Apurba and his friends often argued over the following practices.
Friends used to say, Apu, your grandfathers don't believe in anything, and there is no such thing in the world whether you believe or not.
Apurba said, what else is there. Do not follow the example of your grandfathers and listen to your advice.
Friends used to repeat the old joke and say, you went to college. SSC. Passed, but still holding on. Is there electricity circulation in the brain through the medium of your vaccine?
Apurba replied, m. Nowhere in the SSC textbook is there any movement against Tiki. So the idea that it is wrong to keep tiki could not be born. And the whole history of electricity has not been discovered even today. If you don't believe it, ask the professors of electricity.
They were annoyed and said, it is useless to argue with you.
Apurba used to laugh and say, this statement of yours is infallible truth, but still you do not have consciousness.
In fact, when Apurba's deputy-magistrate was encouraged by his father's words and usage, his grandparents began to eat chicken and hotel bread in public, and he often forgot to hang his neck before taking a bath. Apurba did not become his own father even after discussing whether he started laughing and joking. But even though she was young, she had noticed her mother's deep pain and silent tears for a long time. Mother did not say anything. The boys would not listen to him even if he said this, moreover, there would be a useless quarrel with the husband. He cruelly hinted at the father-in-law's priesthood business, saying what could be done if the boys became like fathers instead of their uncles! I don't think the head should be cut off after wearing a hat instead of a tiki on the head.
Until then, he had become completely speechless about the compassionate boys, only to observe his own conduct silently and unpretentiously. After her husband's death, she became a widow and lived in a house but was separated from a kind of house. In the upstairs room where he lived, he was surrounded by a little porch and his own cooking and handicraft work was going on. He did not want to eat at the hands of brides. The day went on like this.
Apurba, meanwhile, kept his head down, taking water and medals to the college as he passed, and did not leave out the Ekadashi-Purnima-Sandhyahanik at home. As much as he was passionate about playing football-cricket-hockey on the field, he never had time to go to Ganga bath with his mother in the morning. Thinking too much, the brides would sometimes joke and say, "Thakurpo, study is good, now let's get on with the door-coop." Let's see if Bamun's widow is surpassed!
Apurba replied with a smile, is it easy to go beyond Baudi? The mother doesn't even have a daughter-in-law, she is old, if she suddenly becomes incapable, can I cook a handful of havishyi? And where will the door-company go? When I am in your family, one day you have to take care of it.
The bride-to-be said with a pale face, what shall I do, Grandpa, she is our fortune!
That's it! Apurba would have left, but he would have gone to his mother and said, "Mother, this is your great injustice." Grandparents, whatever you do, you don't eat any more chicken, you don't even have dinner at the hotel, will you cook forever?
My mother used to say, I don't have any difficulty in boiling a handful of rice at a time. And when I am completely incapacitated, your wife will also come home.
Apurba said, so why not bring a Bamun-Pandit from the house, mother? I can't afford to eat, but when I see your suffering, I think I will not be able to feed my grandparents.
Mother used to light her eyes with motherly pride and say, you don't even say that in your mouth, Apu! You can't afford to feed a bride? If you wish, you can feed everyone in the house.
Mother like you! You think there is no other boy like you in mainland India. Saying this, he hid his tears and hurried away.
But no matter what Apurba said about his own strength, Kanyavar's team was not exhausted. They came in groups and attacked Binodbabu from place to place and made his life miserable. Vinod used to come and hold his mother, mother, where there is a girl who is chanting in earnest, pay for your son's marriage, or I have to run away from home. The eldest son of the father, - People from outside think I am the master of the house.
Merciful would be very upset at the boy's harsh words, but here he would not let you be disturbed at all. He used to say softly but firmly, people don't lie, father, in his absence you are the master of the house, but you don't tell anyone about Apur. I want form, I want money, Una Binu, I will give it to you.
Well, mother, give it to me. But please do it a little sooner. Don't burn people by hanging red macaroons in front of them. Vinod used to get angry and leave after saying this.
Karunamayi had a resolution in his mind. He had seen a beautiful girl heavy in the bathing house for some time. The girl often came to bathe in the Ganges with her mother. They had secretly collected the news in their house. After bathing, the girl used to worship Shiva, whether something went wrong or not, the merciful one would look at her invisibly. He had something else to know, and he was not indifferent to it. His wish was that if all the information was favorable, he would marry the boy next Baishakh.
At that time Apurba came and suddenly gave the news, mother, I have got a job.
Mother said happily, what do you say Ray? I passed this day, who gave you a job in the meantime?
Apurba said with a smile, whose need! Saying this, he narrated all the incidents and said that it was the principal of their college who got it. Botha Company has opened a new office in Rangoon, Burma. They want to send a young Bengali scholar, intelligent and virtuous with all authority. The monthly rent is four hundred rupees for the time being, and if the company is unable to light the red light even after trying, two hundred more six months later. He laughed at this.
But, hearing the name of Burma-Mulluk, the mother's face became dirty, she said in a despairing voice, are you angry Apu, what people go to that country! Where there is no caste, birth, manners, I will send you there? I don't have a job with that money.
Apurba was frightened by Janani and said, "You don't have a job, but I have a mother." However, at your behest I may be a beggar, but will there be such opportunities in my whole life? Knowledge like your son is in every house in the city nowadays, therefore, Botha will not stop the company, but the principal who has absolutely spoken on my behalf will not be ashamed of it. Apart from that, the true condition of the house is not unknown to you, mother?
My mother said, but that Shunechi is a very beautiful country.
Apurba said, who is exaggerating you. But this is not your country, but those who want to be mother.
My mother stood still for a while and said, but I have decided to marry you this Baishakh.
Apurba said, are you sitting still? Well, after a month or two, I will come back and obey you on the day you call me.
The compassionate outsider is old-fashioned but very intelligent. He thought silently for a long time and finally said slowly, what is the way when he has to go. But take it like your grandfathers.
Mentioning his two other children about this journey to Burma seemed to arouse all the latent pains of Karunamayi's past and present, but he did not allow that grief to be expressed. His ancestors were the famous Bandyopadhyay dynasty of Gokul-Dighi, and they were very pious and devout Hindus. The reformation that had been ingrained in her heart since childhood was to be injured and humiliated at the hands of her husband and sons in the future. Remembering this, his fears and thoughts knew no bounds, he just said in his mouth, "How many days have I survived, Apu, but you and I are sad, father." Saying this, he wiped his eyes with a bandage.
Apurba's eyes widened, he replied, "Mother, you are here today, but one day your call for heaven will come, I know you will have to leave Apu that day, but if I can recognize you for a day, mother, then there." You never have to shed tears for this boy. With that he hurried away.
That evening, Karunamayi could not concentrate on her regular daily routine, and her eyes began to water again and again with anxiety and pain, and she finally came to the door of her eldest son's house without thinking about what to do. Stood up. Binodkumar was returning from Kachari when he was on his way to the club in his evening attire. Suddenly he was shocked to see his mother. In fact, the incident was so unexpected that he did not speak.
Karunamayi said, I have come to ask you something, Binu.
What mother?
His mother wiped her tears well before she came here, but her wet voice was not hidden. When he described all the incidents and mentioned the amount of Apurba's monthly salary at the end, he said sadly, so I was wondering, father, whether I would send him there for the greed of some money, then Binod lost his temper. He said rudely, "Mother, we all believe that a son like Apurba is second to none in mainland India, but living in the world, he could not accept the fact that at first four hundred and six hundred rupees are much bigger than that boy."
Mother said sadly, but, I heard that she is absolutely mlechch country.
Vinod said, in the mother world, your hearing and knowledge alone cannot be infallible.
At the last word of the son, the mother was very much in pain and said, Baba Binu, even after hearing this same thing until you came to know about it, when I did not regain consciousness, do not teach it in the last stage. I did not come to know how much Apurba was worth, I just came to know whether he should be sent so far.
Vinod leaned down and quickly touched his mother's legs with his right hand and stood up and said, "Mother, I did not say this to make you sad." It is true that our union with our father is true, and it is from him that money is the most valuable and useful thing in the world. But, in that case, I will show you that greed. The inside of your Mlech Binu's hat-coat may not have become so big even today that he doesn't judge the place for fear of feeding his younger brother. But still, let him say. The weather in the country that the mother has started to book, and if she can leave the country for a few days and go somewhere to work, she will be better off herself, we as a group may survive! You know, mother, in that Swadeshi period, milk would come out when she pressed her throat, but she was forced to go to her father's job.
Mercifully, Karunamayi said, "No, no, he doesn't do everything anymore." What was his age seven or eight years ago, just join the team
Vinod shook his head and smiled a little and said, maybe, you are right, Apurba doesn't do anything anymore, but, in all countries there are some people whose mothers are different, your little boy is of that caste. The soil of the land is their flesh, the water of the land is the blood of their veins; Is it just the air and light of the country, the mountains, the forests, the moon, the sun, the rivers and the canals where everything is as if they want to absorb everything! It seems that one of them is the first to discover the word motherland. Did. Never trust them about the country, mother, cheat. This is the only difference between their survival and giving their lives! Saying this, he pointed the tip of his index finger with his thumb and said, "Rather, this Mlechchachari Binuti of yours is your Tikidhari Gita-reading M." SSC. You know a lot more than the passing Apurbakumar.
The boy's words were not exactly what the mother believed, but at one point or another he had to suffer a lot, so he was worried. He was aware of the news that a cloud had appeared on the western horizon of the country. At first it seemed to him that Apurba's father was alive, but now he is dead.
Vinod looked at his mother's face and understood, but he was in a hurry to go out, he said quite a mother, he will not check tomorrow, everyone can sit together and make a decision. Saying this, he hurried out a little.