A responsible duty is allotted today to Srikanta to deliver a confidential and official letter to the branch office. Srikanta is directed to only one land mark that the branch office is situated in front of Bibhuti charan ghat at Madhab sudan sarani. That place is quite unknown to Srikanta for Srikanta has never visited there before.
It was a midday around half past eleven, Srikanta just took his bicycle and left for Madhab Sudan Sarani. It was a summer noon. After cycling for two hours Srikanta got tired and alighted from his cycle just to walk on foot along with the cycle in hand but he was just groping in an unknown place.
Suddenly he felt very thirsty staunchly. Now he started looking for a water body filled with clear fresh drinking water and immediately he could find it. Srikanta sided his cycle and left it on brake. That young man did have plenty of water to his content. After quenching his thirst Srikanta looked around and found a middle-aged handsome man fishing in that pond with a fishliner. Srikanta gave him a courtsey smile. Gentle man asked Srikanta,”Do you’ve suffi cient water?” Srikanta answered,”Yes off course…..the day is so hot!” Middle-aged complied,”yes, definitely it’s….but there a thunderstorm along with torrential rain is emminent without any delay.” Srikanta asked the gentleman,”How could you know?” The man indicated to the western sky to show a dark cloud to Srikanta. Srikanta got alert and exclaimed,”oh my goodness, I’ve no time to search for the branch office! Can you kindly tell me the exact location of Madhab Sudan Sarani?”” Where you’re standing just right now that’s Madhab Sudan Sarani. “,replied the gentleman. Srikanta got surprised and answered,”Is it really? Thank god! Can you tell me one more thing,sir?” The man replied,” Why not?” Srikanta asked the man,”Where is Bibhuti Charan Ghat situated?” The gentleman answered,”This bathing ghat where I ‘m sitting and you have taken drinking water is known to be Bibhuti Charan Ghat. The ghat is named after the name of a mighty and generous man who sacrificed his life to save the life of a five-year old boy.”
In the mean time the stormy wind reached there. The gentleman was still keeping on narration….”That afternoon too a violent storm occured there. The kid got slipped from his mother’s grip into the deep pond. The lady started crying for help but nobody had dared to take any risk. At last Bibhuti Charan who was fishing there plunged into water and saved the kid’s life but the poor fellow couldn’t save himself and got drowned. “
Here the man stopped. Srikanta asked the gentleman,”Can I know your name ,Sir?” The man answered, “Bibhuti Charan laha…”
Within one blink of Srikanta’s eyes the man got vanished from there. Srikanta could successfully find the branch office where he saw a photography of Bibhuti charan laha with a resemblance of that gentle fisherman in the ghat.
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