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| All are Bangladeshi School Girls riding on bicycles for school |
Bicycle is very
popular bike and available all over the world. No one, I think, would be found
anywhere all throughout the globe who is not familiar with bicycle.
It benefits three
ways.
1. Almost all even
village people of low income can buy as it is cheap 2. It offers comparatively
easier and safer travel saving a good junk of time 3. Riding bicycle is a good
exercise. Therefore, it offers those who ride it a good heath
Bicycle is available
everywhere in Bangladesh. It is popular here to the same extent as it is in
other countries of the world.
In Bangladesh bicycle
is used or can be used by people of all age groups. Recently many girls and
women will be found using this vehicle for easy communication every day.
But only 10 or 12 year
ago riding bicycle was something shameful and disgraceful to girls or women of
Bangladesh. The thing was more complicated in rural areas.
Rubina was 13 year old
at that time. She was a girl of a remote village and a daughter of a poor
farmer.
Rubina born to a poor
parents, lived in a poor family, led a low standard life but cherished a sky
like high and broad ambition.
Though the village was
remote but luckily there were a primary school and a high school.
She was always a good
student both in primary and high school level.
She passed SSC one day
with a brilliant result. Heavenly happiness came over her parents from above.
But that happiness was only for few days. Only in few days happiness flew away
like vapor.
Her father had no
ability to send her to town for higher study. But he wanted it and tried his
best to find any means.
Without finding any
means or alternative he with heavy heart decided to stop her study and give her
to a marriage.
Rubina was
disappointed. But her high ambition and indomitable interest in study made her
thinking different.
She got to know from
one of her school friends about a college. The college was not in town but at
such a distance not possible to go and return by walk in a day. That was really
another problem.
But she saw in her
visionary eyes that a bicycle, only a bicycle can be right solution to this
problem.
She requested her
father to buy a bicycle anyway for her.
Her father thought
twice. But one day like a good father bought a bicycle for her daughter.
Rubina started going
to college by riding bicycle everyday. The villagers saw her, spoke ill of her
terming her a slur to society, disgrace to her family. But Rubina never minded,
never took their ill speaking as stumbling block to her way.
I am from the same
remote village Rubina lives. But I have left that village and been away since
my early life. Now the whole area not alone the village has become much
developed.
The other day after
several years I went to that village for a brief visit. Luckily I met some of
my old friends. We gathered in a tea stall, talking, order for tea has already
been placed and served.
I lift my cup up to
the lips and about to have the first sip but before that a sound of motor cycle
came to my ear. I turned to a wayside and saw a lady on a motor cycle
riding on her way.
“Who’s she?” I asked
my friends.
One of them told, “She
is Rubina Madam.”
“A high government
official, still lives here but only for her parents’ sake,” Informed another
friend.
The other one sitting
to my left said, “Now she is quite able to lead a decent life along with
parents even in town. She may leave any time”.
I listened carefully.
I have never seen her
face. But in my inner sight I saw a picture of present Rubina, a young, vibrant,
educated, bold, ambitious and visionary lady. She is such a lady everything
awaits for.
Now she is riding
motor cycle but someday will drive motor car and some other day will fly from
country to countries, I thought to myself.
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