Soul searching
A few days back, I went to my home in Sirajganj. A childhood friend, who is a retrenched jute mill worker, met me. The CTG has shut down his mill. My friend has lost his job. He is in a very difficult situation. He cannot buy his daily basic essentials. His woes and sufferings are beyond description and day-by-day his wretched situation is getting worse. His family consists of four members. He is the sole earner of his family. He lamented that he could not manage daily meals for his family. Starvation, poverty, unemployment have made them ultra poor. Unemployment has converted him into a beggar.
Now he has become destitute and homeless. Untold distress and woes have broken his mental strength. He wants to survive for his two kids. He needs a source of earning. He requested me to manage any kind of job which would help him a lot and save his family from ruination. I have given him the assurance to manage a job in Dhaka.
On returning to Dhaka, I have become so busy with my own business. I have totally forgotten his earnest request and my definite commitment. Is this what a man expects from a friend?
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