Sunday, June 3, 2007

The Gift of the nut nana






He is a man who not only has a brilliant aim in life but also successful in his personal life & as a businessman. He is one of the richest persons of our society. He is honest, punctual, religious, discipline & well behaved. But at the same time he is extremely lonely.



I have an opportunity to meet with him and have time to spend with him. I have a close observation and found every body can follow his some activity to serve and redecorate our society.
The official name of the most talent man is Mr. Gafir Ahamed but general people know his as “Nana”(Grand father). In the year 1950 he came from India and started a small business in here. Now he has a large pharmaceutical factory and even three star hotel. He has four sons and four daughters (all four daughters are married and are well settled in their own families).



His three sons are married except one son and they all live with their father in family’s Dhanmondi residence. His wife passed away in the year 2000. In spite of such an extended family no body has enough time for him. So this elderly widow passes away his time amongst the people around him.


The “Nut Nana” as he commonly known decided to follow the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (SM). For the last twenty years he has been distributing certain amounts nut everyday after As’r prayer (afternoon prayers) in the area surrounding the Dhanmondi Lake.



This Nan is a devout muslim and prays five times a day. And it is in precincts of the mosque that he imparts valuable counsel to the poor children.

Nut nana teaches the young stars among whom he distributes his nuts: “Bid salaam to all. When you enter your homes bid salaam to all. If you treat others well Allah will repay you well”.

He also preaches:“Help the poor and love people.” He forbids the younger to smoke because smoke is an indulgence which endangers one’s health and in the process we loose our valuable money.






His only companion is his driver. He looks after him on the way to the mosque and caters to all his need. Though his health is deteriorating gradually yet this polite and soft spoken grand father’s mental and spiritual states are as strong as ever. And in all these years he has never lost his vision. He is a rich man and most of the people around him treat his as fool and a madman.



However, in spite of all his apparent eccentricities most people respect him and accept his nuts with a smile.

Md. Iqram Chowdhury
2nd year (evening),
Pathshala,
South Asian Institute of Photography

1 comment:

Amdadul Huq said...

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onek balo.good.