Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Amar prothom bidesh bhramon




E amar prothom bidesh bhramon. Sobai hoyto jaygata janle hasbe, kintu proti muhurte je deshe giye nijera ‘Foreigner’ bole promanito hoyechhi, take bidesh na bole r ki e ba bola jay !!! Ebar 15th August er chhutita emonbhabe porlo je tar songe 1 din chhuti nilei 4 din hoye jay. Se sujog ki r chhara jay? Kintu eto alpo somoy, edike pahar o bondho, tai thik holo jaowa hobe Nepal er ‘Royal Chitwan National Park’.

14th August er Mithila Express dhorar jonye bari theke amra 5 jon raona holam, baki 5 joner Howrah station e thakar katha. Pouchhe dekhi jam er chote 2 jon aste pareni. 3:45 pm e train chhere dilo. Amra holam 10 er boodle 8. Pordin sokal 10 tay Raxaul station e pouchhalam. Bihar border er sesh station. Er por r train chole na. Ekhane ‘tanga’ bole porichito garir chaka gulo 4 chakar garir moto, jegulo ghora y taane. Station theke berotei kada matir rasta ei garite paar hote 10 min somoy laglo. Tarpor besh chaora paka rastay eshe porlam. Sekhane amader jonye gari darano chhilo. Tokhono porjonto amra nijeder deshe e royechhi, kintu swadhinata dibosh er kono chinho o chokhe porlo na. Garite amader sathe 2 jon lok uthlo, jara amader border paar korbe, shunlam era naki ekhankar ‘mafia’ ba ‘don’. Bojha gelo bihar somporke je kathagulo lokmukhe shona jay, taar besh onektai sotyi. Gari kichhuta cholar por Nepaler birat probeshdwar chokhe porlo. Amra tokhon check post e dariye. Jekhane desh chharar anumoti nite hobe. Majhe nomans land, tar por Nepal er check post. Porichoypotro hisabe passport chhilo amader sathe. Kintu garir pichhoner seat e bosa dujon bole uthlo, “ kaheko passport lagega !! hum hi to passport hay”!! Border paar hoye gelam nirbighne.


Prothome Birgunj giye amra breakfast korte giye prothom dhakka ta khelam. Deowa holo bharotiyo mudra, pherat elo nepali mudra. Hiseb holo, amader 10 taka oder 16 takar soman. Abar gari cholte suru korlo highway dhore. Pothe porlo ‘Parsa wild life sanctuary’. Kichhuta rasta ekhankar nodi Rapti amader songo dilo. Pray ghonta 3 por giye pouchhalam Tarimore. Etai chitwan er sobcheye nikottomo bajar. Highway theke jongoler rasta suru ekhan thekei. Ekhan theke 2 km gelei jongol. Amader hotel jongoler khub kachhei. Ektu bisramer por sobai eshe jokhon baranday boslam, tokhon akaash e Purnimar ChaNd, charpash nistobdho, electric udhao. R hotel er pechhonei jongol, ja chaNder aalo pore chokchok korchhe.


Pordin sokale ekjon tangawala taar tanga somet hajir, je amader kichhu jaayga ghorabe. Naam Rambabu. Taar sathe prothome amra gramer songrokhhonshalay gelam jekhane adibashider jibonjatra matir murti kore o chhobir madhyome songrokhhito. Sekhan theke gelam nodir dhare. Ei sei Rapti je amader pother sathi hoyechhilo. Bikele amader jeep safari 20,000 lake. Jeep tar oporta khola. Rapti r ekta sakhanodir opor diye jol periye jongoler pothe chollo. Jongole dhuktei chokhe porlo horiner dol.

Tobe e jongol totota ghono noy. 20,000 lake er erokom naamer karon holo ekhane 20,000 chhoto chhoto lake eksathe mishe ekta birat lake er akar niyechhe. Lake er pare nanan rokomer pakhi o chokhe porlo. Ratre hotel er bagan e Bar-B-Q r byabostha holo. Tatparotay Rambabu. Tokhon lokhho korlam ei alpo somoy er modhye e Rambabu r sathe Gullu r sokhyota besh gobhir. Gullu kichhukhhon bade badei jigyasa korchhe “Rambabu, Rambabu, tumhara ghora kaha hain?”


17th august sokale prothome Rambabur tangay gelam Raptir paar. Sekhan theke nouka kore nodi periye Elephant breeding center e. Ek masher haati theke haati r poribaar o tader apotyo sneho abak kore dilo !! janlam ekhanei haatider baro kore tader diye jungle safari korano hoy. Asol bismoy opekhha korechhilo dupure. Bohu akankhhito Chitwan er jongol. Bunglow theke 2 min heNte giye haatir pithe uthte holo. Se bishal bishal haati. Ek ekta haati te 4 jon. Ekhane foreigner hobar dorun per head 250 takar boodle 850 taka laglo. Amader sathe abar 1 jon saheb. Haati jei jongoler bhetor dhuklo, ekhane asata sarthak bole mone holo.

Eto ghono r gobhir jongol aage kakhono dekhini. Ekhane paaye haNtar o kono rasta nei. Emon ki rasta bole bostu ti e chokhe porlo na. haati taar sure r sahajye gachh bhenge bhenge rasta kore egochhe. Mathar opor akaash dekha jay na. gachher phaNk diye alpo alpo aalo poray jongol aaro rohosyomoy bole mone hochhilo. Majhe majhe bhoy o korte laglo. Gullu o besh bhoy peye gachhe bole mone hochhilo. Opor theke lomba lomba daal eshe mathay lagchhe. Tate abar haat deowa baron, karon haat kete jabar o bhoy ache oisob gachher dale basa baNdha makorsa der dwara. Pa diye nicher gaachguloke atke atmorokhha korte hochhilo.

Taar e modhye haatir payer shobde sombor poribarer paliye jaowa dekhe chhobi tolar katha moneo porlo na. r dekhlam barking deer, ja dekhle sonar horin bole bhul hote pare r spotted deer. Ebhabe jongol pray 2 ghonta ghorar por pherar pothe ma gondar ke bachha somet dekhe jongol dekha poripurno bole mone holo.


Phire jomati adda boslo. Krishnendu vatiyali r polligeeti geye besh jomiye dilo. Tarpor Rambabu r koyekjon okhankar nepali chhele shonalo ‘Resham firiri, urera jamkin darema banjeng resham firir’ r Gullu o dekhi kakhon gaan ta Rambabu r theke sikhe oder sathe gola melate thaklo. Hothat gullu bayna dhore boslo o r amader sathe phirbe na. rambabur ghorader sathe chana khabe r rambabu r kachhe thakbe. Onek koste take ghum parano holo karon pordin bhor 4 te te berote hobe. Sokal 10tay Raxaul theke train.


Pordin ghum theke uthei raona holam. Gullu amar kole matha guNje somane keNde keNde bole chollo, “ ma, please amay niye jeo na”. Se ek korun abostha amar. Chokh jhapsa hoye elo. Mone pore gelo Robi Thakur er ‘Kabuliwala’ r katha. Gari cholte suru korlo.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Amar prothom Jongol dekha


Gotobochhor hothat amar korta eshe bollo je protyek bochhor pujoy to kolkatay thaki, ei bochhor ektu onyo rokom bhabe katale kemon hoy ! jei na bola, omni amar samne bheshe uthlo abar jongol-paharer mon karano chena chhobi..Byas shuru hoye gelo torjor. Prothomoto, kothay jabo r dwitiyoto kobe jabo…. Thik holo Dashomi r rate berono hobe. R jayga thik holo khub kachhei – UTTORBONGO., amar boro priyo jayga, GORUMARA r jongol.




Pujor nabami kete jetei moner modhye dashami r bedonar sur na beje, bajlo madoler bol. Ratri 10-05 er Darjeeling mail e chore boslam. Amra dole chhilam 7 jon. Por din sokale pouchhalam New Jalpaiguri station e pouchhalam. Sekhane Bishnu (amader chena local driver) amader jonye gari niye opekhha korchhilo. Station chhere jalpaiguri sohor chhariye Malbajar periye chollam . dupashe miler por mile phaNka . ghonta Derek cholar por jongoler dekha millo. Bela 10 ta nagad amra giye pouchhalam WBFTDC r bunglow ‘Banani’ te. Dekhte apurbo bunglow ti. Protyek ta ghor ek ekti nodir name. Tista, Murti, Tapti, Torsha, Supti, Joldhaka….ei rokom. Onekkhon dhore ekta joler boye cholar awaj amader kaane ashchhilo. Kintu kotha theke ta bujhte na paray okhankar Manager Mr. Chakraborty ke jigyasa korlam. Uni ektu heshe bollen, “giyei dekhun na….”. Amra otyonto kautuholer songe baranday daratei apurbo drisyo. Probohaman Murti tar nijer gotite boye cholechhe. Tar ekpashe amader bunglow, r ekpashe gorumara r jongol.




Keu r beshi opekhha na kore konorokome poshak bodle chollam joler udyeshe. Bunglow theke bagan periye ekta pathure rasta, setai soja chole gyachhe nodir dike. Joler gobhirata beshi na holeo sokale bristi hobar jonye nodite srot chhilo bhaloi. Pray 2 ghonta sekhane katalam. Jol chhere uthte karor e bhalo lagchhilo na. somudre snan korar abhigyata kom-beshi sobar e ache, kintu pahari nodi te kakhonoi chhilo na.
Dupure sobai khub porisranto thakay ektu bisramer por bikel 4 ter somoy gelam Chukchuki r jongole. Permit aage thekei bunglow r manager kore rekhechhilen. Ghono jongoler modhye diye jete jete nanan rokomer jhiNjhi r daak. Konota chena, abar konota achena. Hothat pujor ghontar moto ektana awaj shune guide ke jigyasa koray se bollo je ota naki ekrokomer jhiNjhi poka.




Abosheshe watch tower e pouchhalam. Okhane bosar bondobosto kora. Dure ekta jaygay ekta chhoto jolashoy, sekhane joler modhye noon (salt) deowa. Bonyo jontu ra okhane noon khete ashe. Pray 45 min dhore opekhha kore besh kichhu Bison ( jegulo e deshe ‘ Gaur’ name porichito ), prochur moyur, gondar, singh-wala horin dekhlam.



Ratre bunglow r pashe khola akasher niche agun jwele adibashider naach dekhlam. Se ek darun abhigyota. Mone holo jeno sotti kono adibashi der gram e boshe achhi.




Pordin raona holam Jhalong-Bindur udyeshe. Ekhane rasta r ekpashe pahar, r ek pashe nodi. Joldhaka nodi pray ardhek rasta amader sathe sathe chollo. Pouchhalam Bindu te. Etai West Bengal er sesh simana, tai er naam Bindu. Ekdike India, r ekdike Bhutan. Jaldhaka bidyut prokolpo ti ei jayga tei. Jaldhaka nodi te baaNdh diye eti toiri kora, se ek birat byapar. baaNdher jol chhara dekhar moto. Pray 100 ft oporeo jol eshe amader gaaye chhitchhe. Ekhane border bole nirapottar besh korakori. Chhobi tola nishedh. Bhutaner paharer dike paye paye besh kichhuta egiyeo phire aste holo se jonye. Ekhane 3 te nodi eshe milechhe. Joldhaka, Bindu r Kedo. Joldhakar jol swachho, Bindu r jol sobuj r Kedo r kada gola jol. Adbhut byapar holo nodi 3 te eksathe milleo tader ke alada alada kore chena jay.




Phire elam dupure. Manager er sathe katha bole ratre jongol dekhar byabostha kora holo, ja niyomer baire. Kintu sei abhigyata chhara khub kostokor. Ratre khaowa r por amra berolam guide ke sathe niye. Se ek romanchokor abhigyota. Ghono jongol, shudhu garir aalo chhara chharidik chaNder aalo. Nana rokom pakhir daak. Moner modhye je bhoy o korchhilo na, e katha bolbo na. kintu sob kichhu ke chhapiye charidike tokhon shudhu jongoler gondho. Ghonta Derek ebhabe ghurlam. Pherar r ichhe chhilo na. tao phirte holo. Pordin phire asar pala.




Sokale uthe paye heNte besh kichhuta ghure elam sokole. Mon sobar e khub kharap sobuj chhere abar sei dhulo, dhoya r modhye phire jete hobe bole. Kintu nirupaay. Tai abar asar protikhha niye Darjeeling mail er udyeshye raona holam.