Author: Shakil Kalam Bangladesh
When Nishu’s age was 8/9 months, his father joined the liberation war. His father didn’t return after the liberation of the country. As he was growing up, he wanted to know from his mother, “Where is his father?”. But his mother stared at him and tears dropped from her mother’s eyes. Nishu’s mother told him giving the flag of Bangladesh that his father is in the flag. Nishu turned over the flag repeatedly and asked her mother “Mother, I can’t see my father in the flag.”
After the annual exam, Nishu visited Palashpur, the work-place of his uncle. Then, there was a winter fair in Palashpur. His uncle brought him to the fair on holiday. Various kinds of craft items were sold in that winter fair. His uncle bought different types of toys for him. Meanwhile, Nishu noticed that a boy was repeatedly telling his father to buy a clay horse but the boy was crying because his father didn’t. Observing the scene, Nishu remembered his father. Suddenly, he asked his uncle, “Where is my father?” But his uncle had no word to reply.
Nishu again asked. Then his uncle said with tears wrapped, “Your father is here.” Then Nishu told his uncle to take him to his father. After that Nishu’s uncle exited the fair and took him to a green field filled with Palash trees.
There were many tombs. Nishu’s uncle showed him a tomb and said “Your father is lying here”. Nishu had a surprise look at his uncle and realized that his father died. His eyes became glittered and wanted to know how his father died. Nishu’s uncle answered him, “Your father embraced martyrdom in the liberation war. Nishu’s face became grimy and stared at his father’s grave.
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