Story By Azam khan
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Azam khan

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After graduation and doing my MBA ,I started my career in a public sector corporation.I served there for twenty years and resigned as Deputy General manager.Later I was a lecturer in management and taught students at a local college in Chittagong.I taught management, marketing, production management and marketing, industrial relation and other subjects.I taught intermediate students both first year and second year.Besides I taught honours level students from first year to fourth year.When I left college I joined in joint venture project as a manager HR am Admin.But tenure of that job was only for six months.Later I joined in a packaging factory.
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rays of hope
Updated at Sep 5, 2025, 05:06
Shohag's divorce letter to removed a stone stuck in his chest.He had been living a lonely life in Chittagong for many years.His life was almost semi-spiritual.He slept only three years at night and used to offer prayers for till Fazr prayer and slept again two hours in the morning Since Sonia was out of the country Shohag became accustomed to this life style.The divorce letter fostered a rays of hope in Shohag's mind..As he had a marital life ,he wanted again to start a family life.Particularly he was eagerly expecting to marry a woman.During his isolation he learned to abide by religious and social values.Since Sonia was a working woman, Shohag developed a distaste towards working woman.He prefers a pious and homeworker., woman who lives under strict religious bindings . The women free from religious fanaticism and superstition.As previously casted a shadow on his peaceful life,he liked a woman from same region.There was a drawback in Shohag's life,he had a daughter but his daughter stays with his ex-wife who is a expatriate.If a woman from same region she shares a same value system.People from the same region hold similar beliefs, principles and moral framework.These values guide their decisions and behaviours.shaping their perspectives on life, work and relationships, After moving from Dhaka Shohag realised one thing people can't live their life the way they want.There is an invisible thread that controls him.This thread is his destiny.When Shohag married Sonia,he had given priority to his choice and his family members valued his choice and accepted it.Now his parents are elderly.He has to arrange everything,, from selecting bride to marrying her.Shohag didn't rely on his family members but he was introduced with a matchmaker.This man was collecting information about women.So far Shohag invited two women to a nearby restaurant and talked to them.But he was not satisfied, Among other things Shohag was giving priority to minimum physical appearance.The last woman the matchmaker showed Shohag was Roksana.A woman from lower middle class.She had three brothers and three sisters including her.She lost her father few years ago.Of all the women Shohag had seen Roksana was the most attractive in every way.. Shohag silently agreed to let the matchmaker to go ahead.Meanwhile there was talks between guardian level.The Nikah took place at mosque on a November day and the official wedding ceremony completed a month later.Shohag brought Roksana to his Chawkbazar house.
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effects of divorce
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:29
Shohag is a young man of 22-23 years. At an age when he is supposed to dream about his life, to hold the hand of a young woman and wander in another colorful world with an unexplored future, he spends his time in the grip of the dark world. He understands that time will end soon. Shohag is the unwanted consequence of the divorce of two adult men and women in our decaying society. As the financial transparency and education rate of women increases, the divorce rate increases. Added to this is the harmful effect of the subculture infiltrating through satellite TV. There can be various reasons for divorce. The main reason is the disagreement between the two married men and women, a huge difference in expectations between the two, unnecessary interference from a third party and imaginary thoughts. No person in the world is acceptable in all aspects because it is not too late to be disillusioned after divorce. When a woman goes to live with another man with a child, there is a kind of tension between them. On the one hand, he has to think about his child and on the other hand, he has to adapt to the new house. As a result, he ends up alone. This situation also applies to a man. The most affected are children like Sohag. In their new family, adapting, adapting to classmates in educational institutions, preventing them from expressing their anger and finally their harmful behavior.In society, two inconsiderate parents create Shohags who enter the dark world and eventually get lost, but without taking this decision, the parents concerned could have sacrificed themselves thinking about their children. We have a short life. There is no benefit to anyone by complicating this life, but rather more harm. I have brought up the incident because such incidents happen in our lives. We end up in the trap of life's glitter, good jobs and extramarital affairs and end a peaceful world, but we do not even think about the children we show the light of the world. A beloved child is not ruined, a child becomes disoriented due to disrespect. These children always suffer from mental unrest. They do not grow up normally. In a broken home, many children do not know about their real parents. But what parents need in life is sacrifice, mutual respect, and a mentality of adaptation. According to my knowledge, many children in this world have been ruined due to parental disagreements, even though they have done nothing wrong.
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how to feel free
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:28
Shohag is a happy go lucky type human being. He lives  a routine life. He works 9-5.He is newly married. His wife is a house wife. When he returns home he spends some time with his wife. This gives him immense pleasure. Everything was going on smoothly. Suddenly Taylor discovered that he is overstressed. He can not finish his job at office. He has to work late night. So he has developed sleep apnea. This led to depression. He consulted with a Psychiatrist. Doctor prescribed him Neoroleptic medicine. Later he knew that once he is in Neoroleptic medicine he has to gradually reduce the dose of medicine. After tireless efforts he has lowered the dose. Finally he decided to go to pilgrimage to overcome mental distress. If you have stress and strain of everyday life you need to combat that and it is trancendence that helps. It’s looking at the root cause of distress from different perspective. Why do people leave busy life and choose a solitary life either in India or elsewhere. Or go to pilgrimage at Mecca or visit Vatican. These are all ways to get rid of mental distress also a source of contentment. Nothing more worthwhile than mental peace and tranquility. You may have anxiety or suffering from broken relationship. You may be sick and tired of bustling city life. Your children may be derailed. All in combination made your life miserable  .Material world does not attract you anymore. You need a change. If you indulge in any undesirable acts such as addiction to alcohol or Narcotic it will be difficult for you to get out of chain reactions that it bring.To live a peaceful life you don't have to practice transcendental meditation as practiced by Yogi's or mindfulness as practiced by monks or sufism as practiced by islamist. Live a simple life..Make sure that you are not overstressed. Don't set fire at both sides of candle. Keep faith in Supreme authority. Life does not go as planned. There are ups and downs in life. Only few people were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. People have to live a strenuous life. It’s your hard work that paves the way for your comfortness. You should have a hiegine sleep, exercise and balanced diet in everyday routine.
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human and the marriage
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:26
Only man in the world can express his emotions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, sorrows, pains, joys verbally and in writing. For this reason, different branches of literature have been created. The Creator says that he created humans in pairs. He gave humans youth to work and to reproduce. In modern civilization, people have chosen different aspects of life such as living outside of marriage, homosexuality, same-sex marriage even if these are not acceptable religiously. Then marriage has survived in all societies. Human love is heartfelt, eternal and people love at all ages. The result of this is marriage. As civilization progresses, the breakdown of marriage is increasing and our peaceful life is being disrupted. Since marriage is expected to be between two people, both of them must be sincere to maintain it.
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we can't escape destiny
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:23
I am thinking of writing a romantic novel about the one I am thinking of writing, the one who is my first love, the mother of my child, the one with whom so many incidents happened, the one I went to Dhaka in the morning to meet and returned to Chittagong by night train. For whom I have endured indescribable suffering. The one who left me is Sonia, a science student of Lalmatia College, attractive, soft-spoken with a golden complexion.Shohag left home at 9 am. Her destination was Chandrima Udyan. There, Sonia was hopeful at 10 am. Today will be the second time I met her. The first time they met was in the library premises of Dhaka University a few years ago. Shohag's friend's sister was Senjuti. One Thursday afternoon, Shohag went to Senjuti's house. It was Senjuti who invited her to come to the library premises. She would be accompanied by two friends, Sonia and Polly. Sonia caught Shohag's attention at first sight. Sonia was not looking at anyone. Her gaze was on the grass. Shohag thought she had been looking for this face for many years. After the first sight, Sonia's face was etched in Shohag's mind. Then many days passed. Shohag was busy with office work. One day, the desired call came to the office. I am Sonia. Senjuti has asked you to go to their house. Shohag went to Senjuti's house that afternoon. After talking about this and that, Shohag took Sonia's land telephone number from Senjuti. It was not difficult to call. His friend Shahed's wholesale shop was in front of his house. There was a land telephone there. One evening, out of an unknown fear, Shohag called Sonia's six-digit number and said directly, look, I have taken your number from Senjuti. I can talk to you sometimes. That's how it started. From then on, Shohag constantly called Sonia on the phone. Sonia's place in Shohag's mind became stronger in a few months. After a year of telephone conversations, they met at Chandrima Udyan one winter morning. It felt like a dialogue from a much-discussed play, "We probably love the wrong person. Actually, everything is destiny. I have seen countless girls every day at Dhaka University. It's not that I didn't like many of them, but it was never expressed. The love in my heart remains in my heart. We have to go in the direction that destiny takes us. In a short life, we meet and talk to so many people. Some become very close to us. Then we have to leave them. Life is true above all. Do everything for life. The most true thing is that we should not risk our own lives to do someone else's good. At some point in our lives, we want to be great men. The suffering in Sonia's life is purely personal and her own. The sacrifices I had to make to erase that suffering are my destiny.
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love on the rebound
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:20
Chittagong is a bit slower than Dhaka, but it is better for living. Chittagong is already called a commercial city. It is also called a port city. This city, built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, is a bit slower but free from traffic jams. Some roads have been built in the middle of the mountains. It is difficult to go by rickshaw. This city is populated because people from neighboring districts come here for livelihood or residence. Apart from the residents who live permanently in Chittagong city, numerous people come from the suburbs every day. Some of them have jobs, some have businesses. So the city comes alive on days other than holidays. Shohag is a middle-class official in a company. Although he basically works from nine to five, he often has to work extra hours and work. Shohag came to Chittagong in 1991. I am talking about that time. There were no flyovers like there are now. Big shopping malls were not built either. Only New Market was the main reliable place to buy. Now there are several shopping centers and flyovers. Shohag's office is in Agrabad and his home is in Chawkbazar. He doesn't have a car for his office. He has to go by tempo. He has elderly parents at home. Rahim's mother cooks for him. Rahim's mother stays until the afternoon. Shohag is not married yet but he has an affair with Sonia. Sonia lives in Lalmatia, next to Dhanmondi number 27.Today Shohag is not in a good mood. His mind is restless for Sonia. There is no means of communication except land telephone. Shohag talks once a week, that too from the shop. He doesn't even use the office telephone. Today is Wednesday. Open tomorrow. Closed for two days, Friday and Saturday. You can talk on closed days. It was evening when she returned home. If she was too late, her mother would worry. What happens when she is the only son? Shohag's mother was sitting on the prayer chair. Usually, when she returned from the office, everyone would have tea together. Today was no exception.This house had four rooms. Two beds, a drawing room, a dining room, two bathrooms, and a kitchen. There were only three people in the whole house. There was no need for a bigger room. When Shohag felt upset, she would go out for a walk. There was no pavement for walking in this city. The street was lit by shops on the side of the road. It was pitch dark somewhere. Shohag was walking aimlessly. After walking for about an hour, she was quite tired. Now let's go home. She took the return route. It is nice to see people on the road, people of different ages, going about their business in different vehicles. Each person may have a different job. There may be some people like her who are aimless. There is often chaos in this house at night.Where this house was built, there was once a pond. The house is on the bank of the pond. So, the jinn are constantly coming and going in these houses. Shohag's parents live in one bedroom of this house, and he himself in a small bedroom. The furniture in his room is a bed, a dressing table and a computer. The house in Chawkbazar is very eventful. A mixture of good and bad. You could almost hear the noise in the room where Shohag lives. At first, he thought it was a rat making noise, but later he saw something falling from the table. Or something being moved from where it was placed. Most of them are seen as shadows. They stay in the kitchen at night. If someone goes, they disappear. Some are short. Four feet long. Powerful. Shohag thinks about them. One day, he was lying down during the day. After a while, he saw someone pressing on him. Later, he saw a short jinn. Shohag went to the Huzoor to get rid of this nuisance. The Huzoor recited prayers, closed the room, and asked to sprinkle mustard. Shohag tried everything. He called for prayer in every corner of the house and saw which ones were not working. When the night was late, the evil jinn entered the room as usual.So he saw no other way but to coexist.He spoke to Sonia on Friday afternoon. One cannot talk much about personal things on a landline. There was no question of talking emotionally in front of the operator. He was limited to how he was doing. He had to go once at the end of this month. Routine maintenance. Shohag has to think about the cost of Dhaka. He is thinking about Sonia's overall physical structure in his mind. Sonia is a little different from other ordinary girls. 5'2", bright brown. Elegant manners. A touch of nobility in her movements. All in all, there is something about Sonia that attracts him strongly. When he does a program with Sonia in Dhaka, Shohag has to live within a budget. Travel expenses, lunch, tea, rickshaw fare. If he stays at an aunt's house, Shohag spends the whole day with Sonia and returns to her aunt's house in the evening. He arranges the next day's program over the phone. Shohag does not have a big job. That is why she has limited income. After meeting Sonia in Dhaka, she does not have much in hand. That is why Shohag starts
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Reasons of separation
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 23:13
If Sonia was married once and the marriage broke up within a month, but Sonia was Shohag's first love, why would they live an unhappy married life? Why did their lives fill with the chaos of separation? Shohag-Sonia's love can be called inter-district love. Shohag had to work hard to maintain this love. Their family broke up due to both of them failing to be prudent and sacrifice. After their marriage, they were good, especially in the beginning. Shohag worked and Sonia was a housewife. After Shohag returned from the office, he would see Sonia dressed up and waiting for him. They would go out somewhere. Chittagong, with its mountains and rivers, had no shortage of places to visit. Standing on the Karnaphuli Notun Bridge, a little away from their home, they would look into the distance and watch the countless small and big boats. During the holidays, they would go to the beach. This is how life in Chittagong passed. The problem started when Sonia went to Dhaka for a job. Shohag used to go to Dhaka once a week or once in a fortnight. Dhaka was not from here to there. If he got up in the morning, he would reach in the afternoon. The emotion with which Shohag used to go to Sonia did not take time to fade away. In fact, Sonia wanted a lot from Shohag, which Shohag was not able to fulfill. As a result, Sonia had to live an unhappy life, although Sonia never expressed it out of politeness. Here is another aspect. Another problem started when Shohag started living in Sonia's house. Sonia's brothers were in other rooms of the same unit. Shohag was basically confined to one room. As I said earlier, this problem could have been avoided if she had been prudent. Shohag needed to get a separate house. Since both of them were working, it was not impossible for them to rent a house in Dhaka city. Then they were not like that house would break up. Everything had to be left to fate.
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Love does not exist
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 22:27
When I watched Roman holiday, Audrey Hepburn was in my heart.I had been looking for a girl who resembles her . One day I met with a woman and I fell in love at first sight.Her friend was my friend's sister.I collected her land phone number.I was doing a job at a corporate office.On one evening I gave her a call and it became a habit of mine to call her in the evening.Finally we decided to see each other at a nearby park.We sat under a tree.I told her directly I want to marry you.She remained silent for some moments and then gently spoke,"If you know my previous history you may change your decision".Then she added,"I was married to a person, but he divorced me".I didn't say her anything but touched her hands.I wanted to mean , don't worry I am with you.My job was transferable and I was posted out to another city.I kept calling her from my city.Finally we married.This story has a bitter ending.I will tell in my book.
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love does not exist
Updated at Sep 3, 2025, 01:39
From then on, they would sit side by side at Chandrima Udyan, Science Library, or Shyamoli on Shohag's days off. Shohag was touched by Sonia's happiness. They constantly weaved a web of dreams. Shohag talked to Sonia about a better life. Shohag's aim was to erase the past from Sonia's mind. There was no hurry and they were moving slowly. They ate somewhere in the afternoon. They sat down again in the afternoon. Shohag had taken it as a vow to give Sonia a new life. It required relentless effort and sincere love. Shohag's love had no limits. Along with Sonia's mental peace, he also emphasized her studies. His aim was to introduce Sonia to a larger cause of work. Shohag kept encouraging her by making notes for Sonia. Shohag thought that if she remained an ordinary housewife, Sonia would not get a new life. Who knew that this thought would one day become a cause of unrest.
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why people marry many times
Updated at Aug 22, 2025, 10:47
People marry out of love or through negotiation between two human beings, that marriage also breaks up. These are the ones who get married for the second or third time. The main reason for this is that people look for a solution to the reason why they break up their marriage through another marriage. They want to get all the shortcomings in a new person. It is not that the opposite does not exist. It has been seen that a couple whose age at the time of marriage was 30 for the groom and 27 for the bride, after a long married life in 2025, they were 103 and 100. The secret of this long journey is mutual loyalty, respect, sharing happiness and sorrow. Another reason for the breakup of a marriage is disillusionment. We think that the qualities that exist in a person, be it a boy or a girl, from a distance, when that person comes close, those qualities seem traditional and his bad side prevails. So again the marriage breaks up. There may be a link between money and the breakup of the house, especially in foreign countries. Here, if the bride is bad and has a bad character, the marriage can be broken for the groom's money. Another reason for getting married can be freedom from loneliness. People cannot live alone. Life is not a day or two. Life has to be lived. Loneliness can lead to depression. However, it must be remembered that no person is perfect in all aspects. People are a mixture of good and bad. If two people can accept everything in a person, they can live a long life together.
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