Ho Zo Bo Ro Lo Ami Ar Ma

Ami bollam, ‘aji? But sir, ajke bari giye aste aste to onek deri hoye jabe sir, pouchute pouchutei to prai rat doshta beje jabe, tokhon ki ar keu party te thakbe?’ ekotha bolate nagmoni babu ho ho kore heshe uthlen, ar Chowdhury shaheb o dekhi mitmit kore hashchen. Nagmoni babu bollen, ‘perfect, rat doshta’r jaigai rat egarota holeo somossha nei, amar driver tomader ke pick korbe, and party actually starts from midnight, and goes on whole night, ki apotti nei to? E karonei to tomar ma keo aste bolchi, so that uni tomar jonno jeno dushchinta na koren’. Ami vetore vetore besh excited holeo vab dekhalam khub ghabre giyechi, ‘o’mma.. sara rat!!? Accha, ma sathe thakle kono oshubidhe hobe na, tobe phirbar somoy transport paowa to kothin hobe sir.’

Sathe sathei Chowdhury shaheb gomvir golai bollen, ‘osob transport niye tomake ar chinta korte hobe na, amader transport e jabe, by the way, Nagmoni, tumi payel er jonno office pool transport er ekta babostha kore dio, jodio Payel onek junior but jehetu or kajer khetro ta khubi important, I think she deserves a car round the clock.’ Ami to vetore vetore bakbakum kore uthlam, shudhu mukh alto namiye, kritoggotar chahoni diye bollam, ‘thank you, sir’.. tahole ekhon asi, rat e dekha hocche… dujonei eksathe bole uthlen, ‘eso’.. ami uthte jacchi, tokhon Chowdhury shaheb abar amake daklen, ‘Payel, ajker party’r kono dress code nei, very casual, even jeans ar t-shirt pore aste paro’. Ami muchki heshe bollam, ‘Ji accha, sir’. ami uthe amar bishal pod khana duliye duliye ber hoye elam, kintu bujhlam, unader du jora chokh shete ache amar poder dui dabnar dike, ar bivor hoye ache, amake ar ma ke aj tight jeans ar t-shirt er majh diye porokh korar ghor e.

Ami office e thaktei ma ke phone diye sob bollam, ma bollen, ‘khub valo kotha, ami shob ready kore rakhchi, ar shon, asar somoy jhot kore parlour theke bogol er chul gulo kamiye asbi, amra sleeveless pore jabo aj’, ami o excited, bollam, ‘thik ache ma, ami ekhuni ber hocchi’.

Amra rat 9 tar moddhe ma r meye ready hoye wait korte thaklam, amra dujonei ekdom tight jeans porechi, dujoner pod upche pechon dike thele ber hoye aste chaiche, ami ekta sleeveless t-shirt porechi, jar buker upor likha DON”T STARE ar ma same ekta t-shirt poreche, jar upore likha OOOPS. Amra wait korchi, emon somoy nagmoni babu amake ekta SMS pathalen, ‘ready, car is almost approaching your home’. Ami likhlam, ‘ekdom ready Nagmoni babu’.

Ektu porei bishal Pazero aslo, amra chore boslam, kalo kach diye dhaka, even driver ar pechoner seat er majheo kalo kach deya, bujhlam ekhaneo Nagmoni babu onek kichui kore thaken. Garite uthar porpori Nagmoni babu’r text elo abar, ‘started? We two are eagerly waiting to see you in jeans and t-shirt’. Ami reply dilam, ‘yes, we are coming, hope you will not be dissappointed’. Uni reply dilen, ‘no way, tomader ma meye je bittoshali, tate hotash hobar kono sujogi nei.’

Ei prothom uni erokom vabe direct kichu ingit korlen, ektu obak holam, but arektu egiye nebar jonno likhlam, ‘jah, nagmoni babu, apni bariye bolen’. Uni sathe sathe reply dilen, ‘erokom barabari hole, bariye na bole ki upai ache?’ ma o amar sathe sob porchen, ar amake utshaho dicchen. Ami reply dilam, ‘barabari? Amra ki barabari korlam? Amra to khubi valo ar vodro nagmoni babu’. Uni likhlen, ‘e barabari tomader hate nei, vogoban tomader erokom kore pathiyechen… ha ha ha’. Ami reply dilam, ‘jah, apni khubi baje, ki barabari kotha bolchen? Kichui bujhte parchina.. hi hi hi..’.. uni likhlen, ‘aso aj, practical demonstrate kore dekhiye debo ki barabari!’ ami ekta jib ber kora sign pathiye diye chup kore bose thaklam, evabei text exchange korte korte amra pouche gelam Chowdhury shaheb er barite.

Okhane pouche ektu surprised holam, karon amra vebechilam ghorowa party bolleo hoito asole amra koyekjoni thakbo, but dekhlam prai 20-25 jon manush ache, ar Chowdhury shaheb er chele ebong bou o ache. Aro porichoy holo, Chowdhury shaheb er shala ebong shala’r bou er sathe, unar shalok, boliadi shaheb ar unar bou, Dipa. Mrs. Dipa ottonto akorshoniyo ebong udvinno joubona, thik amader motoi unar beshal mai r pod, tobe amader cheyeo lomba.

Aro kichu unader close relativeder sathe porichoy holo, sotti kotha bolte, amra dujon oi circle er moddhe ekebarei bemanan. Sobai ottonto borolok ebong shomvranto ghorer manush, amra ekebarei jai na ei group tar sathe. Jai hok, amader ke dekhe sobai besh welcoming attitude show korlo, ekebarei bujhte dilo na je amra asole outsider, but kichukhon porei bujhlam je, ei welcoming attitude asole tader valo manushi na, borong tader dushchoritro manoshikota bastobayoner akangkha. Nagmoni babu’r kothai thik, unar kache, ba eder sobar kache bittoban holo, je nari joto beshi hot, se hishebei amra eder majhe besh bittoban… lol

Party jome uthche, ma nagmoni babu’r sathe besh alap jomiye niyeche, ami kache giye shuni, ma bolchen, ‘dada, apnara amader ke je ekhane invite korechen, seta apnader boro moner porichoy dei’, nagmoni babu bollen, ‘Come on, Salma (ma er nam), ki je bolen na apni, apnara eshe borong amader party ke aro glorify korechen.. ha ha ha’ dujonei heshe uthlo, prai ekjon arekjoner upor dhole porche, evabei ekbare jhuke pore thik ma’er t-shirt er upor OOOPS likha ta dekhe nagmoni babu bole boslen, ‘ooops’.. bole dujonei heshe uthlen, ma jeno aro mai duto duliye duliye hasha shuru korlen.