Amita r chokhe Amartya
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Prio Amortyo..
Aaj onek jug pore..
hotat kore shujog ta eshe gelo.
Tui bodhoy chilish naa..
aar ami o sherom bhabe..
janano r proyojon bodh kori ni..
Nijer moton kore..
eka eka gie..
tor aapis tuku dekte cheyechilum..
Dekhe elum!
Shedin December er shokaal..
toder subway theke berie i
dekhte pelum, toder aapis..
Amaader shantiniketon er moton..
naa khete paoa, rong uthe jaoa building to noy..
jhaa chokchok e, orthoniti r apis bote toder!
Harvard bisshwobidyaloy...
ore baba, naam ta shune o jeno..
Haar ta bhaare jaay..
Jaai hok, moja korchi naa re..
dekhlum, onek din er mon er shaadh o metalum..
Tobu keno jeno kichu i chue jete parlo naa..
Ei aapish er jonno tui aaj eto door e..
jaani tor onek aapis..shudhu ki ekta..
baki gulo o hoyto..onnanyo desh e ..
erom i hobe..
Amaar khub ekta tate kichu ashe jaay naa..
pajor e aagle toke jokhon manush korechilum..
bhebechilum tui ektu onnyo bhabe bhabbi..
Bhebe o chish..
durbikkhe r chokh gulo ke nie gobeshona korechish..
boro boro prize o peyechish..
Tobu hotaash i holum re..
janina, aar o bodhoy kichu cheyechilum tor kache..
hoyto ba, panjor er je sneho tui peyechili..
shei gulo r ferot paoa r oppekhay chilum..
Manush to..
Sharthopor to..
Boyosh onek holo to..
Tai shesh porjonto likhe o fellum..
Bhalo thakish re..
Ihojonme na hole o..
Tui to Amartya...
Hoyto ba poro jonme!
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On seeing the Economics Department at Harvard, Boston - Dec'09.