16 January 2008
Dear Moderator, VM: Please consider posting the following in VM Reader's Forum. Thanx with regards. Mohammad Gani (USA).
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From Bangladesh with love: Emotions of my recent short trip.
Mohammad Gani (USA)
Most of my time I stayed in our village home, the "Gram Bangla where I was born and raised, went to school, were playing kites, fighting with friends; about 15 miles away from Port City, Chittagong. I have gazed and only gazed on the eclectic beauty of my charming mother and a uniquely beautiful land; my motherland, Bangladesh, its loving and caring people, neighbors, friends, relatives, their solicitous, warm & heartfelt hospitality and so many more; my tearful blurry eyes only looked through millions of amazing memories of my childhood, boyhood and youth. Today, those moments are only the past and simply are the points of no return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYyPRd-PrE&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gtbEyFVjnTs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOXWeOGxEE&feature=related
These splendid and uncommon natural beauties and every day lives of the common people of Bangladesh attract us all; especially those were born and raised in Bangladesh. I feel deep into my heart and soul a close touch of natural beauty and humanity rooted deeply in the greetings, hospitality and cares of these millions and millions of poverty-stricken faces and families in Bangladesh. The "exquisite" beauty of its ordinary people, the splendor we find in their poverty and in all their imperfections, shall amaze you with their unspoken happiness of satisfaction where the expectations are bare minimum, one day at a time.
You shall see the natural beauty of innocent boys and girls falling in love extant there, a truly audacious but pure and amorous relationship of tying the knots; of starting a new life with the confidence of taking challenges, with the spirits and the artful dreams of hopes towards an unknown and unpredictable future. You shall see the beauty of poor mother's affluent love and smiles at her children; also shall see the "smiles of satisfactions" even in the faces of Rickshaw puller's desperate struggles to survive and so many more!
You shall NOT see the abundance of anything you were expecting but shall see boundless happy faces greeting you with their naturally beautiful and innocent smiles; with great satisfaction those you do not see in the faces of the riches. Have you ever seen any beauty or felt any happiness in a wedding in the battle field? With such all these uncommon beauty, there is always something truly beautiful about Bangladesh!!
O.K. That's all for now! No more emotion! I was truly bored while performing my exigent duty of attending (Please say, escorting) my wife during her day-long "SARI acquisition" shopping spree and at one point, I nervously, rather cowardly said to her, "Why are we buying so many sari (s), I only have one wife, isn't it?" This bullet did not seem to hit the target at all (only this time!!).
It is "shivering" winter in Bangladesh now with a beautiful and clear blue sky. You can even see the "borders of our Universe" if you have supervision! Very nice and cool, indeed refreshing too! Also, there is "No Lagathar Hartal, "No Oborodth", No ChandaBazi", "No Mastangiri", "No Corruption", " No Hasina", "No Khaleda", "No Tariq" ……except skyrocketing rice price. Hmm, I almost forgot one more important thing! There is "No War Criminal either"! "No War criminal?????" Where did they go so fast?
Thanx and best regards to U all.
Mohammad Gani
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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