1. Prothom bhaag: Ekti siddhanto o kichu tanaporen
"Kokhono somoy ase...jibon muchki hase...thik jano pore paoa choddo ana......"
Gaaner line guli je hotath ei bhabe prasongik hoye uthbe amar kache eto din por seta sottyi sedin bujhini jokhon khub sahosh kore Koustuv aar Ishita ke bolei felechilam...."tahole ami o jhule pori?"....hayn....jotoduur mone pore sei din ta chilo May maaser majha majhi kono ekta din. As usual tinte shohor er tinte manush tader 'e-adda' y bosechilo. Je bhabe amra roj i kotha boloe jai neshagroster moto....jokhon raat bare.... foot paath bodol hoy moddhyo raat e...jokhon roj i neme asto 3 peg Rum er nesha Hyderabad er ek prantik jaygay amar oi chotto sajano ghore....sei rokom i kono ekta din. Mane soja kothay...amar protidin er rojnamcha r theke random tule ana je kono ekta din.
Kintu na, sei din ta sottyi hoyto etota 'aat poure' chilo na. karon emon onek kichu ghote amader jibone jokhon amra bujhteo pari na je apato drishti te ekta sadharon ghotona ba ekta niriho siddhanto koto suduur prosari chhap fele jabe bhobisshyot e. Thik sei rokom bhabei abeg er jhonke niye felechilam siddhanto ta....berate jabo.....kichu khub kom chena...kichu pray na chena ek jhank notun lokjon er sathe. Koustuv er sathe jodio onek din thekei kotha hocchilo...kintu tokhono samna samni dekhao hoyni....tai nijei ektu chomke chilam nijer ei akosmik siddhante. mane Ingriji te jake bole "weird" hoye jacche na to!!...kintu bhobi bholbaar na....jabo jokhon bhebechi.....tokhon "cholo mon ruup nogore" bole bhese pora jaak. Hayn, bina meghe bojropaat er moto 'resignation letter' joma diye, amar shanto shisto professor ke ghabre diye lota kombol aar amar 'chho-tara' niye beriye porlam Hyderabad chere....prathomik gontobbyo Delhi aar tarpor Kasauli aar Chail. Dekhai jak na....."tomar ghore bosot kore koy jona"....
2. Dwitiyo bhaag: "Freedom is the word...."
Rahul er Adchini r bari ta te eksathe onek gulo ochena ba olpo chena mukh dekhe mone hoyechilo..."jodi hoy sujon tobe tentul patay no-jon" proverb ta ekebare bhul....karon oi "noy (nine)" number er upper limit tar asole kono mane nei....'dos foot by dos foot' e icche hole koto je jayga abishkar kora jay seta pore bujhechilam jokhon sunlam Uttiya sara raat katiye diyeche ekti chair er opor. Hyan, ei bhabei suru hoye gechilo amader beranor prostuti porbo amader priyo "Dutta" babu r bari theke. Train dhorar age dupur bela 'Dutta' r 'bheja kashi-shukno kashi' r vicious cycle, Ishitar ticket cancel kore deoar humki, Koustuv er 'strategic indifference' Dutta r proti, jate Dutta jete baddhyo hoy...ityadi ityadi...ek prostho natok er por sesh mesh "Debotar Payesh (Pan D)" er magic e amra saat jon ek sathe uthe porlam train e. Train e uthei Kamal babu bunk e uthe porlen aar bujhlam Mediterranean weather er por bhor bela 'Nahari' r venture ta kamal babu ke besh kabu kore diyeche. Er i faanke Koustuv er sei abeg ghono golay "Tilak da, kano amar emon holo" ei ukti ebong jothariti ek faali muchki haasi chara aar kono uttor ami dite pari ni.
Egiye chollo train....raat govir holo. Er i faanke jor er ghore train e dakat porar swopno o Koustuv dekhe feleche....jai hok...dakat, jolo-dossyu ba dinosaur kichui train e chore ni ebong amra shanti purno bhabei pouche gelam Kalka te. Kaak bhore ek prostho bargaining er por suru holo amader jatra Kasauli r uddesshye. Ekhane bole rakha bhalo je amader gari r chalok er naam chilo 'Golu'. Ei tothyo ta khub i guruttwo purno karon eta na bole dile er por kasauli pouche jokhon sei golu babu ektu jhamela korlen tokhon Rahul er sei bikhyato ukti "mere Golu ke chouko baniye debo" ei kotha tar kono 'context' bojha jabe na.Paharer opurbo soundorjo aar Uttiya r bismoy makha golay "are-terry" aar "odbhut" sunte sunte pouche gelam chotto shohor Kasauli te.
Kasauli Himachal er aar paanchta pahari shohorer theke bishesh kichu alada noy....pore sunechilam er asol akorshon er 'weather'. Jodio amra ektu beshi i kuasha peyechilam aar seta besh swabhabik o June maase Himachal er je kono jayga tei. Tobe mondo lage ni....megh-kuasha-rod er lukochuri ta amra sobai besh upobhog korechilam sei din sokal bela. Haate gorom 'puri aar chole' r nashta r por berie pora holo Kasauli ghure dekhar jonnye. Jodio dekhar moto bishesh kichui chilo na tao sobai mile elo melo ghora ghuri, obiram hasi-thatta-yarki r modhye diye besh kete galo din ta. Sondhye naamlo paharer kol gheshe.
Bondhuder sathe berate jaoa r oviggyota amar kom na. Kintu beranor prothom din er sodhye r 'spontaneity' aar osadharon somoy take facebook er ei note e likhe felar saddhyo amar nei. Sudhu bolte pari Spanish Vodka-Guiar aar besh kichu 'interesting' lokjon eksathe kono ek sondhyebela tader chena porichito gondi r baire paharer ekta shanto hotel e joro hole anando aar bhalo laga kon stor e jete pare seta ami ekhon jani.
Porer din bhor bela abar kojon beriye porlam 'sun-rise' dekhar plan kore. Kintu prochur kuasha badh saadhlo aar sei songei ghote galo ekti dukkho jonok ghotona. Oyndrila thuri baez tar camera ti harie fello. onek khonja khunji aar onek bhabna chinta r por jokhon camera ta paoa galo na tokhon Oyndrila r mukh dekhe ekta jinish bujhechilam....camera diye sudhu chobi i tola hoy na dhore rakha jay besh kichu muhurto. Ekta golpo mone pore jay ei prosonge. Kono ekdin sondhye bela college er pechoner tank e boshe amra kojon bondhu nesha korchilam. Nesha jokhon jome utheche, tokhon hotath kore ek bondhu bole uthechilo.."Tilak, amader ei 23 bochorer jibonta ke jodi cha er chankni diye chenke ni tahole sudhu pore thakbe koyekta muhurto....aar sei gulo niyei amader benche thaka..tai na?" ....sedin bhebchilam neshar ghore bola ekta aje-baje kotha....kintu Kasauli te Oyndrila r camera hariye jete kotha tar mane notun kore bujhechilam....amra sobai 'muhurto' guloi ankre dhore benche thakte chai aar tai sei "muhurto" gulo hariye gele hotath kore ekta odbhut shunnyota bodh amader chepe dhore.
Jai hok, ektu bela barle beriye pora holo Chail er uddyesshye. Chail jaoar rasta r biboron e Uttiya r kotha tai dhar korlam..."Odbhut". Ami sob somoy i pahar beshi pochondo kori karon mone hoy paharer chuler kanta r moto anka banka rasta r proti ti baankei lunkie ache kichu na kichu chomok. Koustuv er pray legend hoye jaoa caricature "Baba magic koren" er sur e bolte icche korchilo "pahar magic koren" aar sei magic sottyi amader buke amara onubhob korte pari. Kufri hoye jokhon chail poucholam tokhon pray bikel hoye gache. Chail sohor theke ektu nicher dike paharer kole ekta osadharon thakar jayga khunje ber korar jonnyo Ishita te dhonnyobaad deoar sottyi kono bhasha chilo na amader.
Chail er prothom din er sondhye bela niyei ekta alada lekha likhe fela jay. 'Dumb charade' khela ta je eto interesting hote pare aar ami je koto ta baje kheli seta besh bujhechilam. Jodio prothomei daabi korechilam ami besh bhaloi kheli...kintu oi je ekta kotha ache na...sottyi ke jotoi lukono r chesta kora hok na kano beriyei pore..temon i amar o osohay obostha ta prokash hote ektu o beshi somoy lage ni. Ei prosonge Malini r rhyme korar skill er ullekh kortei hocche. Jekhan theke 'Queen of rhyme' aar choto kore 'Queen' shobdota o dhuke porlo amader tour e. 'Truth and dare' e Rahul Dutta r osadharon prosno gulo onekdin mone thakbe...sei sathe mone thakbe Uttiyar "Dare" er kaaj ta ekhono pending i ache. Asha kori bhobishyot e kono ei rokom aar ekta tour e seta shona jabe.
Porer din sara din ghora ghuri, Ishita r chail palace e hariye jaoa aar bikel bela hotath kore ekta 'snow-peak' dekha felar anondo niye sondhye bela fire elam hotel e. Sedin jotha riti abar boslo adda r asor...onek gaan prochur baje boka...osadharon kichu muhurto r modhye diye khub taratari kete galo sondhye ta. Kintu majh raat e je amar jonnyo eto boro ekta chomok opekkya korche seta ektu ter pai ni ami. 27 tarikh amar jonmodin. Majh raat e hotath kore Rahul Dutta kano je amay Phd scholarship er bapare kotha bolte ektu soriye niye galo seta tokhon kicchui bujhi ni....kintu fire ese dekhlam amar jonnyo cake, mombaati aar five star sajiye lokjon toiri amar aar ek bochor boyos bere jaoa udjapon korar jonnyo. Ekta kotha mon khule bolte pari...onek shohor ei to thaklaam sesh char/sare char bochor e...Bombay, Chennai, Hyderabad..tai bari r baire jonmodin palon e ekhon ami obbhyosto hoye gechi. Kintu Chail er ei jonmodin palon er kotha mone hoy sohoje bhulte parbo na. Eto antorik bhabe kono jonmodin palon kora jay, seta sottyi sedin na dekhle biswas korte partam na. Abar toiri holo kichu muhurto ja hoyto dhore rakhte chaibo onek onek din...tobe ei faanke bole rakhi....er por Rahul jokhon i PhD r scholarship niye khonj kore tokhon i amar mone hoy ekkhuni kichu na kichu chomok ba "onnyo rokom" prosno aste choleche...
Ei bar ferar pala. Shimla hoye neme elam Kalka te. Saradin bristi ke songe kore amader ghora ghuri r por klanto hoye neme asa holo. Brishti bheja shimla r soundorjo mone rakhar moto...kintu onek kichu na dekhao theke galo. Shimla aar ekbar bhalo kore ghurte hobe.
Tritwio bhaag: Ekti cliche...sesh hoye hoilo na sesh..
Aaj pray du maas por ei note ta likhchi.....jani na eke smriti romonthon bola jay kina...ba hoyto amar o chole jaoar din egiye asche bole tarahuro kore elo melo bhabe likhe felar chesta kichu bhalo somoy er kotha. Berate jaoa, fire asa, abar jaoa ...sudhu jaoa asa...ei cycle ta choltei thake...er moddhye notun kicchu nei...kintu ekhon jeta bhabte bhalo lage...oi kota din er modhye diye amra sobai peye gelam ba bola bhalo kichu ta holeo chine fellam besh kichu notun lokjon ke. jader sathe bhaag kore neoa jay onek hasi-kanna-ovimaan-hotasha aar onek onek bhalo laga. Amar mone hoy jara berate bhalo base tara ekta beranor modhyei porer berate jaoar porikolpona korte suru kore day...amrao tai korechi ba bola bhalo korei cholechi. Ki niye firlam sobai? onek muhurto, onek hasi, onek chobi....aar besh kichu somporko. Jani na somoy er sathe sathe sei sob somorker ki porinoti hobe ba ki bhabe egiye jabo sobai...kintu aaj amar ei 'neel ghor' e bose ei note ta likhte likhte bar bar mone pore jacche Tushar Roy er sei line ta..."sheet kaal kobe asbe Suparna.....". Suparna bole bastobe ba kolponay ami kauke chini na...Kintu Koustuv, Rahul, Uttiya, Ishita, Oyndrila, Malini ei naam guli sottyi...tai 'Suparna' r jaygay ek sathe ei naam guli bosie deoai jay...tai na??