The Dhaka Times Desk Dhaka University student Santosh Rabidas Anjan's emotional post about his tea worker 'mother' has been published in a Facebook group. Which is presented for the information of the readers.
Santosh Rabidas, a student of Dhaka University, wrote this emotional post about his tea worker 'mother' in a Facebook group. Which is presented exactly for the knowledge of the readers.
I am the son of a family of tea workers in Kanihati tea garden outpost in Shamsernagar of Moulvibazar district. I lost my father after 6 months of birth. Mother is a tea plantation worker. Mother used to get a daily wage of 18 taka. At that time, my mother used to feed me milk from a pot, leave me at someone else's house and go to work in the garden.
In 2007 I studied in class five. Mother's salary was 88 taka. Mother said one day, 'Go to the market and bring five kilos of rice.' We have been going for a month with that rice. The next morning, before going to school, I saw that my mother had fried rice. He put the fried rice, flour bread and red tea in a polythene bottle and wrapped it in a towel. And gave me flour bread and red tea. When I went to eat at noon, I saw that there was only onion, dry rice, oil and salt. I played with it. There was no curry at night either. Then the uncle of the house next door called me and gave me pumpkin and potatoes, with which we passed two days. Then I used to read by the light of the lamp. Mother used to prepare that lamp in advance. When the oil ran out, it was no longer read. Because the shopkeeper did not give oil in the bagi.
After passing the entrance exam after the fifth grade, I got the chance to study for free for 5 years at Camellia Duncan Foundation School. Mother was very happy. Then he used to pay me 70-80 rupees every week for tiffin from a part of his meager income.
I got admission in BAF Shaheen College in 2013. Then mother used to get 102 taka. At that time, he took installments from Grameen Bank and bought my admission money, uniform and books.
December 2014. Mother has no money. Then my HSC registration was going on. Mother handed over a note of 50 rupees and told her to shed tears, 'No one has lent it to you, father.' I took a loan from a college teacher and paid the service registration fee.
Admission Test Coaching After HSC. Mother then again took a loan from Grameen Bank. At that time, mother used to go far away from home to work as a sand worker to pay the loan installments. He used to get 300 rupees in return. I knew that there was no rice in the house, and mother spent many days eating only potatoes. After that I got an opportunity to study in Dhaka University. Mother was so happy! But as the admission time approached, the mother's face looked more dirty. Because the family does not survive with what they get from working in the tea garden. Where will you pay the admission fee? Later the people of the area helped to get admission in the university by collecting subscriptions. I used to do tuition in the university. I spent the day eating 20 taka vegetables and rice in the canteen of the hall. Many mornings I could not even have breakfast due to lack of money. I could never buy a new dress for Durga Puja.
In 2018, the upazila mother will be honored as the best mother, Union Parishad informed. Later the mother's name was deleted. After searching, I found out that my mother is a tea worker. You can't say anything on stage. So the name has been cut! Mother still runs to the tea garden every morning with a bottle of salt, tea leaves, flour bread, a little rice filled with polythene and wrapped in a tea towel. Earn 120 rupees for 8 hours of work! How does a worker's family live on this wage? These days the mother's body does not respond as it used to. Said, 'If you get a job, I will leave the garden.'
I am now waiting for that day….!
– Santosh Rabidas Anjan, University of Dhaka
* [This is how the Dhaka University student described his own life experience. The text is published as an example of how the common people of this country live. Currently, the movement of those tea garden workers is going on. Their demand is to make the salary 300 rupees. We all know what happens to 300 rupees now. But even after knowing, no one seems to have a headache. Workers should accept this fair demand within seconds. Otherwise it would be really difficult for us to think as human beings in this society]
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