Gaanola

1991. Raater khawa-dawar por shute jabaar aage TV-r  'knob' ghuriyechhi. Shadakaalo TV-ta khaanik jhirjhir kore jokhon porishkaar phute uthlo, dekhi komte thaka chuler ek maajhboyeshi jubok kole rakha guitar-ta baajiye baajiye  onyo dhoroner  ekta gaan gaichhen , er aage konodin na shona ek notun dhoroner bhasha she gaaner, " Chena bus, chena route, / Chena ruti, biscuit, / Chena chena chaayer gelaash..."...Ek obaak kora mugdho bishmoye boshe boshe shunlam she onushthaan ta baba-maayer shonge....Tarpor je jaar moto shute chole gelaam...Ei niye kono kotha holo na baarite...Porer din shondhyebela baba office-pherta dekhi haate kore ekta cassette kine niye eshechhen, 'Tomaake Chai'.......Shei amaar shoishober ongo hoye gelen Suman Chattopadhyay......

Taarpor eke eke Suman-ke niye kaagoje berono shomosto lekha gograashe gilchhi....Shottorer uttaal doshok, rasta diye hnaatte hnaatte Bijoygor-er khaale bheshe jete dekhlen ek torun-er tatka laash, buker opor chhurita tokhono gnithe royechhe...Ek lohomaay oleek mone holo Rabindranath-ke...Akashbaani-te aar to record koraa jaabe na "Helaphela shara belaa, eki khela aponshone..."...Ei kaalbelay antipnati kore khnujeo Bangla gaaner jogote khnuje pelen na shomokaal-ke...Aajkaal-er shangbaadikotaar sthai chakri chhere diye bideshe paari...Voice of Germany, tarpor Voice of America-y shongbaad paathok-er bhumika...du-Banglaar kormira kaaj korten shekhaane...Tnaader shonge mishei onubhob korlen, "Paakostholi-te Islam nei, neiko Hinduani, / Shetha jaha jol, taha paani...."..Tarpor jibon shoilo koto obhignotaar ghaat-protighaat....Nicaraguar Cultural Revolution-er shomoy gelen she deshe....Park-e beraate beraate dekhlen ek sthaaniyo shishu khele beraachhe park-er modhye...Boroder duniyaar aagun sporsho koreni hoyto shaarolyer shoishob-ke...Shishutike deke jiggyesh korlen, "Biplob maane jaano ?"..shishuti kono kotha na bole thnot kaamre paayer buro aangul diye park-er maati khnutte laaglo...Pher jiggyesh korlen Suman, "Biplob maane bojho ?"...Hothaat-i shishuti , shei opaar shaarolyo-makha shishuti, jaar omoleen haashite emonki shurjodeb lojja peye nijer mukutkhaani jaake poriye dyan, nirobota bhenge sthaaniyo bhashay je bakyoti uchcharon korlo Bangla korle taar maane dnaaray, "Ami-i Biplob..."

Pete Seeger bhalobeshe upohaar dilen nijer guitaar, ekshonge monche gailen prithibi duliye dewa Civil Rights Movement-er gaan, "We shall overcome someday, / Deep in my heart, I do belive..."...Prithibir du-praanter dui Gaanola ekshonge binomro pronoti janalen gonoshongeet-ke, "Gaan tumi how jeebon-bimukh gaan-er shomokaal-e / Bnachaar lorai, bnachao amaay tomaar taale taale..".........Noam Chomsky chithi pathaalen Fidel Castro-ke, " Ei loktaar oshamanyo protibha, eke shongee kore nao Cuba-r shangshkritik biplob-er."

Tobu phire elen. Bangla gaan-ke kichhu phiriye debaar durmor swopno niye. Monche dnaariye, guitar haate ekaki duniya knapachhen Bob Dylan. Aar e pora desh aajo keno pore thaakbe shudhui chnaad-phul-jochhonaay ? Ashaay buk bnaadhlen Bongodesh-er 'Tambourine Man'.............Guitar knaadhe uthe dnaaralen Banglaar shongeet monche......Shaamne ek onishchhet bhobishyot , tobu jeno "Uthe dnaraanoye oporajitaa"...Naagorik klanti-te biddhosto Kolkata shohor mugdho hoye shunlo, " Bohudur hnete eshe tomaake chai, E jeebon bhalobeshe tomaake chai.."...Guitar tokhon eker por ek ashphaalon kore cholechhe....Bangla gaaner sthobirota bhenge khaan-khaan....

Du-doshoker more jawa Bangali-r biplobi chetona abaar jeno ga jhara diye uthlo, " Shwopno gulo chherechho to koyek bochhor aage, / Amaar kintu shwopno dekhte aajo bhalo laage.."..Shwopno dekhalen tini...Amaader moton srotader chokhe laaglo maya-kaajol...Keu bhaablo e gaan nirghaat Latin America-r oronyer trench-e boshe lekha...Shaashok-er roktochokkhur opor chokh rekhe kotha bolte shikhlo onek din-er ghumiye thakaa bangali....biplobi Bangali, aar romantic Bangali....Onek aalokborsho durer shara-raat dhore jwole thaka dhushor taraar neel , osrubindu hoye phute thaaklo onek na pawar bhitor.....Gota ekta byartho jeebon bneche thaklo agameer shwopne bibhore hoyei.....Bujhlam na Suman-er gaan aar gaan-er maajhe bola kotha gulo-o aadope ponyo...Bajaarer doradori-te ruti-bhaat-torkaarir motoi otha naama kore se gaaner daam..Aar ei bajaarer niyom dhorei ekdin abaaro miliye jaabe e-gaaner resh ei bishyaoner duniya theke....Ta she jotoi tini nijer byaktishotta-ke byabochchhed kore tnaar aaposh-ke alada kore din...Din bodol-er gaan shesh obdhi tini hoyto bechlen-i...Nije bollen-o she kotha gaaner bhashay...Tobu amra oto bujhini, bortomaankei haat pete niye chetepute kheyechhi....gaan shunechhi, aar shwopno dekhechhi...Agaamir shwopno, dinbodoler shwopno, Suman-ke niye shwopno.....

Ekhanei thamlam, .............kaaron er porer itihaash shwopno-bhonger itihaash.....Tobu chole jete jete abaaro  shomoyer 'knob' ghuriye chaaliye di ekta gaan, aar gaan shunte shunte bidaay ni....

"Tomaake bhababoi bhababo, she tumi mukhe jai bolona,

Tomaake pothe aami namaboi, jotoi ghore boshe thaako na..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~