Wise Man

Wise man It was 4:15 PM when he woke up. It was a nap after lunch. Usually he uses to take this rest at his home. His house is only a ten minutes bus journey distance from office and most of the day his lunch time exceeds least by half an hour. His reporting boss doesn’t mind of this luxury of him and why not? He is the key person to run this operation and also the solution of all problems of official job. From peon to the in-charge operation every body has to call him at least thrice a day to solve their problems. But today it’s different. He took the nap after lunch on a chair out side of the office of company chairman room. Air condition system is on in the waiting room and a fan was slowly moving round over head from ceiling and creating some cool air. The off white color on the wall is making a sophisticated feeling in mind and beautiful paintings canvas are hanging on wall and those are mostly blue colored canvas. Total interior is driving his mentality towards a bit relaxing mood. There is no doubt the interior decorator is a genius. “Is this feeling happen to all other person who come and wait here or it’s only him who is influencing? His girlfriend Lopa has an allergy to blue color. If she would come here for any purpose definitely she wouldn’t want to stay for long. All peoples are different.” He thought. It had passed more than two hours seating on the same chair. He is waiting for a call from the company chairman. He was supposed to get the job termination letter today. May be the company chairman is re-thinking about termination-the extreme most decision. He is taking his time. Until the chairman sir finalizes decision; he had to wait out side of the office room. He doesn’t mind to wait either sitting or standing any where. Al-though it’s a general human tendency that they can’t wait; every body needs the desired things right at that moment those who negotiate their maximum considerable period is also the least time that is as soon as possible. Once mind is made up they try to do hurriedly. Waiting is the most undesired things to them. They never keep it in mind the error occurs from hurriedly start up work. Wise man always used to tell “Him be calm and steady. Speed and hurry always forces you to make error. Many civilizations had been destroyed because they were impatient”. Wise man is very interesting character ever he met. About any thing, stories, places and many more occasion advise he has. Al-though he doesn’t much care about advices but the pleasure with wise man is that if they get suitable time they had gone to river side for fishing. It was not far from their house. Their chosen place was the grassy bush at the southern side of the river. He can wait for any one or any thing for long. He finds fun in it because while waiting for any thing, it takes 2 or 3 minutes to fall sleepy and with in 5 to 10 minutes he falls in deep sleep. Very strange dreams he dreams in the sleep. Most of the times he dreams that he is flying on sky or going home flying or any thing he is doing; is doing it by flying. Back to some days ago he got stuck with the electricity cables and internet cable beside the road pool while he was flying. Suddenly he woke up and discovered him seating in the office bus returning home, ”Thank god it was a dream” he taught. The sleeping habit causes no problem after he started his professional life. Previously he had fallen problems in many occasions due to this habit.. When he first time came to Dhaka; he stayed with his cousin. One evening he went to near by park for a walk. The park was surrounded with trees, fields are covered by grass and with a small lake at the centre of the park made the scenario more attractive; a big area with comfortable breeze and after two or three hours walking he got tired and sat on a bench of the park to take rest and without making a miracle he fall in sleep after a while. A police man woke him up from sleep and told him that this is not an area to sleep at night. Night! The policeman surprised him. Rubbing his eyes with both hands he stood up and shocked to discover that some one took his shirt, trouser and shoes while he was sleeping. He was standing wearing only a underwear in front of the police man. Sudden shock made him dumb. First he held two hands crossed together and tried to hide underwear as much as possible. Then he shook his head for few times and without saying a word he just walked away from there itching his head with left hand. First thought came in his mind “Owo! What a save had happened with me. Nearly my prestige had gone away if the underwear was stolen too. Thank God for not falling me like a situation of shame” He found an old news paper on the dustbin beside the main gate of park. He took it and rapped his body with it as much as possible. Till to reach home he became careless of the passersby’s look with full with strange and interesting expression. Those expressions of eyes are unforgettable. He fells like laugh when ever the memory comes in his mind; but where he is sitting now a laugh may influence the situation in to another direction that would make the scene long and panic. He wants to come the conclusion quickly it’s getting on nerve. It doesn’t mater what ever is going to happen. He had his mental satisfaction as he was given the job; so does he did it with the perfection. It doesn’t matter they did not value it. Wise man use to say” Remember one thing, no work goes in vain. If it’s not valued now it’ll be valued later on. If it’s valued not here, it will be valued some where else”. It had passed only 14th months since he is in the job as the probationary officer in the department of operation. In this fourteen months he realize that he understood the business, official procedures, accounts, management, employees issue and solution more than his bosses are. Even his bosses are cautious of that too and when ever he comes for a job usually they become careful. He usually did not show any pride or negative behavior with any one at office. Mostly he kept silent and felt uncomfortable inside him. It was a situation those are very torturing in mind because his common sense always made him to be careful of it “Nobody will take it positively. The man knows more than me; is a smarter guy in any corporate environment. So there is always a chance to become out smart in-front of others and there is another problem that it’s him the most wanted in every department.” Why any one should take a chance to become an idiot by a new comer. Rather avoiding him is a good policy and if get a chance talk some negative comment or complaint to the management. Actually he was a threat to all the in-charges of all departments. As a result slowly he was turning in to a villain to the chairman of the company. But there is another unwritten law is there that the company chairman doesn’t want to fire any employee unless he did any major crime. So he was having a chance to continue his job. With it another fact was continuing with it and that is any fault he was the man to blame; complaint after complaint got over flow which made irritate chairman sir by the thirteenth month. In the fourteenth month management had no other way to take decision against him. He knew he had to face the embarrassment sooner or later. He used to oil and praise every body to make the interpersonal relation well with whom he came in to interaction in the company. As back-up he kept his reporting boss in his hand. It didn’t work at the required time. Thing was that his department in-charge was jealous of him. His department in-charge was a talented person too. He used to give the appointment to only his relatives and friends and do not tolerate the management people who have came through proper procedure under HR job policy of company. So the situation was there that among the employees most are the department in-charges’ friends and relatives. So in the department he could not able to do that is the right thing to do. Most of the time any meeting and decision He was kept out of scene. Yet the necessary doings he had done by his reporting boss. This was the reason his reporting boss was very pleased to him. His reporting boss had to consult with him and discuss with in-charge in the meeting about any issue. This was the whole corporate environment going on and it took fourteen months to make the situation like this. Every one had shown their own credit to company chairman; incase of any problem he who is the person identified as responsible. The in-charges didn’t forget to show small problem in to very big and as a new comer he had no way to make clarify of him self. With it the department in-charge immediately shouted up on him and through an email to the company chair man whenever he got any chance. And call for a board meeting that he has no idea of corporate environment. This is the reason he knew that this situation is coming and it’s coming surely. He was mentally prepared for it. To say it in proper way that he was made as to face this situation so does he felt nothing inside him self no tension or fear or any thing. Mokim the PS to company chairman came and take a seat beside him and asked,” Are you tensed” He replied “No”. Mokim got surprised with the reply he was not expecting this type of answer. He was expecting some panic, pathetic type of expression and foul comment against company’s management decision from him. Instead of that he remains calm, quite and non reactive with out any expression. Mokim did not take it positively. If the situation did not give him pain and sorrow; then Mokim thinks it’s his personal unsuccessfulness. Mokim wants him to suffer so asked again, “What will you do after you left the job? You have a family to maintain. You stay in rented house; you will be facing a very big problem. You should think for the expenditure in coming months and over all in the current situation of country’s economy it will not be easy to find another job so soon. A lot of pressure and burdens are coming on you” Observing his face with keen eyes Mokim tried to lead him the direction what he was expected. Just staring blank at Mokim he said,”Can I have a cup of tea please?”. “Strange man” thought Mokim “Dangerous and complicated as well. This type of man can do impossible. He is getting terminated from his job after a while and with out any tension he is asking for tea! “This man is insane. If he stays at this office, personally a lot of harm may happen to my self and growth of my backward financial development and company may get success and all the employees will get the benefit. I should not allow to happen this. It’s only me who will grow and other will be my servant.”. Mokim took his decision. As PS to the chairman sir Mokim has the most interaction with him in any working day, thus is possible for Mokim to divert chairman sir and influence him to take wrong decision. Mokim gave a side look to him; the way he was seating and expression of his eyes was telling that he knows many things. Mokim knows people very well; his service year is no less than 20 years. This man seating and waiting for termination letter is a fearfully dangerous man. A cold blood wave of fear feeling went through his backbone. Suddenly the PABX rang and Mr. Mokim the PS to chairman hurried into chairman’s room. After 15 minutes he came out side and said him “Go inside chairman sir is waiting for you”. He stood up slowly and knocked twice at the door and enters in to the room. Company chairman was seating in his chair with his huge belly wearing a blue color shirt with matching tie. He ate up the laugh in side him because chairman sir was looking like a clown wearing this out fit. Only a long blue hat will make him the joker of a circus. As per the situation demanded this room is well decorated with the air-conditioned the digital monitor is showing at 12 degree. Galaxy Samsung note pad and mobile 3g were occupying spaces on table with apple slim lap top red color. He always hankers after this slim latest model laptop. “How much it costs “he thought; “Current market price must be valued equal to his 2years salary of him”. In Bangladesh as the 3rd world country the financial differences are very abnormal. Those who are rich have lots of money even they have no idea of their wealth and those are poor they just don’t have anything. They live on open road highways, foot- path, rail way station and bus station. Most of them are beggars by profession. They beg by day at the road, bus station, and train station areas. Usually they carry a plate that is obsolete and having tap on its body and usually they were torn and dirty clothes. Their investment are all these and peculiar thing is that the foreigners come to visit Bangladesh; they take pictures of those beggars. He saw many times foreigners are taking picture of these beggars in street. The beggar is giving pose in front of camera same as a model of TV show. But pity is that when they return their country they publish the photograph and think that what a great work had been done. Ever they thought the other citizens of their country? They see these pictures and assume Bangladesh as land of beggar. Thus our respected citizens get offended when they go for any tour or visit. Because they did not have their respect those are getting from own country. Being poor ether they get sympathy or negligence from the foreigner. These respectable are really felt poor being experienced poor behavior from the foreigners. What more they can expect as those foreigners are learnt from photographs and got the idea that Bangladesh is a land of beggars. Among some others the foreigners really try to avoid them which are hampering their prestige too. Really the Bangladeshi visitors are very poor in-front of the foreigners. Other than these beggars some of them are maintaining life by picking pocket and doing small criminal activities. In between rich and poor there is another group of people, this community is known as the middle class community. They don’t have much wealth. Their earning level is hand to mouth livings and by the end of life they can able to have a little savings and left a struggling life for their children. This community is the major part of the total population of 15 hundred million population country. In this case of middle class and rich group the difference is also huge. Rich people are relay rich with wealth, money and vehicles and capable to use the latest technology around the world. Wealth less and middle class remains out of reach of latest technology. But when they have any up to dated technology in hand they feel very proud. They dream to have the modern and latest up-dated technology and life; same as him. Chairman Sir was watching some thing on the apple slim laptop screen. He pulls down the monitor and said looking at him, “As you have heard earlier from Mr. Mokim, your academic back ground, experiences and the job requirements are not matching. So we are no longer keeping you with us”. said chairman sir with his husky voice and stop for a while. Suddenly the chairman realized that he is standing yet. Then the chairman asked him “please be seated”. Sir maintained some curtsey. He took a chair and sit on it. He was staring at the chairman’s face. He saw respect as well some irritation in his eyes. It’s natural because the fact is not very pleasant to enjoy. Then chairman asked him again”Did you find another job? I think Mr. Mokim told you to find another job earlier”. “No” he replied “I was asking for a month or two so that I can find out another job”. “Well I am paying you next month salary. You will submit your resignation and from today you are off from your job. Did you get me?” said chairman. He was looking blank to the chairman silently. Its not that he was tattling or trying panic the situation. “Understood?” asked chairman again. “OK sir” calmly he replied. Chairman press the intercom and ordered Mokim to come in. Mokim took only 30 seconds to enter the room. “Receive a resignation letter from him. Ask the accounts to prepare a cheque of his one month salary and give him. Take his signature of receiving the amount”. The chairman ordered to Mokim. “ Well best of luck. Wish you all the best” said him and concentrated at his lap top again. Mokim and he stood up together and get out of the room. He was following Mokim. Mokim was walking fast through the corridor he wanted the job done as soon as possible. Mokim’s figure is not that good. He is a fat man huge amount of fat is trying to coming through the sky color full sleeve shirt he wore. The starched fat are moving as if some one throw a stone in the middle of pond and slow waves are coming one after another to the bank with each step he was walking. It was very funny looking way he hide the laugh. He was not serious about the incidences that had happen a while ago. Al though he pretended very upset and kept his face very sad looking. He knew what had happened was not going to make any harm to him actually company had cut its own root like an over smart funny guy. But thing was that he could not help them not to do that. He is very confident that what he had done; done for the good of major. He also knew that the Chairman thinks him nothing but an over paid stupid. No one could ever realize the inside tunings among employees, the basic set and lay man in the activities. Truth was that he worked as back bone of the company and intentionally or un-intentionally they broke it a while ago. He was confident up-on what he learnt from his job and thinking to get another one. The chairman and all other will get understand it sooner or later. After getting the payment cheque and release letter he came down from the office on the road. Take a look behind the office and a long breath fall un-intentionally. Suddenly the power generator had a blast and entire building electricity gone off. He saw the security guard running towards the generator room and their walkie-talkie became alive. Different machine voices and commands are coming from to it. He felt a little uncomfortable and look above. The sky was very clear and lots of star was shining all of a sudden he discovered that today stars are more than usual. Usually after dinner he goes to roof and lay on the water tank smokes so the sky is very well known to him. Usually he talks laying on the water tank with him self. Most of the time it is related with the nature. He ask question and give answer of the question inside him. Such as, “Why I am here?’ answer comes in mind “Because nature needs you”. Question comes” for what nature needs me?” Answer comes in mind “You will see it by your self”. Then again the question come, ”Am I important to nature” Answer comes even an insect is very important” This type of soly-lookee he likes most. His most interest is in nature and supernatural things. Some how he is occupied with a thought that nature has a plan; it is making thing accordingly and destroying as required. It’s more than interesting. If the job is done by any thing or any one; nature eliminates them or him. Either they die or destroyed by natural disaster. “Where did you came from?” a clear and loud voice made his mind come to practical world. A long figured man wearing a jeans pant and white t-shirt was looking with question in his eye. Probably he did not take shower and shave today. His out fit made him looking dirty. It’s an annoying question to answer. It’s none of his business. But he felt a bit of fun inside him. Looking direct to the man’s eyes he indicated his office building and said “From above”. The dirty looking man asked again,”do you live above?” in the same way indicating the office building as him. “No, it’s God who live on above” replied he the dirty man said “I know God lives above”. He replied “IF you know then what and why you are asking to me?” and hurriedly walk away from there to bus stop. He has to catch the bus returning home it’s getting late. It was 7PM when he reached to bus station. A large number of people were there standing in a line waiting for bus. He bought a ticket from the counter and takes his place behind the queue. He was thinking about the accident that had happened after he left the office building. Sudden short-circuit made the power failure. Is it a coincidences or there is any thing that the nature indicated? If it does; then to whom the indication was? Only to him or to all the people of the company? If it’s toward all people of the company then the massage went in vain isn’t it? No body is going to understand it. He got it as a signal of nature that there must be going some thing wrong with the company soon. If any thing will go wrong; some how an intention works in side him. He feels pressure inside him. His intension makes him tensed. After a while natural intelligence tells him;” Does it make any differences? What ever the thing is going to happen that will happen. The most dangerous and alarming is the survival is the issue. If nature needs me I’ll survive in any way if nature doesn’t; no way can I escape from the danger. But natural intelligence can help quite a little bit even after that the pressure is up on to him. The feeling of tension keeps it on. This is very mystery although the main characteristic of nature is such. Some how he observed that his normal blood pressure is always very high. Some days ago he went to doctor to see weather he’ll required medicine or not due to fever that he is suffering. After all check up doctor told him it’s not very serious fever. All though he knew still he asked doctor to check up his blood pressure. Doctor checks it and got shocked and told him “you certainly can not sit here and talk with me like normal person” He asked doctor “why?” Doctor told him that “your blood pressure is abnormally very high and a normal person would faint at this blood pressure. You should get admit you’re self in hospital.” He smiled and told “Don’t worry doctor “ while he leaving the chamber walking. He felt the strange look in eyes of doctor on the back of him. He did not felt any thing because he knew some thing wrong is going to happen that’s the reason his blood pressure is very high. This is the reason he loves nature and naturalistic things and happening of nature. May be nature loves him too due to the same reason? If nature loves any one does he or she gets any privilege from nature? Or if reversely it could be nature hates any one, what does it do with him or her or it? Interesting, it is very interesting. There are some example with the chosen person who had the leader ship and gift of nature with them to lead the humanity up to certain direction. They had shown how to practice the man kind, peace, worship and sacrifice for the people. They had shown what happen to the person who had cross the limit and brought down the humanity and mankind. Why nature is doing this? What is the reason behind all of these? He knows sooner or later people will know all about nature. What will happen then? Because people needs problem to pass the time through resolving the problems; if the problem is gone then there will be no longer any reason left for human. That would be a very critical situation. The queue was long and bus is delaying. Some people started shouting for the cause of late, the bus company man was trying to tackle the situation by making cell phone call to the bus authority. There was three more bus counter side by side. A bus from another route came, took the waiting passengers and left in font of them the engine was roaring badly and the exhausted pipe throw black smoke. Every one put some thing on their nose. The carbon monoxide is harming people very much. But general people are not beware of it. The ozone layer is harming and harmful rays are coming in the world from those whole. Some times he thinks that there will be a tunnel from the Earth to the Moon . The mouth of tunnel will be 100 meter above earth. There will be a machine whose job is to receive carbon mono-oxide from the earth surface and through the tunnel this carbon monoxide will send to the moon.. The tunnel moth will be prepared in such way that some kind of machine whose job is deducting carbon and oxygen as separate molecules. Soon there will be two gases which are useful to survive the life in the moon. There might be more gas elements. He tried to remember the name of those. Another one is Hydrogen. He could not remember more. “I have to read the book written on the environment of the Moon” he thought. His bus came after fifteen more minutes. He got up on the bus but could not able to get a seat. So he stood with the ceiling handle. There are some cute girls were standing holding books in their hand. The evening session of any university may get closed. Suddenly the bus driver presses the break very hard. May be he used Hydraulic break. Every one of the bus got fall from their places. One of the girls falls on the floor and got hurt in her hand seriously. A man holds her another hand said “Please be seated on my seat.” But unfortunately he could not able to finish his word. The girl slapped hard on his face and cried out “How dare you touch me”. The person had nothing left to say. He was just standing holding the ceiling handle of bus rubbing his jaw where he got the slap. Interesting is that no body said any thing about it. Again the bus started to move on. Some loud voice came over pointing the driver “Hey! Driver be care full” Some voice said “Go slow” etc. He thought what a scene to enjoy the man showed sympathy to the girl but the girl did not tolerate it. He came to a decision girls are very sensitive of their body. They keep it reserve for their special person. Females are very interesting and strange in behavior. When he arrived home it was late in the night. It’s about 2 AM. He opened the door and just went to bed without any change. He was the nearest bar up to this night. He was so drunk that even move any further. He saw his aunty who was married to his uncle who was 2nd son of his grandfather came and give a kiss on his fore head and said good bye and take care and suddenly she walked away in passage which is full of light and she diapered in the light and he heavy light fall on his eyes that he had to close his eyes. Suddenly he wake up from sleep and saw it is already been morning and sun is up and sun rays are falling on his face. “OH! It’s a dream” he thought. After getting up from sleep it’s a habit of most of the people that what is the time it is? He follows the wall clock and saw it is already 10 AM. But he knew today there is no hurry. He was thinking does any body carefully observed about the common habit that after awaking up its common thing that every body wants to know what is the time now. Being in thought that “Human is very critical in behavior” after getting out refreshed from bath room. He had to take his break fast and read the local news paper of today. For that he had to come down stair where the small cafeteria named “KHANA- KHAJANA” is located. For last two years he has the common routine. Taking break fast from “KHANA- KHAJANA” and start for work. He came down to road and buy a news paper from news stand and get in to the cafeteria. In general he takes the table in the last corner to seat from where every thing is possible to see. Today he also did the same. The waiter put up two glasses of water on his table and went to bring his order as he knows what he eats as breakfast. He opened the local news paper and stunned to see the head lines. It’s written in bold letter “Huge fire knocked down X-man Group” two are dead and five are bunt to put off the fire. In detail its written on the paper that the fire began from the generator room and suddenly it blast and whole building caught fire so suddenly that the company chairman and his PS could not came out of the office They died of burning and their dead body will be buried today in the evening. The burnt 5 security guard are admitted in hospital and fighting with death. X-man Group is the company from where he was fired from his job last evening. Sudden shock made him lost. He come in to practical life from absence mind when the waiter asked him “Sir; Will you take tea today?” “Yes” said him. The waiter gone for the order and he became blank to think any thing. His mind started working again when his cell phone rang. It’s his mother’s call from another city where she lives with his father. His parents are very happily married couple. He picks up the phone and said “Hi mom!” His mother replied with heavy and emotional voice “Hi! Son; how are you?” He replied “I am fine mama. How are you?’ Suddenly his mother cried out over phone and told him “Son your Polly aunty died last night”. Poly aunty was the wife of his 2nd uncle. “Nature does nothing with out any reason. Every small things are not too small as we think. Nature has a plan and it ruled by it's self which we may see realize and feel. no one knows weather we should know it step by step or all at a time”. Wise man used to say him in many occasions