Chapter: 6

The Ghat of the Only World 


. What impressions of Shahid do you gather form the piece ?

āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻ›াāĻĒ āĻ—োāϟাāχ āϟুāĻ•ুā§°াāϟো āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰ে ?

Answer: The author Amitav Ghosh’s write up on Shahid reveals that the poet was a multi-faceted personality. Even the dreadful disease of cancer could not break his spirit. He was a fighter and never lost courage in the face of misfortune. He refused to take the help of the wheelchair while in hospital and preferred to walk on his feet. He was an extremely gifted teacher as well.

Shahid was a profound lover of good poetry, good music and good food. He, himself, was a good poet and always enjoyed the company of poets and writers. His wit and sense of humour were also unique. Basically, he was a secular man. The political situation and violence hurt him so much that his poem’s central theme became Kashmir. He was a gifted person, indeed.

āϞেāĻ–āĻ• āĻ…āĻŽিāϤাāĻ­ āϘোāώ⧰ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϞিāĻ–া ā§°াāχāϟ āφāĻĒāϤ āĻ•āĻŦিāϜāύ āĻŦāĻšুāĻŽুāĻ–ী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে। āĻ•েāύ্āϏাā§°ā§° āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• ā§°োāĻ—েāĻ“ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāϤ্āĻŽা āĻ­াāĻ™িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āϝোāĻĻ্āϧা āφāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĻুā§°্āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–āϤ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏাāϞāϝ়āϤ āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻšুāχāϞ āϚেāϝ়াā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ­ā§°িā§°ে āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻāϜāύ āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŽেāϧাā§ąী āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•ো।


āĻ­াāϞ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা, āĻ­াāϞ āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϞ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽিāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ, āύিāϜেāχ āĻāϜāύ āĻ­াāϞ āĻ•āĻŦি āφāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻŦি-āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāϕ⧰ āϏংāĻ— āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা āφ⧰ু āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏ⧰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤাāĻ“ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ। āĻŽূāϞāϤঃ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻāϜāύ āϧ⧰্āĻŽāύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ•্āώ āĻŽাāύুāĻš। ā§°াāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āφ⧰ু āĻšিংāϏাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āχāĻŽাāύেāχ āφāϘাāϤ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻāϜāύ āĻŽেāϧাā§ąী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি, āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে।

2. How do you Shadid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die ?

 āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻš’āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āϜাāύিāϞে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻĻিāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰ে ?

Answer: Shahid spoke to the narrator about his approaching death for the first time on 25th April 2001. After a long conversation, Shahid wished that the narrator should write something on him. The narrator tried to console him that he would be fine soon, but the poet seemed to have accepted his fate with dignified grace.

\The narrator, at last, agreed to the poet’s request. Shahid never lost courage when the tests revealed that he had malignant tumour. He bore all the discomfort with fortitude even when he was about to undergo the surgery. He remained a fighter and preferred to walk rather than sitting on a wheel chair, in his last moments, he was at peace with himself and talked about meeting his mother in the life after death.

⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϚāύ⧰ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°িāϞāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰ āϚাāĻĒি āĻ…āĻšাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻ•āĻĨāϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ।āĻĻীāϘāϞীāϝ়া āĻ•āĻĨা-āĻŦāϤ⧰াā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻ•াāĻŽāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ•āĻĨāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে। āĻ•āĻĨāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϏাāύ্āϤ্āĻŦāύা āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞে āĻ­াāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϝেāύ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝāĻ• āĻŽā§°্āϝাāĻĻাāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ•ৃāĻĒাā§°ে āĻŽাāύি āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।


\āĻ•āĻĨāĻ•āϜāύে, āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে। āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώাāϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽেāϞিāĻ—āύেāĻŖ্āϟ āϟিāωāĻŽাā§° āϧ⧰া āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…āϏ্āϤ্ā§°োāĻĒāϚাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤো āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϧৈā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ে āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤি āϏāĻš্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϝুঁāϜাā§°ু āĻšৈāϝ়েāχ āĻšুāχāϞ āϚেāϝ়াā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•াāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ–োāϜāĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āϝোā§ąাāϟোā§ąেāχ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āĻļেāώ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒিāϛ⧰ āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ।

3. Look up the dictionary for the meaning of the word 'diaspora'. What do you understand of the Indian diaspora form this piece  ?

āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύāϤ ‘āĻĄাāχāϏ্āĻĒোā§°া’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻŦ। āĻāχ āϟুāĻ•ুā§°াāϟো āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰া āĻ­াā§°āϤীāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦ্ā§°āϜāύāĻ•াā§°ীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϝ় ?

Answer: 

The dictionary meaning of ‘diaspora’ is “the movement of people from any nation or group away from their own country”. The. narration, ‘The Ghat of the Only World’ describes many Indians living in the United States, away from their motherland.

Shahid lived in Manhattan and later shifted to Brooklyn. His sister taught at the Pratt Institute. Amitav Ghosh lived a few blocks away. Though the narrator and Shahid lived in United States they loved Rogan Josh, Begum Akhtar and Kishore Kumar. Shahid had a passionate love for ’ Kashmir so that he wanted to go back to Kashmir to die.

āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦ্ā§°āϜāύāĻ•াā§°ী’ā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ⧰ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ “āϝিāĻ•োāύো āϜাāϤি āĻŦা āĻ—োāϟ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻĒā§°া āφঁāϤ⧰ি āϝোā§ąা”। ... narration, ‘The Ghat of the Only World’ āϤ āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŽাāϤৃāĻ­ূāĻŽিā§° āĻĒā§°া āφঁāϤ⧰āϤ āφāĻŽেā§°িāĻ•াāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰া āĻŦāĻšু āĻ­াā§°āϤীāϝ়ā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।

āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻŽাāύāĻšাāϟাāύāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĒিāĻ›āϞৈ āĻŦ্ā§°ুāĻ•āϞিāύāϞৈ āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰িāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ­āύীāϝ়েāĻ•ে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϟ āχāύāώ্āϟিāϟিāωāϟāϤ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ…āĻŽিāϤাāĻ­ āϘোāώ⧰ āϘ⧰ āĻ•েāχāϟাāĻŽাāύ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ• āĻĻূā§°āϤ। āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻ•āĻĨāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻ āφāĻŽেā§°িāĻ•াāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে ā§°োāĻ—াāύ āϜোāĻ›, āĻŦেāĻ—āĻŽ āφāĻ–āϤাā§° āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāĻļোā§° āĻ•ুāĻŽাā§°āĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° ’ āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āφāĻŦেāĻ—িāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীā§°āϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।



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