Bhabte Bhalobashi

Chevrolet spark garita 21/1, Marine Lines’r birat baritar uchu lohar gate-r samne eshe daralo. Ami chalachhyi garita. ‘Where the hell has all the securities gone??? How long shall I wait here?’ bhabne ta sesh ne hotei royal blue urdi pora akjon eshe gate ta khule dilo. I made my way in. Nameplate ta chokhe pore galo, dekhte pelam lekha REEJU PATHAK. Gorbe buk ta bhore galo. Foara ta par kore garita garage-r samne rekhe neme elam ebong prohori ke bollam garita dhokate baron kore barir bhitor dhuklam. Ranna ghar ta dhu mere elam, OMG! Kochur shak ar chitol machher muithya!!!

Ak doure upore Ammar ghare dhukei bollam,’tomar liga Uttam-Suchitra-r dosh ga cinemar CD anchhi. Ami chalaye dimu dupure dekhba. Ami aj akjon top notch Bollywood hero. Last month ei barita kinechhi.Gato saptahe amma esechhe amar kachhe,agamikal baba-ma aschhe. I’ve won this year’s Filmfare award for the best actor ar tar honor-e aj ratre akta party ache barite.

Pray rat duto. Sob guests ra chole gechhe. Amma-o ghumie porechhe. Kal to Sunday, deri kore ghum vangar din. Chhade chole gelam. Takalam sohor tar dike. Ato rat tobuo Arob sagorer buker upor ei sohor tar kono klanti nei. Dure paharer halka chhaya chokhe porchhe. Dheu-er awaz kane bheshe aschhe ar tar songe mone porchhe Kolkata ke. Kamon achho Kolkata???

Akhonno ki Nandan-er jalashayer pachil tar upor boshle fine kora hoy?Lake market-er oi south Indian restaurant ta akhono ache? Ar Ujjala chanachur line die loke kene akhono? Chowranghi-r footpath-e ajo bujhi rongin chashma gulo bikri hoy jegulo rongin sapno dakhay? Ar amar university-se kamon ache?Rat jaga Beatles ar Dylan der kallole mukhorito thake to gota jaygata naki sobar miukhei aj nirobotar dak? Sob bhabna ke hothat elomelo bhabe bhijie dilo brishtir jol. Phire elem Mumbai te. Ei sahor tao to amay nam, dham, jash-diechhe. Eo to amar kachhe bhalobasar ar ak nam. Bhor hoye gachhe. Pray 4.30 baje. Ghare eshe shue porlam, weather ta thanda thakay ac ta chalalam na.

Ato garom lagchhe kano? Fan ta to shobar age off korini ami. Uthe dekhi Nando masi ghar jhat dite eshechhe tai pakha bandho. Eki amar ghare green carpet ta kothay udhao holo? Ammar gola bheshe elo,’kire uithya boisha achhos kan? Mukh dhue ne.’ Mone pore galo Birpurusher sei line ta-Roj koto ki ghote jaha taha,amon kano sotyi hoyna aha!!!

(Contributed by Reeju)