The Passing Away of Bapu by Nayantara Sehgal full Text in Bengali language and English

 

Lesson 3

The Passing Away of Bapu

Nayantara Sehgal


The passing Away of Bapu


The author and the text:

Nayantara Sehgal (1927- ) is one of the first female Indian writers in English to receive wide recognition. Her fiction deals with India’s response to the crisis brought about by political changes. She won the Sahitya Academy award in 1986 for her novel Rich like Us.

The text, an extract from Nayantara Sehgal’s memoir Prison and Chocolate cake, recounts the incidents following the death of Gandhiji. It vividly describes not only the author’s personal sense of loss, but also the collective grief of the entire nation at the passing away of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Unit 1

I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla house by an urgent telephone. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. I was numb with shock as I got into the car.

⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āϏাāϞে ā§Šā§ĻāĻļে āϜাāύুāϝ়াāϰি āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāϝ় āφāĻŽি āϝāĻ–āύ āϚা āĻ–াāϚ্āĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ, āĻāĻ•āϟি āϜāϰুāϰি āĻĢোāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āφāĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻŦিāĻĄ়āϞা āĻšাāωāϏে āĻĄাāĻ•া āĻšāϝ় । āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒ্āϰাāϰ্āĻĨāύা āϏāĻ­াāϝ় āϝোāĻ— āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻ—াāύ্āϧিāϜি āĻ—ুāϞিāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›েāύ । āĻāχ āφāĻ•āϏ্āĻŽিāĻ• āφāϘাāϤে āĻŦিāĻŦāĻļ āĻšāϝ়ে āφāĻŽি āĻ—াāĻĄ়িāϤে āωāĻ āϞাāĻŽ ।

At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last. Words of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind. Sad groups of men and women had collected around Birla House. Out of every window one could see a brown blur of faces. They did not make a sound. There was an unnatural silence. It was as if time stood still for those few minutes.

āĻŦিāĻĄ়āϞা āĻšাāωāϏে āĻ—াāύ্āϧিāϜিāϰ āφāϤ্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻ“ āĻ…āύুāĻ—াāĻŽীāϰা āϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšেāϰ āϚাāϰāĻĒাāĻļে āĻ­িāĻĄ় āĻ•āϰে āĻĻাāĻĄ়িāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ । āĻ—াāύ্āϧিāϜি āĻļেāώ āύিঃāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϤ্āϝাāĻ— āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ āĻāχ āϘāϟāύা āϘāϰে āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা āύিāϝ়ে āĻāϏেāĻ›ে । āĻšাāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ় āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āφāĻ—ুāύ āĻ›āĻĄ়াāϝ় āϤেāĻŽāύি āĻŦাāĻĒুāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰāĻ“ āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āϜুāĻĄ়ে āĻ›āĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻ›িāϞ । āĻŦিāώāĻŖ্āĻŖ āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāϰ āĻĻāϞ āĻŦিāĻĄ়āϞা āĻšাāωāϏে āĻ­িāĻĄ় āϜāĻŽাāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ । āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āϜাāύাāϞা āĻĻিāϝ়েāχ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝাāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽি āϰāĻ™েāϰ āĻ…āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻŽুāĻ–েāϰ āĻ­িāĻĄ় । āϤাāϰা āĻ•োāύো āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ āύা । āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ• āύীāϰāĻŦāϤা āĻŦিāϰাāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ । āĻŽāύে āĻšāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ āĻ“āχ āĻ•āϝ়েāĻ• āĻŽিāύিāϟেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĨāĻŽāĻ•ে āĻ—েāĻ›ে ।

The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. Later they clamoured wildly, shouting and crying. They jostled one another in a stampede to break into the house. They calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.

āĻļুāϰুāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻāϤāϟাāχ āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽ্āĻŦ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻ›িāϞ āύা । āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰ āϤাāϰা āϤুāĻŽুāϞ āϚিā§ŽāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰāϞ āφāϰ āĻ•াāĻĻāϤে āϞাāĻ—āϞ । āϤাāϰা āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻĸোāĻ•াāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻšুāĻĄ়োāĻšুāĻĄ়ি āĻ•āϰে āĻāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻ•ে āĻ েāϞাāĻ েāϞি āĻ•āϰāĻ›িāϞ । āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟা āϘোāώāĻŖা āĻšāϞ āϝে āĻ…āύ্āϤ্āϝেāώ্āϟিāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়াāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻ—াāύ্āϧিāϜিāĻ•ে āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻšāĻŦে āϤাāϰা āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻšāϞ ।

When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers: “What will become of me now that he has left me?” This was surely the question uppermost in the mind of the mourning people. They looked like lost children. It was the question in many of our hearts as we sat, still shocked and unbelieving. We listened to the broadcast telling the people of India that their Bapu was no more.

āĻŽাāύুāώ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏাāϰ āĻ•োāύো āϞোāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϜāύিāϤ āĻļোāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻŽুāĻ–ি āĻšāϝ়, āĻ—ুāĻ™িāϝ়ে āĻ“āĻ ে: “āϤিāύি āϤো āφāĻŽাāϝ় āĻ›েāĻĄ়ে āϚāϞে āĻ—েāϞেāύ, āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•ী āĻšāĻŦে? ” āĻļোāĻ•াāϰ্āϤ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύāϟিāχ āϘুāϰāĻ›িāϞ । āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϰিāϝ়ে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻļিāĻļুāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻĻেāĻ–াāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ | āĻāχ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύেāĻ•েāϰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়েāĻ“ āĻ›িāϞ, āϝাāϰা āϤāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŽāϰ্āĻŽাāĻšāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻŦāϏেāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ āφāϰ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰে āωāĻ āϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ āύা । āφāĻŽāϰা āϰেāĻĄিāĻ“āϝ় āϘোāώāĻŖা āĻļুāύāϞাāĻŽ āĻ­াāϰāϤāĻŦাāϏীāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϝে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĒু āφāϰ āύেāχ ।


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