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Treasures of India we hardly know

Yesterday I was in Nawhata (a village near Bangaon) to attend a wedding ceremony of one of my elder sister’s relative. My parents and I started our journey at about 1.30 pm. The journey was beautiful. I came to know from driver that our total journey will be through Jashore Road. He also told me that we would be very near to Bangladesh Border. The journey took about two and half hours. The village is lovely. We were cordially invited.

I was sitting in a small room when a showcase full of art work,models caught my attention. Then my elder sister’s (we call her ‘didi’ in Bengali) maternal uncle(‘chotomama’ in Bengali) told me that he had made these. I was amazed to see that he has a truly different eye to see things. He collects roots of many trees and try to make models from that. After seeing that I was interested he started to show those works to me. He also told me how he had made that, what kind of root it was, how he managed to get that shape…. Among the artworks he showed me a model in which 10 characters can be seen from different angle. I insisted him to organize an exhibition but he told me, “I can’t create these again exactly that’s why I don’t wanna sell these.” When I asked how he had done such wonderful works he replied, “My family is very helpful. That’s the main reason I have build these!”

In evening my uncle took me to one of his friend’s home. In the way he told me that his friend had won ‘National Teacher’ award from the president of India. I was eager to talk with his friend. At their home I also got a hearty welcome. His name was Satyajit Sarkar. After little chatting he took me to a room where he kept all his awards. I asked him for what he was awarded. He told me that he is a primary school teacher. His aim is to provide his school children a better school (with electricity, toilet….) He had worked in his school for 30 years. And he had done a terrific job for which he was awarded, to make his school better in those years. He told me that he loves teaching and he wants to do more work for villages in India. I was amazed to see his enthusiasm. He also showed me the medal he got from president. He told me that there is huge work that has to be done for villages of India.

At about 8 pm we were ready to come back. I was truly amazed to see such talents in a small village. I wondered thousands of such treasures of India,we hardly know, are trying hard to make India better. When our car was near Dumdum Airport I saw a plane was taking off from runway… It was going high, high and high…….