DHUR BABA

Dhur Baba chhilen oti dhur. Tobe dhur to, tai chaliye niten onayashe. Ek shomoy Kolkatay tini-i chhilen ek nombor Baba. Manush rege gelei bolto "Dhur Baba!" Bole, keno janina, bejaay tripti peto. Kolkatar anache kanache tokhon thick thick korchhe lok, prayoshoi tader modhye keu na keu cheNchiye uthchhe "Dhur Baba", ki shukher din-i na chhilo.

Dhur Babar bhoktoder bola hoto Buddhu, tara matha kamiye leker dhare ghur ghur korto, aar leker ojosro premik-premika der ohoroho birokto korto. Jei na oti birokto hoye keu bolto "Dhur Baba" omni tara dhong dhong kore ghonta bajiye tuk tuk kore nokuD dana kheto. Buddhu-der upodrobe tokhonkar din-e koto prem-er je okal mrityu ghotechhe, tar iyotta nei, kintu taate ki, Dhur Babar prochar to hoyechhe.

Aagei bolechhi, Dhur Baba chhilen oti dhur. Ek bar ek Buddhu jiggesh korlo, "Baba, duye duye ki hoy?" Baba bollen, "Char." Ki boka dekhun! Sobai jaane, duye duye doodh hoy, kintu Baba chhilen oirokom-i. Tobe dhur hole ki hobe, dhur to! Arekbar, ek Buddhu jiggesh korlo, "Baba, Kolkata-ke eto nongra ke korlo?" Baba bollen, "Nikuchi koreche Kolkatar nongra!" Omni Buddhu-der driDho dharona holo, Nikuchi bodhoy kono Japani shoytan, kono kaaj nei, kebol boshe boshe Kolkata-ke nongra korechhe. Oi je bollum, dhur to!

Oboshyo Dhur Baba-r kojon Japani bhokto-o chhilo, tader ekjoner naam Ashahoto Dishehara, tar bou Takiyeo Takayni. Tara abar chhilo Babar prochondo bhokto – theke thekei tara Babar udyeshye bole uthto (Japani-te) "Okire, kiboka! Khepanaki!" Baba-o utphullo hoye jobab diten (Japani-tei) "Orebyata mashohara, debonaki katukutu?", kimba, "Khabinaki nakani chobani?" othoba "Obiroto gNutobo."

Baba-r Japani chorchar phole tokhonkar din-e Kolkatar onekei Japani shikhte shuru korlen. Thakur Sri Ramkrishna Deb shoyong Japani shikhe ekdin bole uthlen, "Takama, teema, titaaka", orthat, matitei taka. Strir naam rakhlen Japani-te – Sarodama. Majhe majhei du chokh bondho kore bole uthten, (Japani-tei) "Dekhadema, dekhadema." Odike Thakur Sri Robindronath Santiniketan-e Bishwa-Bharati-r syllabus-e ekti Japani subject juDe dilen – nyakapona.

Tobe ekhon dinkal palte gechhe, dhire dhire Dhur Baba-r probhab-o kome gechhe, bhashao onek rukkho hoyechhe, aajkaal Dhur Baba-r shyalok eshe Kolkata joy kore niyechhe, tai choturdike mukhe mukhe shuni "Dhur Shala!" Odike Japanirao shob kothay hariye gechhe, Chin-era eshe juDe boshechhe, choturdike tai eto tiring biring rongbaji.