Indelible Memories
Winner of the Writers Unlimited 1995 Honorary Prize
Mississippi, USA
a few miles north from shugonda river
there is a small village named chachair
where lived a good teacher and thinker
who was different from all others
his name was Sayed Abdur Rahman Kala
a truly honest person I have met so far
those who could read
regarded him as a good teacher
poor can't forget
the philanthropic doctor
his education life was short
as he had to work
immediately after his BA exam
he joined there in an office of central excise
Bangladesh was then a part of Pakistan
most employees there were corrupt
he was determined to keep off all bribes
and in a short time he was bored
returned to his village home
with bag and baggage
he joined a school there as a teacher
and started practice as homeopathic doctor
while students were happy to have a good teacher
the villagers were lucky to have a good doctor
out of the school
he taught many poor pupils
as a doctor attended to the sick
but money never was his motive
he never asked his patients
even for the cost of medicine
at leisure he copied verses
from the holy Quran
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poem by Mahmoodul Haque Sayed
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