Saiful Islam Ripon

The Old Man And His Mind........Saiful Islam Ripon...............

Hey old man, let's go ;
Leave the hand of your old woman,
Let's make a journey on those way
whereat your vernal footfalls had been leaned
in eternity ;
Can you remember that adolescent girl,
For whom you had gone many times
to the desired courtyard with effusive heart?
But you never knew that whether her heart was eager for you or not?
You didn’t know whether she gazed towards your path with impatient eyes or not?
The courtyard was filled with various trees,
That girl wandered there absentmindedly
And with her own thought on the shades of trees.
You had never kept your hand on her hand ;
And you never knew that whether those likings were love or not.

Old man, let's make a journey on that courtyard,
whereat sometimes you stood there with that girl,
But you didn’t know whether liking and love are same thing or not?

Old man look at this street,
This street is not remained same as it was before ;
Here silence is absent, solitude is absent ;
Look at that house of that girl,
The house is completely silent,
Nobody is there and on courtyard.
But a flock of sparrow are chirping
And doves are cooing on the desolate courtyard.
That girl will not be found again in this world ;
Her soul was departed ;
I know you don’t feel pain for her departure
in course of time ;
Old man, let's go home to your old woman.

11 June, 2025.

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Common Love .......Saiful Islam Ripon...............

When I have waited much time for an innocent love
Then at the last edge of early youth
you have come in my life ;
But your love contained only liking
and some dreams for future, that’s all.
That love what I expected in my early youth,
That love for which my heart was veiled with solitude that love was absent.

In early youth my times have been passed
like a bookworm in my textbook ;
Grace of youth was absent on my appearance
And brightness was absent on my clothing and ornaments ;
Therefore desired love was on far away
Or you have left it on another way,
That's why my love moved round and round
around your heart ;
That love which I desired in early youth
that love have remained scarce all through my youth.

20 June, 2020.

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Horizon of Ocean ......Saiful Islam Ripon...............

When Columbus had been discovering various coast land of America continent,
At that time in 1498 Vasco Da Gama arrived in Kerala state of India with his fleets.
The route from Atlantic ocean to Indian ocean
was more dangerous and longer than the route
from Europe to America ;
These two explorers sailed their fleets from two adjacent countries, in same decade,
Columbus from Spain and Vasco Da Gama from Portugal.

Fleet of Vasco Da Gama arrived in Kerala with dozen dozen ships,
On the way they have lost many vessels and more than thousand of lives.
But yet the ocean route to link Europe and Asia was discovered ;
Consequently commercial transactions have been started,
And new mornings have been arrived ;
Portugal begins to obtain spices as ginger,
turmeric, cinnamon etc. for their motherland .
Portuguese governing body was formed in 1505 in Goa.
In 1524 Vasco Da Gama was appointed as
governor and viceroy of Portuguese India ;
But he was infected by malaria,
And he was died after three months of his arrival in Goa .

But business were not stopped,
Various countries of Europe began to arrive in eastern India although the route was hazardous and dangerous.
Britain brought clothes, and obtained spices
and various products from India ;
East India company sailed their fleet to India
since 1601;
In 1612 they established their first factory
in Surat of Guzrat.
In1639 they made their first fort in Madras ;
Later in 1757 they occupied Bengal
And independence of India begin to set by the side of Bhagirathi river of west Bengal ;
Therefore crack of India were increased overall ;
Probably at that time Maharashtra to Madras was the kingdom of Maratha empire,
And Mogal emperor was ruling Delhi to Peshawar .

In 1787 first steam driven vessel was invented in America ;
In 1858 first steam driven steamer and ship started their journey on long route ;
In 1862 steam driven ship of England started their journey in England-India-England route ;
Then the route was of extensive distance and haphazard ;
Many bays, seas and ocean made all journeys difficult.
In 1869 Suez canal was opened ;
Then about 5500 miles of the route were reduced.
But France and Britain made a concessionary company,
They took the regulation at the adjacent ends of the canal on the sea.
Until 1956 they operate the company.
And in 1956 every country got concessionary facility ;
All the ships of Srilanka, India and Bangladesh
are now can go to Europe and America easily,
And everybody is beneficiary.

13 September, 2020.

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