Young
fair Lady
The
other day I was gossiping with a friend of mine at Shangshad
Bhaban. It was about 7:30pm. Suddenly, a group of young
girls came into our view. At first I thought they were students,
because they had large bags hanging from their shoulders
and they were about 14 to 22 years of age. My friend told
me that they were prostitutes looking for customers. I was
astonished as I watched their movement. One of the girls
was smoking. They were subject to a lot of staring and gossiping
and they seemed to have been enjoing it all. Two of them
were engaged in a loud altercation, using quite abusive
words. This was an embarrassing situation for me and I left
the place. Are these young girls blacked out forever? Is
there no way to bring them back?
Meghla
Razia Sultana Road, Mohammadpur
The
Queen of Cox's Bazaar Beach
It
all happened on my very first (and very recent) trip to
the Cox's Bazaar beach. I had come from abroad and was a
little unaware of the Bengali culture or should I say 'narrow
minds' as I put on my 'Speedo' swimming trunks (which was
a little tight) and went to the beach for a swim. On my
arrival, I become the attention of the entire beach. Young
youths, mostly non-residents of Cox's Bazaar, cracked jokes
amongst themselves at my expense, calling me beautiful (a
male!) and asking a photographer nearby to capture me on
the camera as if I had landed from the outer space. I have
seen Olympic Stars wearing this type of trunks during sporting
events and also in 'Bay Watch', where young men sport Speedo
or bikini type trunks. Surely a guy should be able to wear
such trunks wihout being harrassed like this.
Raiyan,
Dhaka
Hot
Ice Cream!
Since
I work in a restaurant I get to see lot of interesting scenes,
which truly amuse my mind. A few days ago at a party, I
noticed a cute little girl who was taking her reluctant
father to our restaurant's ice cream parlour. The little
girl was insisting her father buy her a scoop of ice cream
while her father was reminding her about the cold she had.
She was adamant. She was determined to have her ice cream
and said to her father, “ Okay, since I can't have cold
ice cream, tell them to make me a hot ice cream!” After
a hearty laughter from all those within earshot, she got
her delicious ice cream. Cold of course!
Mohammed
Sohel Hara
Olympia Palace Restaurant,Topkhana Road |