<i>A symbolic reunion of Kazi Nazrul and his wife </i>

Soil from the grave of Pramila Devi, wife of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, being mixed with the soil of the poet's grave situated beside the central mosque of Dhaka University yesterday.Photo: STAR

It was seen as an end to the distance and a symbolic reunion of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and his wife Pramila Devi, who were buried in two territories.
And what emblematically reunited the revolutionary poet with his wife years after their death is some soil brought from Pramila's grave in Churulia of West Bengal and mixed with the soil of Nazrul's grave yesterday.
Two Nazrul lovers, Debasis Bhattacharyya and Joynath Nandy, from the poet's birthplace in Churulia, in a friendship bicycle trip, brought the soil to Dhaka on February 20.
Joynath, also editor of a magazine named Chiranjib, said the distance between the grave of Nazrul and his wife was great and they tried to lessen it.
A brief programme was also arranged by Dhaka University (DU) at Nazrul's grave near the central mosque on DU campus. DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and Nazrul's granddaughter Khilkhil Kazi, among others, were present.
Debasis and Joynath also took some soil from Nazrul's grave to mix in Pramila's grave.
Debasis said, "We are immensely grateful to you for giving us the opportunity to materialise our dream. We are grateful to this country from the day it declared Nazrul as its National Poet.”
Khilkhil Kazi, with an emotion-chocked voice, said, "On touching the soil, I felt like I was touching my grandmother. Now it seems that my grandfather and grandmother are lying together.”