽিāĻļে āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ āϝে āφāϞাāĻĻা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āϞাāĻ—āĻŦে! āϏāϤ্āϝি āĻŦāϞāĻ›ি āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒāϟা⧟ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āύেāχ āϝাāϤে āĻāĻ•ে āϰুāĻĻ্āϧāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĒ্āϞāϟ āĻŦāϞা āϝা⧟, āωāĻĒāϰāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ•āϟি āϜা⧟āĻ—া⧟ āĻŦাāϞāĻ•āϏুāϞāĻ­ āĻ—āĻŖ্āĻĄāĻ—োāϞ āφāϰ āĻ…āϤি āϏāϰāϞীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āφāĻ›ে āϝেāϟা āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒে āĻŦেāĻļ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•āϟু। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাāĻ“ āĻŦāϞāĻ›ি, āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāĻ—ুāϞি āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ•েāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāύ⧟ āφāϰ āĻĒ্āϞāϟেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āĻ—āϤিāϰ āĻĻৌāϞāϤে āϝেāύ āĻāĻ• āϟুāĻ•āϰো āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦাāϤাāϏ āωāĻĒāĻšাāϰ āĻĻি⧟েāĻ›ে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ। āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒে āĻšাāϏ্āϝāϰāϏেāϰ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻŽিāĻļ্āϰāĻŖ āφāϜāĻ•াāϞ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝা⧟ āύা। āĻ•োāĻĨাāĻ“ āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ• āϰāĻ•āĻŽেāϰ āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻšā§Ÿে āϝা⧟ āϤো āĻ•োāĻĨাāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽāχ āĻ…āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻŽāϜা āφāĻ›ে āϤো āĻŦāϟেāχ, āϝেāĻ–াāύāĻ—ুāϞো āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻšā§Ÿে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϤ āϏেāχ āϜা⧟āĻ—াāĻ—ুāϞোāϤেāĻ“ āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­িāύ⧟েāϰ āĻ…āϏাāĻŽাāύ্āϝāϤা⧟ āĻšā§Ÿে āωāĻ েāĻ›ে āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•। āĻŽāϜাāϰ āĻŽো⧜āĻ•ে āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļিāϤ āϏাāĻšাāύা āĻĻāϤ্āϤেāϰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϰ āϰāĻšāϏ্āϝ āϤাāϰ āĻ—াāĻŽ্āĻ­ীāϰ্āϝ āϤো āĻšাāϰা⧟āύি, āĻŦāϰং āĻšā§Ÿে āωāĻ েāĻ›ে āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻŦāύ্āϤ āĻ“ āϏāϜীāĻŦ। āϝেāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϤিāύি āĻĻুāϟি āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒāĻ•ে āĻŽিāĻļি⧟ে āĻŦ্āϝোāĻŽāĻ•েāĻļ āϏিāϰিāϜ āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āϤেāĻŽāύি āϏা⧟āύ্āϤāύ āϘোāώাāϞ āĻāĻ–াāύেāĻ“ āĻĻুāϟি āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āύি⧟ে āĻāϏেāĻ›েāύ। āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻ—োāϰাāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāϏāύ āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϧাāϰাāĻŦাāĻšিāĻ• āĻ–ুāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž āĻŦāϞে āĻ…āĻ­িāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻ…āĻĒāϰাāϧ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧেāĻ“ āĻ—োāϰা āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ•িāĻŦāĻšাāϞ। āĻāĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āϏে āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϞেāĻ–āĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϰāĻšāϏ্āϝāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ–ুāύেāϰ āϤāĻĻāύ্āϤে āϏিāϰি⧟াāϞ āĻ•িāϞাāϰ āϧāϰāϤে āĻĒুāϞিāĻļāĻ•ে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϤৈāϰি, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ৃāĻšāĻŦāϧূ āϤাāϰ āϏ্āϞিāĻĒāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ•িং āύি⧟ে āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ• āϘāϟāύাāϰ āωāϤ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰে, āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϟা āϤাāϰ āĻ•ৌāϤুāĻšāϞ āωāĻĻ্āϰেāĻ• āĻ•āϰে। āϤāĻŦে āĻāχ āĻ•েāϏে āϏে āĻ…āĻ•ুāϏ্āĻĨāϞে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āϤাāĻ—িāĻĻ āĻĻেāĻ–া⧟ āύা āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύেāϰ āωāĻĒা⧟ āĻŦাāϤāϞে āĻĻে⧟। āϰāĻšāϏ্āϝে āĻ­āϰা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāĻ•ে āφāϰো āϚিāϤ্āϤাāĻ•āϰ্āώāĻ• āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে āĻ…ā§Ÿāύ āĻ­āϟ্āϟাāϚাāϰ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻŦিāύীāϤ āϰāĻž্āϜāύ āĻŽৈāϤ্āϰāϰ āϧ্āĻŦāύিāϰ āĻ“ āϏুāϰেāϰ āϜāĻŽāĻ•াāϞো āĻ­াāϰāϏাāĻŽ্āϝ। āĻ—োāϰাāϰ āĻ–াāĻŽāĻ–ে⧟াāϞেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤাāϞ āϰেāĻ–ে āĻāĻ•াāϧাāϰে āϤাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āϏāĻšāĻ•াāϰি āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻšāĻŦু āĻ­āĻ—্āύীāĻĒāϤিāϰ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰে āϏুāĻšোāϤ্āϰ āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻĒাāϧ্āϝা⧟ āĻ…āύāĻŦāĻĻ্āϝ। āĻŦāĻšুāĻĻিāύ āĻŦাāĻĻে āĻ—ো⧟েāύ্āĻĻা āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāϟিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽাāύ āϤাāϞে āĻĒাāϞ্āϞা āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻāĻ• āĻļাāĻ—āϰেāĻĻ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰ āĻĒেāϞাāĻŽ āϝে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϰ āĻĒিāĻ›āύে āϞাāĻ—া āφāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰে āĻĒাāĻļে āĻĨাāĻ•āϤে āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšী। āψāĻļা āϏাāĻšাāϰ āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰāϟিāϤে āϚāĻŽāĻ•েāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āύāϤুāύāϤ্āĻŦ āφāĻ›ে āϤāĻŦে āĻ…āĻ­িāύāϝ়āϤে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰাāϰ āύেāχ। āϤāĻŦে āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āϏিāϜāύে āϝে āϤিāύি āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ— āĻĒাāĻŦেāύ āϤাāϰ āχāĻ™্āĻ—িāϤ āϝেāĻŽāύ āφāĻ›ে āϤেāĻŽāύি āϏেāĻ–াāύে āĻ‹āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ•েāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻĻাāĻĒāϟেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝে āϤিāύি āĻ…āĻ­িāύāϝ় āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ, āϤাāϰāĻ“ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āφāĻ­াāϏ āφāĻ›ে।

āϤাāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύāώ্āϟ āύা āĻ•āϰে āĻ—াāϝ়āĻ•িāϤে āĻ•্āϝাāĻ•োāĻĢāύিāĻ•্āϏ, āĻĻেāĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĒোāϝ়াāϰো, āϰূāĻĒে āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াংāĻļ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻĒাāĻ—āϞা āϜāĻ—াāχ āφāϰ āĻ–াāĻŽāĻ–েāϝ়াāϞে āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āύিāϜāϏ্āĻŦ, āĻ­ুāϞোāĻŽāύা āĻ—োāϰাāϰ āϏিāϰিāϜāϟি āĻĻেāĻ–ুāύ āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ•্āώāĻŖেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻšাāϰিāϝ়ে āϝাāύ āĻŦিāϚিāϤ্āϰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϰāĻšāϏ্āϝেāϰ āĻ–াāϏāĻŽāĻšāϞে!