Chapter: 6
The Ghat of the Only World
. What impressions of Shahid do you gather form the piece ?
āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻি āĻি āĻাāĻĒ āĻোāĻাāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻো āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ে ?
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.
āϞেāĻāĻ āĻ āĻŽিāϤাāĻ āĻোāώ⧰ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϞিāĻা ā§°াāĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤ āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāĻŽুāĻী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻĒাāĻāĻে। āĻেāύ্āϏাā§°ā§° āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ ā§°োāĻেāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāϤ্āĻŽা āĻাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āϝোāĻĻ্āϧা āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĻুā§°্āĻাāĻ্āϝ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻāϤ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻিāĻিā§āϏাāϞāϝ়āϤ āĻĨāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻšুāĻāϞ āĻেāϝ়াā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻā§°িā§°ে āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŽেāϧাā§ąী āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻো।
āĻাāϞ āĻāĻŦিāϤা, āĻাāϞ āϏংāĻীāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽিāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻ। āϤেāĻঁ, āύিāĻেāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϞ āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŦি-āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāĻā§° āϏংāĻ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা āĻā§°ু āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏ⧰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻ āύāύ্āϝ। āĻŽূāϞāϤঃ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āϧ⧰্āĻŽāύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ্āώ āĻŽাāύুāĻš। ā§°াāĻāύৈāϤিāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻā§°ু āĻšিংāϏাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽেāϧাā§ąী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি, āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে।
2. How do you Shadid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die ?
āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻš’āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāύিāϞে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻĻিāĻĻ āĻā§°ু āϞেāĻāĻে āĻেāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°ে ?
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§§ āĻāύ⧰ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°িāϞāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻাāĻĒি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻāĻĨāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻিāϞ।āĻĻীāĻāϞীāϝ়া āĻāĻĨা-āĻŦāϤ⧰াā§° āĻ āύ্āϤāϤ āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻাāĻŽāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻĨāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āϞিāĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে। āĻāĻĨāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏাāύ্āϤ্āĻŦāύা āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āĻাāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϝেāύ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻ āĻŽā§°্āϝাāĻĻাāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻৃāĻĒাā§°ে āĻŽাāύি āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
\āĻāĻĨāĻāĻāύে, āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻ āύুā§°োāϧāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে। āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώাāϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽেāϞিāĻāύেāĻŖ্āĻ āĻিāĻāĻŽাā§° āϧ⧰া āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻ āϏ্āϤ্ā§°োāĻĒāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϞোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤো āϤেāĻঁ āϧৈā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ে āϏāĻāϞো āĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤি āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āϝুঁāĻাā§°ু āĻšৈāϝ়েāĻ āĻšুāĻāϞ āĻেāϝ়াā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻাāϤāĻৈ āĻোāĻāĻাāĻĸ়ি āϝোā§ąাāĻোā§ąেāĻ āĻŦেāĻি āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āĻļেāώ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒিāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽাāĻāĻ āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
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 ‘āĻĄাāĻāϏ্āĻĒোā§°া’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻŦ। āĻāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻো āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°া āĻাā§°āϤীāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦ্ā§°āĻāύāĻাā§°ীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻŦুāĻি 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§°āĻāύāĻাā§°ী’ā§° āĻ āĻিāϧাāύ⧰ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ “āϝিāĻোāύো āĻাāϤি āĻŦা āĻোāĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻঁāϤ⧰ি āϝোā§ąা”। ... narration, ‘The Ghat of the Only World’ āϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāĻূāĻŽিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻঁāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻাāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āĻŦāĻšু āĻাā§°āϤীāϝ়ā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে।
āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻে āĻŽাāύāĻšাāĻাāύāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒিāĻāϞৈ āĻŦ্ā§°ুāĻāϞিāύāϞৈ āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāύীāϝ়েāĻে āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ āĻāύāώ্āĻিāĻিāĻāĻāϤ āĻ āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ āĻŽিāϤাāĻ āĻোāώ⧰ āĻā§° āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ āĻĻূā§°āϤ। āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻাāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে ā§°োāĻাāύ āĻোāĻ, āĻŦেāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻāϤাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻļোā§° āĻুāĻŽাā§°āĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻšিāĻĻā§° ’ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻāĻŦেāĻিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻাāĻļ্āĻŽীā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ।
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