**ফটিকা**

**ফটিকা**

তোৰ মুখৰ ভিতৰৰ সেই ৰক্ত-জবা দালে কেৱল লৰচৰ কৰে।
আজি খাওঁ, কালি খাওঁ বুলি ঘনাই চিঞৰে।
কি কৰিবি তই? 
নাখালেও নোৱাৰি, খাবলৈ যাই যাওঁ আঠ ভৰিত।
অলপ ৰৈ যা।
তোৰ অবয়বক অপমান কৰি যাবি কলৈ।
সদ্যহতে পৰি ৰবি তই গভীৰ খালৈত।
প্ৰকৃততে যকৃতত তই নিতৌ নৱ-নৱ্য দ্ৰাবক ধাল'।
শেষত গৈ তোৰ নিস্পাপ কলেৱৰত ভেষজৰ ৰং তৰ'।
কি ভুল আছিল তোৰ আই জনিৰ?
নজনাকে তোক জন্ম দি আজি আদবাটতে ৰৈ থাকে,‌ যেন তই আহি ভাত দুমুঠি খাই যাবি।
আজিও বুটলিবলৈ ৰৈ থাকে তোৰ পিৰিচৰ পৰা সৰি পৰা সেই অমল-লেখিয়া তণ্ডুল।
খালি তই, মৰিলি তই, তথাপিও পৰশুৰাম হৈ দেখাও সেইতো তোৰ আইৰ ভুল।
নুবুজিবি তই, নুশুনিবি তই, মাৰিবি তই, মৰিবি তই, এদিন-দুদিনকৈ তিলিকতে যাবি ক্ষয়।
তিমিৰ ৰজনীৰ কোলাত অলিয়ে-গলিয়ে কৰ' তত্ত্ৱাৱধায়ক-গিৰী।
আলপৈচান ধৰোঁতা নাই, নাই তোৰ কোনো তলব। 
অদৃশ্য কল্পনাৰ সন্মুখত দেখাইচ' তোৰ অহেতুক গৰব।
তই কোন?
তই এজন অপদাৰ্থ মদাহী।
তোৰ জীৱনতো এটা কলমৰ দৰে য'ত নাই কোনো চিয়াঁহী।

- কুমাৰ কৃষ্ণ শৰ্মা।

•Words and meanings•

• ফটিকা- Alcohol
• ৰক্ত-জবা- As of now we can relate it with our tongue
• খাবলৈ যাই যাও আঠ ভৰিত- Four people carrying a dead body to the cremation ground
• অবয়ব- Shape
• কলেৱৰ- Body
• যকৃত- Liver
• নৱ-নৱ্য- New new
• দ্ৰাবক- Acid
• ভেষজ- Medicine
• অমল-লেখিয়া- White coloured
 • পিৰিচ- Plate
• তণ্ডুল- Rice
• তিমিৰ- Dark
• ৰজনী- Night 
• তত্ত্ৱাৱধায়ক-গিৰী- Janitor
• তলব- Salary

• Mobiles, Search Engines and We The People •

• Mobiles, Search Engines and We The People • 

Google, Yahoo, Binge etc. are some of the most favoured behemoth social podiums available today and it plays a significant role in every persons lives. If we compare Google with our lives, it sits on a enviable position and in the aura around us. It's simple to say that we are voguishly known as a race of Homo sapiens, a race against each other, fading from our punctilious maneuvers, spending ethical times on cellular-ism and unhealthy lifestyles are getting peculiarly common with every inchmeal. A diaspora of flock moving towards artificial intelligence. Indeed,  a necessary decision and venture to rock-bottom our old intelligence nexus. A positive side of social search engine fora is that we can get and grasp everything knowledgeable, righteously ours, spending limited times by poking our heads inside our mobiles for hours and then there are more cunning way to explore these gateways and its extravagant data available on world wide web. Ironically speaking, if, just for one day these web spiders goes down what will be its dicey ramification? A total darkness will engulf the entire cosmos, our cellular devices will go broke, people will suffer from stigma and paranoia. It is us who got habituated with these neural network. It will be foolish to blame or defame all these wonderful inventions made by astute technicians or developers but the problem lies with us and we are getting unknowingly familiar with these fathomless cosmic identities. I think there should be a boundary inside our minds. For instance, we have a boundary to differentiate left or right, green or red, right or wrong. People like me or many people like me are very depended on these search engines. Whether searching a word on web even though he or she knows the correct meaning and the exact spelling of that word, just to get brand tagged by some search engine and hence someway or the other we get habituated by it. There are countless activities still available for our daily lives. Such as, Playing with friends, group of buddies and countless amusement times with them, family, outing, nature, art, love etc. etc. are just to name a few. I know many people are engaged in all sort of mentioned activities but my utmost advice to younger generations out there to try to incorporate all of the above mentioned tasks in their day to day lives. It will not only boost their health but it'll also highlight their connection to the social awareness and to the society they prevail. Lastly, search engines are important, they are not bad for our society but mostly it is paramount for us to build a successive and sustainable confidence level within us so that we do not need to clarify ourselves by typing 'five plus five' equals to ten in a calculator. Technology are invented by us, technology can't invent technology (most of the time). A hope to see you again with full of zeal and boldness within you. 

 

- Kumar Krishna Sarma 

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*WORDS and MEANINGS* 

• Behemoth -  Enormous 

• Aura- Air 

• Podium- Platform

• Enviable position- Powerful position. Throne to be precise 

• Punctilious maneuvers- Diligent activities 

• Inchmeal- Little by little 

• Cellular-ism- Continuously gazing at cell phones, Addicted.

• Nexus- A series of connection 

• Neural network- system installed inside our brain. Chip like.  

• Web Spiders, Gateway- Network 

• Astute- Brilliant 

• Fathomless- Limitless 

• Paramount- Important 

P.S.- I am not singularly pointing my fingers on any one of the above mentioned search engines. My plethoric writing this article on multi-search engines are based on my own experiences. Maybe you'll find the answer hidden in the context relatable. Regards.

পাৰাপাৰ ৩

পাৰাপাৰ ৩ 

তৃতীয় খণ্ড

...তুমি? অ...ন্ত...ৰিপ বচা। 

চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাই হাতত লৈ থকা হাতুৰীতো খিৰিকীৰ ফালে দলিয়াই দিলে। খিৰিকীৰ বেলোলত লাগি বেলোল ভাঙি গৃহতলখন মনিন্দৰ খনিত পুৱাৰ ৰদালি পৰিলে যেনেকৈ জিলিকে সাইলাখ তেনেকে জিলিকি উঠিল। চোঁচৰি গৈ দৰ্জাখনৰ কাণত ধৰি বহি ললো। দুৰৰ পৰা পাতল নিনাদ আহি কাণত পৰিল (ঐ..ঐ..ঐ, মাৰ, মাৰ ইয়াক)। অন্তৰিপে ৰাস্তাৰ কাষৰ ডাঙৰ শিল এটা হাতত লৈ ক'লে; আহ, কাৰ সাহ আছে, আহ না। আজি হয়তো মাৰিম নহ'লে মৰিম। মন্ত্ৰীৰ লৰাতো ভিৰৰ তুফান ভাঙি ওলাই আহিল। অন্তৰিপে লগে লগে কমৰত গুজি ৰখা পিষ্টলতো উলিয়াই তাক পোনাই গুলি চলাই দিলে। এতিয়া কোন আহিবি ক'? এটা ক্ষণত এনেকুৱা লাগিছিল যেন অন্তৰিপ এটা দ্বীপ হৈ থাকিব। য'ত যাবলে ডিঙৰা নাথাকিব, হয়তো সেই বালিদ্বীপ তো সদায় স্পৰ্শাতীত হৈ ৰব'। কোনেও নাজানে সিহঁতে প্ৰদীপ দাক কিয় মাৰি পেলালে। চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাই জোৰ কৰা বাবেই অন্তৰিপে তাইৰ লগত যাব লগিয়া হৈছিল। মোৰ বোধ হয় সিহঁতে চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাৰ বিষয়ে বেয়াকৈ কৈছিল। অন্তৰিপে আহি মোক কান্ধত ধৰি ভিতৰত থকা চকীখনত বহাই দিলে আৰু হাতত থকা পিষ্টলতো ওচৰৰ ডেস্কখনত থৈ মাটিত বহিল। মই তাক চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাৰ আচহুৱা ব্যবহাৰৰ বিষয়ে একো উল্লেখ নকৰিলো। ঠিক তেতিয়াই চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাই আহি উপস্থিত হ'ল আৰু ডেস্কত থকা পিষ্টলতো হাতত তুলি ল'লে। মই সিহঁতৰ পিনে চালোঁ আৰু কলো, অন্তৰিপ কলম দাল দে, শেষৰ পাত কেইখন অলপ ৰঙীন কৰোঁ। বহুত দিন হৈ গ'ল একো এটা নাই লিখা। দস্তাবেজৰ ওপৰত পৰি থকা ধুলিবোৰ হাতেৰে থাপৰ মাৰি গুচাই লিখিব ল'লো। 

   

  ...দস্তাবেজৰ শেষৰ পাতখিলা, কলম দালৰ চিয়াঁহী আজি অৰ্ধনগ্ন, সান-মিহলি শব্দৰে চপচপীয়া অতিত মোৰ। গৃহমণিৰ ক্ষীণ পোহৰ আৰু এটোপ-দুটোপ কৈ সৰি পৰা অশ্ৰুৰ মিলা-প্ৰীতিৰ প্ৰতিফলন। হাতখন কঁপিছে যদিও লিখিছোঁ। শেষ শব্দ, শেষ বাক্য। গৃহ শূণ্য, মানুহ শূণ্য, হাবিয়াস শূণ্য। অন্তৰিপৰ পিনে চাই তাক মই মোক উঠাই দিবলে ইংগিত দিলো। দাদা তিনিত উঠিব, ঠিক আছে?( অন্তৰিপে ক'লে)। এক, দুই, তি....নি, গুৰুম। দুটা নিথৰ কলেৱৰে শূণ্যতাক অম্লান কৰি ঢলি পৰিল মাটিত। চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভাই পিষ্টলতো জোৰকৈ খামুচি মিছিকিয়া হাঁহি এটা মাৰি গুচি গল। আদবাটতে পগলা ফাটেকৰ গাড়ীখন তাইৰ সমীপত ৰ'ল আৰু তাইক সজোৰে গাড়ীত উঠাই ল'লে, গাড়ীত থকা মানুহ জনে কলে 'ঐ পাগলী, কিমান দূৰ যাবি পলাই? ওহ; পগলাঘৰৰ পৰা পলাই ইমান দিনে তই ইয়াতে লুকাই আছিলি'? 

শেষ। 

°Words to keep in mind• 

• বেলোল- Glass 

• গৃহতল- Floor 

• মনিন্দ্ৰ- Diamond 

• ডিঙৰা- Boat 

• স্পৰ্শাতীত- Untouchable 

• নিনাদ- Sound 

• দস্তাবেজ- A personal journal to write activities of day to day life. 

• অৰ্ধনগ্ন- Half Naked( with the context you can say half empty) 

• চপচপীয়া- Filled 

• গৃহমণি-  Lamp 

• প্ৰতিফলন- Reflection 

• কলেৱৰ- Body 

• অম্লান- Clean 

 

^ BORDER  ^

Part 3

Oh, why? It's you. Ontorip H...e...l...p! 

  

 Chandraprabha got frightened as I shouted for help and threw the hammer towards the window. The hammer tumbled over the window glass and the glass shattered on the floor like a diamond shines when the first light of the sun fell on it's shell. I was partially unconscious but somehow I geared up my strength and pushed myself by holding the door to sit on the floor. A fainted amalgam of voice struck my ear. I can hardly see anything. They were shouting oi, oi, hey, kill him, kill him men. Ontorip was in between those culprits but he wasn't someone who wants to give up instead he grasped a boulder in a flash and bawled ' if anybody got any guts then come infront, I'll show you just the thing you wanted to see for a long time, Death. Come and taste it'.  As he said those lines Rashid (Son of a Minister) came out of the horde. Without wasting any time Ontorip pull out the gun which he lodged in his waist and shot him down. This is for Pradeep Daa, he shouted.  

   Nobody knows the anecdote, why on earth they killed Pradeep Daa. Chandraprabha was adamant to find her brother and that is why Ontorip had to go with her. Tearing the darkness, Ontorip came to me and pulled me up, layed me on the chair. He was limping when i had a glance on him. He placed the gun on the table and set on the ground. I don't know why but it was now hard for me to complain about Chandraprabha and her bizzare deportment. On the very next moment Chandraprabha came out of nowhere and grabbed the gun on the table. I looked at both of them and said, Ontorip can you give me the pen. It is long since i haven't pen down anything. Look at my diary. It is blended with dust. This is worth writing. I cleared the dust by slamming my hand on the diary. 

    

     Rewriting every dime of my past and here we are at the last page, the very last page where i have more words playing merry-go-round inside my head benevolently, to come out and make the last page elegant. Holding a pen with a half naked refill inside, with a shaky hand on the other side. A thin reflection of light from the lamp and the shining eyeballs made the room little bit more enigmatic. I gazed at Ontorip in a very blunt way and gestured him to pull me up so that i can stand and feel my feet. Ontorip came and grunted, "Dada, on Three I'll pull you. Bear with me. I know it'll feel a little hard to stand now." What actually happened here? How did you even got hit? I didn't said anything. All right, On three, let's go. One, Two, Th...r..eee. Bang! A sudden sound of bullet pierced the silence of the night and two individual bodies fell on the ground with a cursed holler. Chandraprabha walked out of the door smiling with the gun on her hand. All of a sudden a van stopped right beside her and with a brute force, a man pushed her inside the van and locked the door. Slowly the van started moving like a baby, one step at a time and disappeared with the red and blue light on the top of the van. The person inside the van looked back, Chandra, let me enumerate, you can't run from our mental asylum. I have been looking for you, everywhere and see it is right, the earth is definitely round, after all catching a psychic patient like you is very tedious. Now you can't run anymore. We are going back, to your home, to Mental Asylum. 

THE END. 

- Kumar Krishna Sarma

পাৰাপাৰ 2

পাৰাপাৰ 2

দ্ৱিতীয় খণ্ড 

...সি মোৰ চোলাত আহি খামুছি ধৰিচিল দাদা। মোৰ..হুক... মোৰ চকুৰ সন্মুখত তাক তিনিতা গুলি মাৰি সিঁহতে এইজনিক মাৰিব আহিছিল। মই এইজনিক ধৰি লৈ কেনেবাকৈ পলালো। ম....ই। আৰ্ৰে ধৰ ইয়াক (মই ছোৱালীজনীক উদ্দেশ্যে কলো)। অন্তৰিপে দৰ্জাখনৰ কাষতে চকু তেলেকাই তাত ধৰফৰাই থাকিল। 

   দাদা কত গল আপুনি? দাদা ক'ত...(নিশব্দ)। জোনাকী পৰুৱাৰ তিৰবিৰ পোহৰ আৰু উইচিৰিঙাৰ চিক-চিক শব্দই যেন শব্দহীনতাক ভেদী নিৰ্বিশেষে  তিক-তিক বাজি থকা ঘৰীতোক বাকৰুদ্ধ হ'বলৈ আজি মজবুৰ কৰিছে। বিহুৰ বতৰত অবতৰীয়া খবৰে খহুৱা কৰা আকাশখনেও যেন আজি ভেম জুৰিছে। দৌৰি আহি ঘৰত দেখিলোঁ অন্তৰিপ এতিয়া সুস্থ। মোৰ বোধ হয় সি দুই,তিনি দিন ধৰি একো খাবলৈ পোৱা নাই। তই থিকে আছ'? মই তাক সুধিলো। ছোৱালীজনীৰ নাম চন্দ্ৰপ্ৰভা। জোনৰ নিচিনা চেঁচা আৰু শান্ত। অন্তৰিপ হতৰ ওচৰৰে প্ৰদিপ দাৰ ভনিয়েক। তই অলপ শান্ত হ। কি খাবি ক'? পানী খাবি? এতিয়া ক'চোন কি হ'ল?  

   ..মন্ত্ৰীৰ লৰাৰ লগত জেং লাগিব লগিয়া কি আছিল ক'চোন। প্ৰদীপ দাৰ মৃতদেহটো তাত টুকুৰা টুকুৰ কৰি শিয়াল, কুকুৰৰ কাৰনে ওচৰৰ বিলৰ পাৰত পেলাই দিছে সিহতে। তাৰ এই ত্যাগ মই অথলে যাব নিদিওঁ। অন্তৰিপ এ জোৰকৈ পিষ্টলতো খামুচি ওলাই গ'ল। মই তাক ৰখাব দৰ্জাখনৰ বাহিৰ ওলৱা লগে লগে কোনোবাই পিছফালৰৰ পৰা মোৰ মূৰত হাতুৰীৰে কোবালে।  

     ... তুমি? অ...ন্ত...ৰিপ বচা। 

To be continued (Part 3 Coming Soon)... 

B O R D E R 

PART 2 

...I was afraid you know. He came to me all of a sudden and gradually fell on me, grasped my shirt to stand still. They shot him in front of me, three times. Can you believe that? He was dead when i moved my fingers to and fro his nose just to check his breathe. I was confirmed that now we both had to face the same fate but i pushed them and ran away with her. 

   Don't let him fall on the ground, i told the girl with whom Ontorip came into my room. Ontorip was weak i think, probably he didn't had anything to eat from two-three days. He gradationally fell on the ground desatting and his eyes rolled up suchlike he's about to die. 

   Dada, where did you go? Time stood frozen and you can seriously hear the silence, of the night with buzzing sound of cricket and gloomy fireflies rippled, made tempo of the clock speechless. One cannot accept this unprecedented news during Bihu. After all Bihu brings happiness and prosperity in and around everywhere. Reaching home, I can finally see Ontorip is doing better now. He looked at me and asked can i get a glass of water please? He slowly moved his arm and placed it in his abdomen and with a shaky voice he started his side of the story. She's Chandraprabha (He pointed his finger at her). Do you remember our neighbour Pradeep? ( I shook my head up and down). She's Pradeep's sister. 

     ..a Dissension? How did that happened? They Cut his body to pieces and threw his body parts near levee. As he concluded his sentence he stood up furiously and shouted, I shouldn't have let that happen but I'll avenge his death. He fiercely hold the gun and walked out of my room with burning vengeance in his eyes. I was about to stop him, as i walked outside my room somebody from behind hit me with a hammer with a brute force on my head. I capsized like a boat on the floor, looked up. 

   Oh, why? It's you. Ontorip H...e...l...p! 

To be Continued (Part 3 Coming Soon).. 

- Kumar Krishna Sarma