আল্লাহর রহমতে আজ মেঘের— মুসলমানি করানো হলো । ধানমন্ডির সেন্ট্রাল হাসপাতালে সকাল ১২ টার সময় অপারেশনটি সফল ভাবে করেন, অধ্যাপক ডা: সজল মজুমদার ( বিশেষজ্ঞ শিশু সার্জন ) শহীদ সোহরাওয়ার্দী মেডিকেল কলেজ ।
রমজান মাস এবং ঈদ উপলক্ষে—মেঘের স্কুল এ সপ্তাহে থেকে বন্ধ শুরু হয়েছে । আর এই বন্ধকে সামনে রেখেই মেঘের মুসলমানি / সুন্নতে খাতনা করিয়ে ফেললাম ।
এনেসথেসিয়া—দিয়ে ঘুমিয়ে যাওয়ার পর অপারেশন শুরু হয় । প্রায় আধা ঘন্টা সময় লাগে অপারেশন করতে, জ্ঞান ফিরে আসতে— আরো দেড় ঘন্টা সময় লাগে । জ্ঞান ফিরে আসার পর পর মেঘ বলছে, বাবা একটা মাস্ক আমার মুখের সামনে ধরার পর; আমি রোবটের মতো কাঁপতে কাঁপতে ঘুমিয়ে পড়লাম ! চোখ খুলেই রাখতে পারলাম না—আমার অনেক কষ্ট লেগেছে !
মেঘ’কে বাসায় নিয়ে এসেছি । সিএনজি দিয়ে বাসায় আসতে আসতে বার কয়েক ঝাকিতে—সে বেশ কষ্ট পেয়েছে ! ডাক্তার বলে দিয়েছে, সাত দিন তাকে সাবধানে থাকতে হবে, কোন রকম ইনফেকশন হতে দেওয়া যাবে না । নিয়মিত ওষুধ গুলো খেতে হবে ।
The Bishwajit Ijtema meaning Global Congregation is an annual gathering of Muslims in Tongi, by the banks of the River Turag, in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the second largest Islamic congregation after the Hajj. Ijtema is an Arabic word which means public gathering. In Bengali, the event is known as the “Bishwa Ijtema”. Bishwa is a Bengali word which means world. Every year thousands of Muslims gathered and join the Ijtema is a prayer meeting spread over three days, during which attending devotees perform daily prayers while listening to scholars reciting and explaining verses from the Quran. It is attended by devotees from 150 countries.Speakers include Islamic scholars from various countries.
In this year devotees from home and abroad were seen streaming towards the gathering site on the 1st phases 15-17 January 2017. According to organizers, around three million people have taken part in the final prayers,During the Final Prayer,huge crowds stretch from the Ijtema ground in Tongi into the Dhaka metropolitan area. Schools and offices are declared closed on the occasion.
The Bengali Tabhlighi Jamaat movement started in Dhaka, East Bengal during the 1950s. The first Ijtemas were organized in Chittagong 1954 and Narayangonj 1958 followed by Ijtemas at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka in 1960, 1962 and 1965 Due to the increasing rate of participants, the government of East Pakistan allowed organizers to schedule the event annually by the River Turag in Tongi 1967. As the number of participants increased, The government of Bangladesh allotted 160 acres of land was acquired and developed as a permanent Ijtema ground in Tongi.
Nov. 25, 2015 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Women activists protest demanding elimination of violence against women on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in front of Central Shaid Minar in Dhaka.Recent global prevalence figures (WHO) indicate that 35% of women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. In 2013, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) with support from UNFPA released a national survey of violence against women that found that 87 percent of ever married women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime with 77 percent reporting violence in the past 12 months.
“I am eternal, I am deathless. After this body falls, do not think that everything will come to an end. I will live in the hearts of all living beings in my subtle astral form. Whoever will seek my refuge, will always receive my Grace.”
– Baba Lokenth
Lokenath Divine Life Mission seeks a world where individuals are relieved of crippling, self-created illusion of dependence; where individuals are conscious of their inner resources and learn to overcome poverty, to live with dignity and self-reliance.
Baba Lokenath Brahmachari was born in 1730 (the date of Birth is dipped in controversy) in the district of presently Barasat and in the village named Chaurasi Chakla a few miles to the North of the city of Kolkata, India.
At the age of 11, young Lokenath left home with his guru. He visited Kalighat Temple in Kolkata and then lived in the forests for 25 years, selflessly serving his master and practicing the Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali along with the most difficult Hatha Yoga. After this he travelled to the Himalayas where he meditated in the nude for nearly five decades. Finally, he attained enlightenment at the age of ninety.
After his enlightenment he traveled extensively on foot to Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia and Israel, making three pilgrimages to Mecca. When he came to the small town Baradi near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A wealthy family built him a small hermitage, which became his ashram.There he accepted the sacred thread of the Brahmins and clothed himself in saffron robes. For the rest of his life he performed miracles and gave divine wisdom to all who came to him to seek his blessings. He received the title Baba.
On the 19th day of Jaistha, 1297 (1st June, 1890), Sunday, at 11:45 am, Baba Lokenath was meditating when he went into a trance with his eyes open, and while still in meditation, left his physical body forever. He was aged 160. He had made a promise before his death:
An annual festival in remembrance of Lokenath is held every year by millions of devotees and followers, in many ashrams and in millions of households through worship, keertan, Tasha,food offerings and in many other religious ways on the 19th day of the Hindu month of Jyaishtha.
Every Day Life: A Bangladeshi populer model and actress Mehjabin attend the Prothom Alo 17 anniversary event at the Bangla Academy premises in the Dhaka city on 13 November, 2015. Hundreds of readers on Friday thronged the Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka to take part part in the fanfare of the 17th founding anniversary celebrations of Prothom Alo newspaper.
MONIRUL ALAM 