A Close Observation about an incident, written on October 26, 2012 at 5:24pm
OBSERVATION
It’s 12.00 or approximately
12.00 on Friday; tomorrow is Eid-Ul-Azha. I am sitting at my balcony and
observing the animals which are going to be sacrificed for the satisfaction of
God. A little bit earlier, I was sitting before the desktop and checking the
recent activities of my face book friends. I observed that people are very
excited regarding the animals of Eid-Ul-Azha. Some have given pictures of their
cows; others have given pictures with their cows; there are some other people
who have updated their status regarding the prize of their
cows'…..etc….etc….. It seems to me that these animals have become
the postmodern models or the models' assistants. I could not but laugh to go
through a status of a highly educated person, it is;
“I
have come back home after tied up my cow with a pillar. I don’t know
what my cow is eating, where is it, sympathy my cow” something like this. I am apprehensive
whether this intellectual shows same kind of sympathy towards human beings or
not.
Whatever, I am sitting and thinking about
something. I can see two cows from my balcony. The prize of the first one is
95,000 and the second one costs 85,000. A retired government employee of
Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) bought the first one, who
is the owner of five flats (the owner had a piece of land. He gave his land to
a development company, in return the company handed over some flats to him) is owned
the second one. The son of the government employee was sitting just beside the
cow. Some people might be confused which is the cow since the body of the
government employee’s son is fleshier than the cow. I know little about the
government employee, but I am sure that he was the bribe taker of the first
water. The son is very excited; he is taking pictures of the cow. His wife is
laughing and making fun with him from their balcony. People are passing and
asking the prize of the cow. He, with a boastful smile replies 95000 only. I am
surprised to hear the word only.
It’s 2.00; after taking my bathe, again I go
to the balcony to keep my towel there. I am amazed to see that the son of the
government employee is still sitting there. He has sacrificed his Friday’s
Prayer for the purpose of the cow. I cannot but laugh by thinking of the
funniest activities of people. Suddenly he calls a cobbler (calls the cobbler
tui, who is much older than the employee’s son). He is bargaining with the
cobbler to repair a pair of shoes. At last, it is fixed taka 40. The cobbler
goes to the garage to repair the pair of shoes. The employee’s son calls his
wife to give him 40 tk. She throws a note of 50 . But he shouts to give taka 40
in cash; otherwise, the cobbler will not return 10 tk. I am anticipating that
he will give extra 10 taka to the cobbler since of the Eid. But he does
not do so. He cashes taka 50 from a departmental store and gives 40, in return
of the cobbler’s wage. By this time a van has arrived with deep fridge, and he
becomes busy with the helpers to take it to their home.
It’s 4.00, I am waiting in the main road for
one of my friends who is supposed to come by this time and observing that the
owner of the flats is requesting to his friend to give a look to his cow. The
person in reply says that he does not have the age to do so and he is in a
hurry. But the owner adheres to his childish insistence. At last, the person
with an angry mood goes to give a look to the cow of 85000.
It’s 4.15; I have come back home
since my friend has not come to meet me. Again, I am sitting at the balcony. By
this time, my neighbor along with his wife (lives next to our flat) has
returned from the haat with their cow with 110000 taka. My neighbor has a shop
where refrigerators are being repaired. He was not a moneyed man when he took
the possession of his flat. But within 5 years he has piled up huge money. HOW?
That’s a burning question! Oh ,sorry I am beating about the bush. Let’s come to
the point, I can see a sort of mini picnic of my neighbor’s family. They are
gossiping with the people regarding the cow. My neighbor is taking picture with
a DSLR. I don’t have any idea regarding the price of the DSLR, but I can guess
that it’s too expensive since of the long lens. My neighbor is individually taking
photo of his children, wife, and his wife’s sister with the cow. At last, he
orders his driver to take a family photo with the cow. It seems to me that the
cow is one of the family members of my neighbor. My neighbor and his
family members are still enjoying their picnic. They are eating, drinking, and
gossiping. Suddenly, I hear that the driver is proclaiming that because of the
red color of the cow they had to pay
10000 taka extra. How funny this is!!!? In this postmodern globe, the color of
a cow makes it more expensive. The passersby are asking the price of the cow,
and every time the driver answers. It seems to me that the owner has kept an
assistant to tell the people about the price. The children of my neighbor are
constantly irritating the cow. Suddenly, the cow unties the tie and starts running. My neighbor along with his
driver is trying to stop it, but in vain. A jeep hits the cow and it is
severely injured. Whatever, I don’t know whether my neighbor is going to
sacrifice this injured animal on the behalf of God’s satisfaction or not .But, everything
is possible in this postmodern world! Isn’t it so??!! Let’s wait till tomorrow.
I have not written this short piece of writing to hurt anyone. If any one hurts,
I seek your apology. I have written this to expose our inherent tendency to
show off. The above three human beings, I mentioned have never distributed
Eid-Ul-Azha’s meat according to the rules and regulations of Islam. You can
say, I have written this out of anger. But, if you want to criticize or censure
this piece of writing, you are most welcome to do so, but in return I will also
defend my position
posted by Ainul Momen Rafat @ March 11, 2016
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