FE-Part 2 : About infatuation and the need

Just after the birth of father, grand father had been honoured by the British title for zamindars those days _ the raja of Ramganj as such some special care had been taken to bring up that child. A trusted relative and a caretaker for 24 hours besides other normal favours provided to all the offsprings of the raja were some speciality measures to look after his youngest son. The raja always had wished his sons and nephew to get high quality education as he had championed the issue of good education for the relatives and other deserving persons in general. Despite the said favours from his father, my father was deprived of his fathers care at the age of 3 due to the demise of the raja in 1928.The Dinajpur DM took charge of the estate as the crown prince - the eldest son of the raja- had desired that the govt. should handle the management of the Malduar estate after the demise of his father.My grand mother had been a caring mother as well as a strict guardian of all she had cared for.Still she had not lived for long and her life had ended in 1938. Under this situation as the youngest properietor my father had to live at their Dinajpur situated Malduar house with his pre-determined local guardian and one care-taker like a shadow besides others. He had learnt a very disciplined life as pre-empted by the DM who had even a weekly menu, place with route-path of visiting and a personal interview monthly for a long time till the court of wards had been lifted in 1944 when father had completed 18. Thus the actual independence for him had started then only. He had been fond of several things the first and foremost being the Bangla language which he spoke and wrote more fluently followed by his Bengoli friend circle which he had maintained allalong. He opted for the Bengoli cuisine more than his native one for a sizeable period, specicially till his old personal caretaker having been an excellent cook had not retired from his service in 1959. He was fond of talking to the people of Bengoli lineage. In distress due to the partition of the country he had personally cared for such people in his Bihar-phase of life who had become his life-long friends in Bihar at Sonaili and other properties since the Malduar estate had also a significant presence on the Indian side of West Begal and Bihar. This much of introduction is needed to understand his infatuation for the home-land in East Pak at Ramganj and also in Dinajpur township. After they had to abandon their home-land which truly constituted abundant resources in every perspective, they had to raise everything afresh in Bihar side except one prominent property which had been created long back in the name of grand mother Rani Jayarama Devi Chaudhurani (W/o the raja of Ramganj). This had been a property under one Tahsildar of the estate who had maintained his deep loyalty for this royalty. This property was also in existence till the enactment of land ceiling in Bihar. From 1947 end to 1951, his visits to the home-land had supported both physically and mentally to finally accept the reality that he should no longer re-visit the former and make the latter his fate. Indeed he had lived during a difficult period and had learnt to overcome the odds rather bravely. He always ignored his difficult times and never talked about any hardship. He told about the past in a light humour. His stories of encounter with crocodiles during bird-hunting, assembling after dismantling pistol, revolver, gun and rifle and devoting time in rectifying intricate electrical - electronic goods were amazing. My father and uncles had a deep interest in instrumental music. The musical interest is a long legacy for us. We had learnt from my father and uncles the lessons of simplicity amidst abundance, humbleness amidst confidence and futility to show off as an upstart culture with a Bengoli saying - China bamoner poita lage na.