Budhadeb Basu-r "raat bhore brishti": dampotyer acid test

ekta somoy aashe jokhon duto manusher realization emon ek store
pNouchhay je tara dujon dujonke porishkaar bujhte paarchhe, othocho
sob jeneo onyorokom ekta obhinoy korchhe. ei obhinoy kora/onyobhaab
dekhano byaparta khub i dorkar dujonke eki poribeshe oxygen nite gele.
kintu dampotyer eshob golojoger kotha niye narachara kora khub
bipojonnok, manush bhoy paay, somaj bhoy paay: ei system ta bhenge
porbe naato?

[oboshyo emon noy je onno somoye aamra obhinoy korina, nijerder lukiye
onno kichhu project korar chesta korina, kintu seta ei boi-er subject
noy, onno ekta boi...]

""--Biye! ki jotil, kothin, proyojoniyo, sanghatik mojbut ekta byapar,
aar ki thunko! du-jon manush sara jibon eksonge thaakbe--5, 10, 15
bochhor noy, sara jibon--er cheye bhoyonkor julum, er cheye omanushik
adorsho, aar ki hote paare? " [Noynangshu bhabchhe, oneke jeta bhabte
bhoy paai, ba jhogra hole bhaabe :-)]

hya, thik ei karone raat bhore brishti oshlil somajer chokhe: court er
papers gulo poRle bojha jaabe ki kore eta oshlilotar stamp na peye
bNechhe gelo. eto ritimoto biplob: biyer jinishtaakei bhul proman kore
dichhe jaar opor bhor kore ei sobhyota bNeche aachhe..eto dineo ei
baade onno kono system er kotha bhaba jaachhena.
(keo ki poRechhen court er paper gulo? pawa jete paare emon kono
khobor jaana aachhe? aami poRte khubi agrohi...)

oshlilotar definition niye nischoy onek theory aachhe, seshob niye jor
torko o uthe jete paare, oneke nischoy onek reference ene proman kore
dite paaren onno kichhu....seta besh ineresting hobe, kintu aami
sesober modhye na giye just ja bujhlaam prothom poRe taai lekhar chesa
korchhi...

oshlilota utsho shudhu deho na, mone o hote o paare. kintu aamra
bodhoy oshlil bolte dehe-r kothaai bhaabi prothome, taai 2005e, ei
boi-er kotha bhabte giye eta oshlil noy setaai mone hoy...eta just
aamar ekta onumaan, ashol karon onno hote paare.

oshlil byapartaao relative, ei somajer chokhe oshlil? ei somajer
accepted norms er bhetor oshlil? ..ei shob aar ki...(onno somaje naao
hote paare)
somoy o ekta important byapar, karon somaj o paltaay somoy er saathe saathe..

1965 e lekha ei boi amader apato sukhi dampyotyer bhit noriye dewar
moton khomota raakhe..hya aajo! .

ekta mukhosh pore ei somaj besh sukhei din katachhe; er chulchera
bishleshon korte gele onek risk aachhe, eke oshlil jatiyo ekta stamp
mere chhere dewai bhaalo, kimba okinchitkor, kishui-na! (aajker
bhashay).

Noynangshu-r mone-r ei bhabnaai ei somaj-er ekta reflection, ei tike
thaakar lorai er ekta definition:

"kintu ki ese jaay, bolo---bhalobasha joruri noy, swami-stri joruri,
bNeche thaakata joruri!
ekta haat kete geleo bNeche thaake manush, ekta fusfus nosto holeo
bNechhe thaake, se tulonaay koto chhoto ei khoti, koto tuchho ei
ghotona!"

Noynangshur chinta gulo sesher dike onek egiye gechhe shudhu dampotyo
tikiye raakhar jonne noy, tike thaakar jonne je compromise korte hoy,
taar dike!

(tobe songshaari manushder ei shob kotha baarta niye beshi naarachara
na korai bhalo, amaro mone hoyechhe kokhono kokhono, boita poRte poRte
"Sukhe thaakte bhute kiloy" :-)) aar songshaar jara koren na taader
eshob bojhar chance o kom :-), tahole ei dhoroner boi-er pathok
kothay?)

"sontaner songe sara jibon ektotro thaaki na aamra, bibhinno boyoshe
bibhinno bondhu bechhe ni, kintu asha kora hoy daabi kora hoy je
ekbaar jara swami-stri holo tara chirokaal taai thaakbe. ei oswabhabik
obosthata sojhyo kora jaay etake ishworer bidhaan bole mene nile,
amader byktigoto sukh-duksho theke onek dure soriye raakhle. kimba
jodi biyetaake shudhu ekta niyommaafik poshaki goyal bole dhore niye ,
dure kaachhe ghure beRabaar swadhinota thaake dujoneri."

biye-system taake noshyaat korar jonne ei jukti gulo bhanga besh
kothin hoye pore; ei kothagulor samna samni na hoye mishti kono premer
golpo, taslima kimba mandrakanta kimba mitrokhin poRa-o onek sohoj
mone hoy!

"kintu jodi keu biye kore sukhi hote chaay--jemon aami cheyechhilam;
jodi keo bhaabe ektimatro stri ba swamir songe pronoy sombondho ajibon
bojaay raakhbe-jemon aaami cheyechhilam; jodi keo biyer songe mishiye
dey hridoy namok bhishon kolpona, maratmok bish--jemon aami
diyechhilam tahole, kono-na-kono somoye, hoy baairer kono ghotonar,
noyto nijer kono poribortoner fole, aar noyto nehati somoyer
shotrutaay taake hotei hobe byartho, hotash, uchhinno, jemon aajke
aami ei raatre ei bichhanaay, niswongotaay, ondhokaare" [p. 76]

Noynangshu jokhon nijer jiboner ei obhigyotaake generalize kore dey,
somajer gaale thappor marar je sprodha dekhay, seta jukti somotto
kina, se niye onek torko uthte paare...kintu proshnota niye seriously
nere chere bhabte gele somaj ta toleo jete paare!