Recalling the moment of divine pleasure

[Abridge of this was published on 28 February 2014 in Dhaka Courier]

There are scores of ways, avenues, lanes, approaches, strategies and methods to understand and show reverence to a person starting from a layman to a man of illustrious and vibrant profile. It’s really a very complex and perplexing drive without a doubt when one decides to do so from his/her own standing. The natter is more challenging if the focus involves a person who is closely related to the focuser otherwise or who falls within the fold of his/her own blood say, father, mother, sister or brother in particular. Even if such focus is made going above sheer emotions, fascinations, weakness touching pointedly the overall illuminations and reflections, unfolded or being  unfolded, nevertheless the focus, ,under all the circumstances, may have every possibility of being partisan, negligible or not. This ‘partisanship’ can hardly be set aside and this may rightly be called ‘impossibility of neutrality in full’. And that’s why whether we agree or not, it’s a Hobson’s choice for us all irrespective of age, education, knowledge, experience and understanding. Being fully aware of and responsive to all these, what is wrong if I make an audacious shot to understand my living youngest brother Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur, a US-based physician, who has over the last few years has reached at a point which is, if the truth be told, encouraging for those who think, feel and realize about life, society, mature and creator of universe(s) both from micro and macro perspectives.

Professionally Sinha Abul Monsur is a widely acclaimed professor and specialist in Anestheology at the State University of New York. For his outstanding excellence in the respective field he has meanwhile been placed three times consecutively from 2011 to 2013 in the list of ‘Leading Physicians of the world’. His name was included in ‘Cambridge who’s who’ in 2011. For the book ‘Essential Topics and Cases for Anesthesia Oral Boards’ he  has been recognized duly by the relevant academics and institutes in USA in meticulous. Crossing the boundary of professional kingdom, he entered manifestly the domain of literature when he was a student at Dhaka College in the early eighty and by this time wrote, apart from onward contributions to the relevant fields, a number of books including the recently one titled ‘Dip O Janapader Golpa (story of Islands and inhabitant) based on his tour to Hawaii Islands in USA

He is now in Bangladesh for the purpose of the publication of his book ‘Dip O Janapader Golpa’. In course of talks I with an inquisitive bent of mind asked him ‘why are you passing times behind literature?’ ‘Just to quench my thirst for understanding and knowing life, people, society’, nature, Creator of Universe(s) and come what may not!’ sounded he very politely and confidently. ‘Well, you are a physician and you should write more on concerned areas since all these shall take you to a point of great success and achievement’ asserted I. ‘Majo Vaijan (because I am the living second son of our parents), you are mistaken indeed as you find the success and travel of life merely within the sphere of one’s professional world. Mind it very profoundly that-----life is a comedy to those who think it so, a tragedy to those fell it so but meaningfully a reality to those who realize it so from the very bosom of heart and head.  I stick to the belief that to broaden and enlighten one’s vision and mission there remains no better option but to get involved in the world of literature comprising prose, poetry and prose-poetry at large. Form/forms of writing is/are up to the person who decides to do so. One may find interest in prose and other may like to find his/her place in poetry while few may choose the way of prose-poetry and all these together bring us into the world of literature as a whole. Yes, you like to take resort to prose and prose-poetry. That’s your style. In a broad sense, contents of literature embrace all branches of knowledge entailing social science, arts, science and technology while in a narrow sense it implies less.  

A doctor is a social being and he cannot be away from his surroundings. Therefore, his/her way of expressions about things around him/her may also be re-active and pro-active depending on time, space and dimension. I feel strong urges to write on travelling in particular since I like to travel whenever I find time. To me world sometimes appears to be a cup of bitterness and at times it’s is an abode of peace and tranquility. There we also meet with a moment or time where a blend of the two diametrically opposed standing is a reality. It is wiser and better to view all these as a kind of concerts tuned in line with the great design of the Creator of universe(s), Allah, and mankind being the best of His creations should aim at fulfilling the very purposes of Allah following the verdicts of religions, scriptures adding further noble thoughts and inspirations of those who  contributed in the past, who have been contributing in the present  and who will add their names in future  to put such design on rails’ responded he  quickly without a pause.

Listening to all these I became weighed down in full and from my heart came out instinctively the verses in prose-poetry fashion as follows:

Let me sound honestly, honestly

In the vein and spirit of my reverend, beloved forefathers

Brothers and sisters, past and present

And mother passed away not in the very distant past

That, that Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur, my youngest brother

A physician by profession but a travel-seeker, writer by nature

How superbly remains irresistible on question of

Sensation, quest and love for mankind and nature;

Living nowadays in USA having a locale of teaching

At the state university of New York

Getting and storing name and fame from all most all the corners of earth

He is as well possessed strongly of the rarest quality and integrity

Starting from micro to micro standing

For which, for which a man of vision and mission cares most.

Behold, behold

Not single in the field he is since

Since he has been being showered with, clad with

Blessing(s) of Allah, Creator of universe(s)

Visible or invisible

Not, not for a moment or for a while

But for all the time, present and future.

O Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur

Never get worn-out, downhearted and perturbed

While your journey to reach at the pinnacle is destined for;

Stay with and stand by your beloved motherland Bangladesh

Wherever you are

Feel free to have a sense of repose

Sighing a sigh of relief that

You are a Bangladeshi not merely from the very mouth

Rather profoundly from the very bosom of mind and heart.

O Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur

Never be indifferent to the mistakes, errors and follies

Weakness and inability reseeding in human being inherently

Making sure and certain that

Set of gaps exist between ‘I can do it’ and ‘I cannot but do it’

As wise people keep on saying

Remains former within one’s resolve hoisting the flag of one’s will whilst

Latter makes one docile desolately placing under other’s will.

Let me sound bluntly, bluntly

Please you all (readers and listeners) be sure

Be sure to the best of your conformity that

Not belligerently highlighting I my bother

Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur instead

Instead focus has been made on the person who deserves

All these for his Himalayan move to

Conquer the Everest to transfer the benefits for the cause of

Mankind and civilization.

To me it was indeed a moment of divine pleasure. Even so, I am haunted by a pertinent asking that to what extent I have I been able to get rid of innate weakness and limitations while speaking of a closet one in the vein of my own brother Dr. Sinha Abul Monsur? Well, that’s up to the readers to judge. But I feel that a paradigm of such sort may be a taster while dealing with such state of relations no matter whether it takes place in Asia or in Africa or in Europe or in America (North and South) or in Antarctica.