my first book
I do not know what was my age. I was in Madhupur Mamabari. Among the shopping list of groceries my mother sent for one item for me. Varna Porichoy by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
It was my first book. It had very cheap reddish paper cover with a photo of Vidyasagar on the cover in a circle. The cost of the book was one paisa. It was written in back cover. Learnt to read bengali alphabets and numbers from this book. The last pages of the book contained a story of Gopal. To this day I remember the story. It was about a spoilt boy who was forever excused for all the mischiefs he had done by his indulgent aunt. At long last he was caught by police and judged. He was given a prison term. Before leaving for prison he request to speak to his aunt. He bite his aunt ear. He gave his judgement to his aunt for notever punishing him all the wrongs he had done.
It was my first book. It had very cheap reddish paper cover with a photo of Vidyasagar on the cover in a circle. The cost of the book was one paisa. It was written in back cover. Learnt to read bengali alphabets and numbers from this book. The last pages of the book contained a story of Gopal. To this day I remember the story. It was about a spoilt boy who was forever excused for all the mischiefs he had done by his indulgent aunt. At long last he was caught by police and judged. He was given a prison term. Before leaving for prison he request to speak to his aunt. He bite his aunt ear. He gave his judgement to his aunt for notever punishing him all the wrongs he had done.
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