A day of elation and agony (and of lessons) Alhamdulillah......... and then re-activating FB

 

Yuh...!! That elation came when almost unexpectedly I found the battery of my repaired lappy is working properly, Alhamdulillah!!. Even though two arrow keys were not working , it was a big relief for me Alhamdulillah. It's been drizzling since last night due to some winter-farewell or summer-arriving depression and I arrived the varsity late to do some lab works for my thesis. However, this gloomy day was not actually the main origin of my agony. But this one might have added up to the pain with that of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi's 4-5 sudden death defeat  against Calcutta Mohammedan last evening.

 Now, as I said on my FB , this might have been the 8^th or 9^th  loss of cell phone for me, Innalillah!! .............Most probably it fell out of my trouser’s waist pocket, once again....!!

 There are 2 reasons that my phones have always been the cheapest ones of the market.

        1.       That's what I can afford...

and... 2. I keep losing it...!!


 .......I mean that has been the story so far....

But,  some agonizingly excruciating and common questions has started to pop up again.

“When would I actually call it a day for this sort of silly carelessness?”

“As a man of 32 from a middle-class family what should have been the level of my sense of responsibility!!?”   
“Where am I standing right now (personally or professionally)....!!?”

Now the perilous thing with these questions is that like most of my country men I seem to get used to with these agonies at some stage and become numb and number or more insensitive to the call of time.

One day, I decided that, God willing, I will set a meaningful standard for my life before I finally consider myself to be getting old. I can’t allow myself to become so comfortably numb!
Now, come to the point of the numbness of the people of this land. They saw how the ruling party has retained the throne with near about 150 of total 300 sits being taken without any pole and the rests were sworn in with a 5% vote casts while the main opposition stayed away from this government party led election. From a Rickshaw-Puller to a Business lord, everybody knows what in fact has happened at the advent of and at the time of the pole and also what is happening now.
But they all along with the opposition seem to be quite okay and very much comfortable with it.
USA  is giving no certain commitments to reinstate GSP for our garments, foreign relations and investments are at stake with not enough recognition for this government, local investors are thinking of moving their businesses out of this country, a threat of another world wide recession at any time is now on, country’s cricket’s future is clearly threatened by the BCB supported  arguable petition of the 3 self declared cricket lords... and we all are just okay with all these...!!  

You know what the amazing thing about all these numbness or lacks of sensibility is !!!?  It’s not all so unpromising In shaa Allah. If an apparently insensible, irresponsible and careless boy like me can get through such critical stages successfully in his educational, professional and personal life by the rahmat (blessing) of Allah then the nation of freedom fighters and hard-working people will very likely bounce back finding a way out of this uncertainty In shaa Allah. I hope the ruling party ,the opposition ie. all the politicians of this country will realize their responsibility and the commitment to this nation some day In shaa Allah. May Allah help us all.  

Getting back to this old practice of offloading head and heart after a while

Yuh..!!! it's been really a long time since I've directly put something on my blog for this purpose. Now at this hour at night after twelve hours of exhaustive, hastening and chilling time I guess my declining intellect (because of age and work-less days ) suddenly has got enough thrust to bring out some words to ease down the heaviness in my heart or head. It’s actually a depression formed out of some dramatic re-occurrence (or should I say reassessment..!!?) of some cold-feeling or a kind of negligence that I had to face from some of my mother side relatives. The agonizing part of this not-so-new-to-me matter is that this time I pushed myself into it thinking that all those cold feelings are gone and warmth of relation is being felt in this typical family. (May be continued)................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I need to be more reserved. 

ভুল কিছু বললাম...!!?

পাকিস্তানের রাষ্ট্রদুতকে পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রনালয়ে তলব করে কড়া ভাষায় প্রতিবাদ জানানো , সরকার প্রধানের তীব্র ভাষায় প্রতিবাদ ব্যক্ত করণ ,  এগুলো নিঃসন্দেহে আমাদের আত্মসম্মানবোধের পরিচায়ক। সরকারের তরফ থেকে এরকম আত্মসম্মানবোধ সম্পন্ন প্রতিক্রিয়া যদি এর আগে আর কোনো  উপযুক্ত সমেয় ব্যক্ত না করে হয়ে থাকে , তবে দেরিতে হলেও এটাই হোক শুভো সুচনা। উদাহরণ সরূপ ভারতীয় কূটনীতিক দেবজানির ঘটনায় ভারত সকারের যে প্রতিক্রিয়া তা বাংলাদেশ সরকারের জন্যও অনুসরণীয় হবে , এটাই আমরা  আশা করি।  দেভ্জানির সঙ্গে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নিরাপত্তা সংস্থার যে আচরণ , তা ওই নিরাপত্তা সংস্থা প্রথমে বিধি সম্মত তল্লাশি প্রক্রিয়া বলে দাবি করলেও , ভারত সরকারের এই আত্মসম্মানবোধ সম্পন্ন তীব্র প্রতিক্রিয়ার পর যুক্তরাষ্ট্র সরকার শেষ পর্যন্ত এর জন্যে দুঃক্ষ প্রকাশ করে।   সীমান্তে কাঁটা তারের বেড়ায় আমাদের ফেলানি কে গুলি করে হত্যা করে তার লাশ ওই বেড়ায় ঝুলিয়ে রাখার পর , এর বিচারে  ভারতের আদালতে যখন ওই বি.এস. এফ জওয়ানকে নির্দোষ বলে খালাস করে দেয়া হলো , তার প্রতিবাদে আমরা আমদের সরকারের কাছ থেকে কি এই রকম আত্মসম্মানবোধ সম্পন্ন , সাহসী প্রতিক্রিয়া আশা করতে পারি না  !!!!?

তবুও বাংলাদেশ , তারপরেও বাংলাদেশ, আমাদের বাংলাদেশ .....!!!

ডিসেম্বর মাস আসলে , আগে গর্বে , আনন্দে , জাতীয় চেতনায় মনটা ভরে উঠতো। এই বছর দেখা যায় এই চেতনায় আনন্দ , গর্ব করার একচ্ছত্র অধিকার নিয়ে নিল শাহাবাগিরা । ওদেরকে সাপোর্ট না করাতে আমার ফ্রেন্ড সার্কেলের এক সাহাবাগির চোখে আমি হয়ে গেলাম যুদ্ধাপরাধীর বিচার বিরোধী , মুক্তিযুদ্ধের বিপক্ষের শক্তি।......একদিন একটা দেশাত্মবোধক গান গুন গুন করে গাইতেই সে খোচা দিয়ে একটা কথা বলল যার অর্থ দাড়ায়...যে আমার মুখে তো এই গান আসার কথা না .......!! সে মুহুর্তে আমার মনে যে ঘৃনা , ধিক্কার এর অনুভুতি সৃস্টি হয়েছিল , বুঝতে পারিনি তা কি আমার ওই বন্ধুর প্রতি নাকি নিজের দেশে দেশদ্রোহিতার অপবাদ পাওয়া আমার নিজের প্রতি... হে আল্লাহ , তুমি জানো লাখো মানুষের আত্মত্যাগের বিনিময়ে পাওয়া আমাদের এই বাংলাদেশকে আমরা কতটা ভালবাসি , দেশের স্বাধীনতার সংগ্রামকে কতটা অনুভব করি। আল্লাহ এর রাসুলের বিরুদ্ধে কুত্সিত লেখা ব্লগে লিখে , ছেলে মেয়ে একসাথে দিন রাত মদ্যপান ও বেলাল্লাপনা করে , কিছু সুযোগ সন্ধানী নাস্তিক , লেফ্টিস্ট/ কমুনিস্টদের মাধ্যমে আমাদের মহান মুক্তি যুদ্ধের চেতনাকে পুজি করে এই সুখী এবং অগ্রসরমান , ধর্ম বিশ্যাষী, সাম্প্রদায়িক সম্প্রীতি সম্পন্ন দেশের বিরুদ্ধে, দেশের মুসলিম জনগোষ্ঠির বিরুদ্ধে যে ষড়যন্ত্র শুরু হয়েছে , তা থেকে দেশের মানুষকে তুমি রক্ষ্যা কর। বিজয়ের মাসে তোমার কাছে এই হোক আমাদের প্রার্থনা।

Nazrul

অসহায় জাতি মরিছে ডুবিয়া , জানেনা সন্তরণ
কান্ডারী আজ দেখিব তোমার মাত্রি-মুক্তিপন...

Morning walk with Dad

Had a walk this morning....(alone .. :( ...).Alhamdulillah..!! It can be called somewhat like a "Morning Walk" ( about 2 miles or so...) .....If I don't count the 4 days at ISSB at 2011..then this was after a gap of 18 /19 years after 1993 when I last joined my dad and younger brother on their routine 3 miles walk every morning ...Since, 1989/90 when I was 8 or 9, My dad used to have this walk almost every morning. My younger brother seemed more enthusiastic and energetic than me to join dad.... I still remember those every morning adventures through different routes such as, urban and rural roads , woods , by the rail-tracks, by the river as we’ve been in different parts of this beautiful country, Bangladesh... Among all those memories, here I am writing about a very interesting one .

One fine morning (most probably in 1993) we three started from Teacher's Training College campus at Kotbari, Comilla along the road to the famous Museum of Comilla. After a mile, we took a clay road beside Comilla Cadet College and continued the walk through a rutted, pitted, potholed hilly jungle. Dad was showing us different rare jungle trees and magnificent landscapes enthralling us all the way. We saw jungle, trees, paddy fields, small huts etc. I don't remember all. At one point we started climbing the highest hill on our way. Getting at the top I discovered that this was my very well known Military Firing Range where I used to come through the roads jogging with my school's BNCC platoon every Friday morning. I had just entered it from the other side that morning. We took that road to get back. On the way, I met a well known older brother of my neighborhood and got into his motor bike leaving my dad and younger brother behind. Looking back from the bike to say "See yaa... " I saw dad smiling at me!! Suddenly, I realized I did a terrible thing. I actually deprived myself from completing a family fun.......

A Story based on Semantic Web or Web Intelligence or Web 3.0

Consider a possible scenario happening at the advent of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2014 which will start at Dhaka .

The story is about an interaction between the Wisdom Web and a user. Here the user is an Afghan  tourist/spectator,'Haseeb Zadran'' (Imaginary...just think of anybody...) who has just arrived Dhaka to watch the inaugural ceremony of the world cup and would like to find a schedule of the matches at Mirpur. 

So he walks into the cyber cafe of the hotel he is staying and decides to get some practical wisdom from a public Wisdom Web outlet. He logs in with a user name, “Zadran”, and asks:

“What are the T20 World Cup 2014  matches that will be played at Mirpur stadium ?”

The Wisdom Web thinks for about a second or two and then responds: 

           “Hello Mr. Zadran!!,  may be you are looking for a schedule of Twenty 20 World Cup Cricket 2014 matches at Mirpur Shere Bangla Cricket Stadium . Here it is :

Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan (Qualifying Group A), March 16, 2014 Sunday 3.30 pm,

Pakistan Vs India (Group 2),  March 21, 2014 Friday 3.30 pm,

Australia Vs Pakistan, (Group 2) March 23, 2014 Sunday  3.30 pm,

W.Indies Vs India, (Group 2) March 23, 2014 Sunday 7.30 pm,

TBC Vs W.Indies (Group 2) March 25, 2014 Tuesday 3.30 pm,

W.Indies Vs Australia (Group 2) March 28, 2014 Friday 3.30 pm,
India Vs TBC (Group 2) March 28, 2014 Friday 7.30 pm

Would you like to go to watch one or two of them?”

Zadran replied, “Yes, I’ll go for the matches at 16th March, 25th March (3.30pm) and 28th March (7.30pm). My home team, Afghanistan is playing the first  one and might also play the other two."

Then the Wisdom Web suggests:

        “As far as I know, there are still some tickets left and you may purchase some from one of the temporary ticket sales points for the World Cup just beside the SAARC Fountain at Karwan Bazar. That is the closest point to your current position.”

Now he decides that this could be an interesting event for him...

Two days later, Mr. Haseeb Zadran arrives at the cricket ground, but surprisingly finds he forgot to notice that today’s match has been delayed as the ground is wet and unfit for the match due to the heavy rain and the summer storm last night. Luckily the sun is out again...!!  Hope fully it will dry up quickly as the ground stuffs are working hard and they have drained out the trapped water already. Suddenly..!!, there is an official declaration on the giant screen that the match has been delayed to get the wet field to be fully match fit and it will start at 6:30 pm local time. That’s exactly 3 hours from now..!!! .As he is a bit disappointed, Haseeb notices a free Wisdom Web Kiosk at a corner of the stadium. 

          Well, that’s convenient...!!

So, without too much hesitation, he logs on to the Wisdom Web, again as “Zadran”. The Wisdom Web still remembers his conversation two days ago. As soon as it recognizes, it's Zadran, it says to him:

   “Hello Mr. Zadran!. So, you are at the stadium compound now!!. But, I have learned that the match has been delayed."

   “Yuh!, Now I don’t know how to spend these hours . The local crowd is heading out. Is there any interesting place around the stadium where I can spend some time?” Haseeb asks the web.

Again the Wisdom Web takes two or three seconds to think and then replies, " If you do not have any other plan you can spend some hours at the Mirpur National Zoo before the match starts. It’s just 3 or 4 kilometers away from the stadium. I think you can have a nice time there."

Eyes lit up!, Haseeb gets excited at this, “Great !!!, I think that’s a fantastic idea!” , and asks “How can I get there ?”.

“Well! if you decide to go you can find many zoo bound public transports at stadium's bus stop.” Replies the WW.

“Okay , I’m signing off right now and heading for the bus stop. Thank you very much for the information”. Haseeb Zadran decides right away.

“That’s a pleasure!. Have a good day Mr. Zadran!!” as if it was a five star hotel receptionist from the other side of the desk..