There is no end to the debate over whether there are ghosts or not. From the evening park to the Naru Dar tea shop, - the past of ghosts, the future is full of excitement. Of course, I do not believe in ghosts. I have tried to see ghosts many times in school life, but it was not possible. But one incident shattered all my faith. The incident happened about seven years ago. One winter morning I was sunbathing to get a chair on the porch. I was flipping through a page of a newspaper and sipping a cup of tea. Suddenly the phone rang inside the room. With the last sip of tea, I got up. I went home and saw the phone in my hand, Samir's phone. Sameer is my college friend. I studied in the same class for three years together. This is one year Samir got a job in the railways. Chakradharpur posting in Jharkhand. I received the phone and said, - Tell me how are you?
- This is going on, pretty much. You guys don't want me to come here once. Samir replied from the other side of the phone. A week off on the big day. The proposal is not bad! It will be a short trip. Dipu and Somu have to tell the matter, they agree in one word. No matter what, after a long time, four friends can be in one place. By the way, Dipu and Somu and my college friend. Both are school masters. But one is high school and the other is primary. Seeing a good day, I informed Samir that the three of us were leaving. I packed my bags and arrived at Howrah station on time. Six o'clock in the morning Ispat Express. This is the first time I am going out of Bengal, so there is a tension in my mind. When the train left Uluberia, the houses on all four sides were slowly declining. Large empty fields all around. After crossing Kharagpur, the number of houses started decreasing. Our train is running behind the jungle of eucalyptus on both sides, somewhere or the jungle of shawls. I sat by the window and stared out. After a while, I saw a hill covered with green trees on both sides. What an adventure is being created in the mind. Really! There is so much to see outside of Kolkata! I came to Tatanagar and looked at my watch and saw that it was eleven o'clock. There is still one hour left to reach Chakradharpur. Samir was already waiting at Chakradharpur station. The train came to a halt at Chakradharpur station at 12:05 pm. It got down on the platform and went around.
I saw it once. Not a very big station. Empty empty platform. Several wagons are standing like fools. I got to see a lot of RPF. Samir came running to see us. What happens when we meet after many days! Different types of conversation. After the initial talk, the four of us got down from the platform and got on Station Road. Samir's stay quarters are not far away. The walk will be fifteen minutes. The four of us started walking to tell stories. I don't know the geographical or historical background of Chakradharpur. However, the place is known for one reason only - the head office of a division of the South Eastern Railway is located here and a training center of the All India Railway is also located here. I stood in front of Sameer's quarters on the black pitch in the middle of the road with big trees on both sides. As soon as we went in front of the quarters, the eyes of the three of us stopped. It seems that the green field in front of the Perolei forest covered hills. Seeing the mountains from so close, my eyes stopped blinking. Samir laughed and said, -
Not as close as you think. The hill is a little far away. Samir went to arrange food. After lunch we rested a bit. The train is no less stressful! The incident happened in the evening. The four of us are sitting on the bed and talking together. It was winter, so it was getting dark outside. It's six o'clock. Samir got up and quickly closed the outer gate, windows and doors. Somu was surprised and asked, - What! Are you closing everything so soon? Samir did not say anything. I noticed a scary look on his face. There are very few people living here. Everyone who is there is a railway employee. The outside seemed to go numb in an instant. It was as if four people were sitting on an isolated island beyond the human world. Various conversations, laughter and jokes were going on between us. Suddenly an awkward sound came to our ears. The sound was probably coming from behind me in the bushes outside the window. A cat's moan, - Mao! Mao! The four stopped talking. Silent surroundings. There is no call for insects. That silence pierces
The monstrous sound was heard again, - Maooo! Mao! I looked at Samir's face and saw that his forehead was starting to sweat this winter evening. I realized he was scared. I got up and went to open the window but Samir grabbed me. I was annoyed and said, - Let me see where he is calling! - No, you don't have to. It's not a cat's call, it's a ghost's call. Said Samir. The three of us were surprised and said, - Ghost! Dipu laughed ho ho ho. Said, - Samir, you were not so scared before! Are these people scared to come to the empty place? Samir said in a trembling voice, - No Ray! Brother, people here have seen it with their own eyes, it's not a cat, it's a ghost. I said jokingly, - I have tried to see many Bengali ghosts, but did not see. If you are lucky, this time it is the Hindiwali ghost of Jharkhand
If we see, then the wish is fulfilled. Listening to me, Somu and Dipu got up together. Nothing special happened at night. I woke up in the morning and saw that the green hill in front was surrounded by fog. That fear of the night is no more. In the afternoon I went for a walk with Samir. Just the alley and the red railway quarters on either side of it. There is a large playground on the side of the main pitch road and a two-story school at one end. The four of us started walking along the road. After a while, the road became rough. The number of railway quarters here is very low. Going a little further, I saw a haunted two-storey house. I realized that once there was a railway quarter but the house was full of trees because it was not used. Seeing such a house, the desire to see ghosts awoke in my mind again. - I have to spend one night in this house! As soon as he spoke, Samir stopped and started walking backwards. The three of us caught up. Samir did not want to hear anything. After much persuasion, Suji was persuaded. Bread and meat were brought from the hotel in the evening. At nine o'clock at night, after my winter dress, I went out with all the equipment. We have two torches. The gate of the haunted house was open. Weeds were covered on both sides of the gate, some bricks had fallen on one side. Pushing a little, the squeaking sound opened more. Somu and Dipu hit the torch and looked at both sides to see if there were any snake bites! As we climbed the stairs, the sound of our own feet echoed again and again and began to come back to us. There is a suppressed tension inside the chest. Two rooms on the second floor. The first room could not be opened even after pushing. The second room was open, so four people entered the room. I turned on the torch light, cleaned the cobwebs, and made the bed on the floor. Dipu took out two candles from the bag. The whole house is pretty
The light went out. Our plan was to eat and drink, to spend the whole night playing every event of the day. After eating and drinking according to the plan, I started playing cards. Outside, it is as quiet as Shashman. It was so quiet that we could hear our own breathing. Twelve o'clock is ten minutes left. Suddenly my eyes stopped as I went to the verandah through the half-open door. Two beautiful red eyes are shining. The three of them immediately looked around. Samir's legs are shaking. I saw Dipu slowly hitting the verandah with her torch, - a black cat is looking at us. I got a relief! As soon as I raised my hand and started to hat, the cat ran away with the sound of Mao Mao Mao Mao. Somu looked at Samir and said angrily, - Is this your ghost? Samir did not answer. But seeing the expression on his face, I realized that he did not want to stay here for another moment. I started playing again. It took quite a while. The game of cards is frozen. After a long time, four friends are playing cards again. Suddenly I noticed things. I saw a ray of light coming from the next room through a large hole in the wall. And with that a growl came to my ears. The four of us wanted to face each other
I looked. All four of us got up. What's the matter! The next room was closed. Where did the light come from? We left the cards and went upstairs together to keep an eye on the next room. And as soon as I kept my eyes, a cold ice stream went down through my veins. Dipu is clutching my shoulder. Everyone's hands and feet are trembling. In the next room, the black cat is standing on two legs. Little by little the body began to grow taller. The black hairs on the skin are getting bigger. The throats of the four of us began to dry up. The hairs of the body have become like the thorns of a hedgehog in fear. Seeing that, the cat became like a human. Oops! What a horrible sight! The two front teeth have grown out of the front. Not another moment here! Four people came out on the verandah. Stairs across the porch. I ran down the stairs to the gate. But the gate is closed. Who closed the gate? The four of them started pushing together. No sound came out of his throat while shouting. The sound of those heavy feet from behind broke down the stairs and began to descend. To get lost and push the gate with all his might
I looked. The word has come closer. Leaving the gate, the four of us jumped over the broken wall on the side, breaking the thorn bushes on the road. Then a long run. Waking up, we see Samir lying near the gate outside the quarters. There are five or six people standing around. I don't know! How I survived that day! After that it was not too late, we took the afternoon train and went straight to Kolkata. Several months later, with Samir and the transfer, the swimmer left.