Story: Thirty minutes written by Nazmul



'''My wife had an affair with another man before marriage.  The day I went to see him, I sat for a long time on the sofa like a disabled person.  When everyone was busy laughing about this and that, I was waiting for Nachima to come.  Thirty minutes later he came in front of everyone and sat right in front of me.  As I waited for her to arrive I was feeling uneasy by the moment.  It can be said that it is not a problem.  It was as if all the nerves had taken over me.  When everyone started asking him little by little, I was looking at him repeatedly.  After a while my uncle tactfully arranged for the two of us to talk.  Coming to the roof, both of us observed silence for some time.  I didn't know what to say to him.  He was standing silently with sleep on his head.  I hesitantly greeted him and asked, "What's your name?"  He looks at me a little.  A meaning could be understood in the midst of this look.  You know the name right."  Nachima said slowly.  I said “the name is beautiful, like you” she kept silent.  Then there was silence all around again.  But this silence could not consume me for long.  I hesitated again and said, "Don't ask my name?"Then he hesitated and said "I know your name is Nazmul."  I gave a soft smile.  The shadow of the afternoon sun was slowly disappearing and the clouds in the sky were passing over our heads.  In the combination of these shadows and sky clouds I could see the cheerful glow of the maddened beauty of the fall afternoon.  I wondered what else to say to him.  May I know how you like me as a vessel that I am going to say?  But before saying this, Nachima became serious and said to me "I want to tell you something."  I nodded yes and said "Say it."  He took a little more time.  Then he looked at me and said “I don't know how to tell you or if I should.  I actually have a relationship with one.”  Hearing such words on his face, I was silent for a while.  But I am not serious about it.  Because these things often happen at this time.  I said "Why didn't you tell the family?"  He said “There has to be a situation to say.  That situation did not arise for me.  Akash is trying for a job.  I thought I would talk about it at home after getting the job.  But where is it?"  I looked at him solemnly on the roof without saying anything and then walked away.  He was looking at me strangely wondering why I was walking like that.  After a long time I stopped walking and said "Is your relationship too deep?" He didn't know how to reply.  But I understood the style of this speech.  Then he said very naturally "There is no relationship as you think. The relationship is only limited to love. Our relationship is a hundred feelings like missing the person from this end to the other end."  I shook my head a little and said "ok I can help you" he heard my help and said "what?"  I said "I would like to help you get married with Akash, but there is one condition. I will tell you the condition later. First, I will take time from your parents that you and I know each other well, there is a little need to know.  After understanding a little, I will give a decision. And the condition is that I will give Akash a job, but even after Akash gets a job, do not tell this matter at home. Do not tell because people change. Money, money changes people. Akash also needs to understand with me. After understanding.  If you don't like her change, I have to marry you, okay? That's the condition."  She was surprised hearing my condition and raised her eyebrows and said "My sky will never be like this" then Nachima agreed to my condition.  I could have canceled the marriage without giving this condition.  But I was not in my midst when the sweet smell of her body stirred my insides amid the maddening beauty of this city's autumn afternoon. It was as if I had taken refuge under the shadow called Nachima to escape from the scorching sun.  After thirty minutes of talking, I told everyone that we both need to get to know each other better.  They agreed with us.

 

 It has been thirty minutes since I came home after work.  In these thirty minutes I notice the indifference of shadows around the walls of my house.  After a while, Nachima came and said very hesitantly, "Shall I give you tea?"  I said "No stay."  No desire to have tea now.”  Then he goes into the inner room.  Since last night Nachima scares me a lot.  When talking to me, his words are stuck in his throat.  Last night two days ago, when I fell asleep, I suddenly woke up thirty minutes later.  Then I saw him talking on the phone in the balcony.  Akash called to ask.  I was furious with him.  These days I have a strange urge to play with people's feelings.  I called Nachima.  He stood in front of me silently.  I said to her, "Why are you feeling sick, girl?"  i am your husband  A wife's best friend after marriage is her husband.  You have to smile and talk to this friend and hide your sadness.”  Then I took her hand and sat next to me and said, "When I come, I will bring mehndi."  Let me give you henna.  I can't give henna though.  Well, do you mind if the hand looks messy as I give the mehndi?”  He shakes his head, no.  I open the tube of henna and paint it randomly on her hand.  I can't give henna at all.  And he is drawing this scene silently in his eyes.  I said, "Isn't it beautiful?"  He said "very beautiful" I looked into his eyes then with a little anger I said "why tell a lie?" Is it beautiful?  You can't tell the truth.  Too bad Nachima too bad.  How about never tell a lie again?"  He does not understand what to reply to my words.  As I gave henna, I said, "Why are you hiding it from me?"  He says "what?"  I smiled a little and said, “Yesterday I came home thirty minutes early.  But I didn't see you at home.  When I asked you after you came home, you said you went to meet your girlfriend.  I didn't say anything else.  So much time has passed but you still haven't told me the truth.  I was waiting to hear your truth.  On my way back from office I just saw you with your old boyfriend.”  He remained silent.  I did not understand the meaning of this silence.  "Answer me girl," I said.  He still remained silent.  I said "What went wrong?"  He shook his head and realized that it was a mistake.  I laughed a little and said, "Don't do that, how?  I am very angry.  I am a very good person.  But when this good man's anger increases, I don't know what to do.  I regret it later. Did I do this?  Don't make me regret it, okay?”  He got scared.  I said, "Look, the girl is scared.  tell me what's wrong  I gave your boyfriend a job.  I wanted to give a name to your relationship.  You had a lot of faith in your boyfriend.  But he has respected your faith.  Well, that aside.  I have been married to you for thirty days today.

 I have not seen the love in your eyes for me in these thirty days.  You know I really want to get wet in the rain with you.  To see the silver moonlight at night.  to love you  you don't love me  How about just giving my wishes a life?”  Nachima remained silent.  I see tears in his eyes.  He wiped the water with his hand and said, "Why are you moving so much?  I am giving henna.”  I see tears in my eyes.  He wiped the water with his hand and said, "Why are you moving so much?  I am giving henna.”



 At this evening time I came to meet Akash at the restaurant.  There is a touch of sadness on his face.  In the midst of this gloom I could see a man who did not have the dignity of love.  I said very calmly, "What do you want to eat?"  He shook his head and said he would not eat anything.  I said, "Surely you understand why I called you here?"  He looked at me with a strange look.  I ignored that strange illusion and said, “The man who was yours is not yours anymore.  That man is someone else's now.  Others dream of this man.  And you are entering into this dream.  Call that politeness?”  He doesn't know what to answer.  I saw that he was silent and said, "Don't disturb him again, okay?"  If you disturb again, it will be very bad with you mr.  Mr. Akash.”  Saying this, I got up from the chair and said again, "You have lost the person and the job as well."  Keep this card.  This is my friend's card.  Revive your life by thinking about your family.  If you want to work, meet him.  I told him everything.  I went  Best of luck.

 

 Sometimes I realize why I am such a person?  To give a shape to one's own inner feelings, one does not make one's own by consciously entering into the feelings of others.  I really want to go far away and think about my thoughts.  I used to find out the light and the dark between these thoughts.  I was looking for this light in the middle of the darkness where I am? Thirty minutes later, when I came home, I saw Nachima's face and my insides rose.  A shadow of weariness surrounds me when I see the sad expression on his face.  This exhaustion enveloped my entire body in a wall of numbness.  I told him "Akash will not disturb you from now on."  He keeps quiet.  I am silent too.  In this silence, I could understand the distance between us.

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 Thirty minutes after changing clothes and freshening up, she came in front of me and stood silently.  I said "Say something?"  He twisted the sari between his moving fingers and said to me very hesitantly, "Why can you call life like this? The one I loved so much did this to me. Why did you do this to me?"  I keep quiet.  I don't know how to respond to this.  I feel weirdly crazy about myself sometimes.  Seeing my silence Nachima said again that day when you were sleeping Akash called and cried a lot. Sadness settled inside me. I told her that now I have a family. Don't keep in touch with me. Then for the last time I  I wanted to meet you. I wanted to tell you. But I don't know what you think about it. Forgive me. You are my husband. I should not have hidden this from my husband."  He stopped saying this.  Tears come to his eyes. In the midst of so many storms, he left all his feelings in the sadness of time at the door of my feelings.  Nachima wiped her tears and said "Come eat. I have cooked your favorite khichuri."  I was wondering what to say in response to these words.  I can see silent tears between his words.  Grief engulfs me around the walls.  But I have no fault in creating this depression.  According to the terms she is mine,,,,


 The city was drenched with rain all night and this morning a soft cool glow spread as I sat engrossed in the balcony chair and watched the city go silent.  Lately I've been wanting to blend in with the blue feel of this wet city chest with Nachima.  To surrender my heart to his heart by looking into his eyes.  But why can't I?  A numbness filled me inside.  This inertia seized me and exhausted my whole body.  After thirty minutes of watching this silent city, Nachima came and said hesitantly, "Aren't you going to the office?"  I tell him "No. I don't want to go today."  He said ok and left without saying anything.  "Listen," I told him.  He looks back at me.  I said "You need to tell everything today. You still don't know the root cause of the matter. It was right that I gave Akash the job as my office manager. After giving the job, I had other thoughts. To test Akash's love. When I told the matter to my office colleague Naima, she was right.  After two days Naima agreed to do as I said. Then Naima's work began. Talking to Akash, having lunch with him during lunch hour. Though Akash was not agreeing at first. Then going out, riding rickshaws. At one point they  The exchange of ideas was getting lost. But I told Naima to be very careful, whatever you do, do it very carefully. Thus one month passes. This one month means after thirty days you call me. Saying you are not feeling well. Akash talks to you less now.  Whenever you call, you say I am busy.  I comforted you.  On the other hand, I congratulated Naima and told her to continue her work.  After another month, the desired time came.  Akash proposed to Naima.  I didn't think it would work so quickly.  Most men have a weak understanding of women.  What will happen to Naima when Akash says you have a girlfriend?  Do you know what the sky said?  You are a very simple girl.  Do you secretly talk to him on the phone, meet secretly?  Couldn't give proper time.  If asked to go somewhere, could not go.  The feeling he got from mixing with Naima didn't get from you.  After that Akash started ignoring you.  returned you  Then I did not delay.  I asked Naima to give the final move.  Naima also gave the final move well.  Akash said that he wanted to be a good friend, a good colleague and not a lover."

 .With this I stopped.  Nachima remained silent.  I got up from the chair and said again "Believe me if Akash had won this test I would have really arranged your marriage. I can only test him for whom I am going to do so much right?. When Naima gave Akash back he was thinking what to do.  No. His absenteeism in the office increased and he was knocked out of the job for this absence."After listening to all of my words, Nachima took a deep breath. Then she said, "It's okay that she loves me.  But his love for me was not strong." I told him "If you want I will give you a divorce.  You can go to the sky.  I don't want our life to be gray like this.  In a life where I can't find sleep." He said, "Never say such a thing again.  I am a simple girl ok.  But my life is not so cheap.  Come to have breakfast." Saying this, he goes inside. And I wonder if I can become Nachima's love?

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 "What's the matter? Isn't Mr. writing finished? I'll be back in a little while. I'll be back in five minutes. It's almost thirty minutes. Aren't you going to eat? How long will I have to sit? I can't heat the food anymore."

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 I turned my face away from the PC and looked at Nachima then said "ma'am and a little more left."  Nachima held my hand and said, "Not even a little bit more. Get up. Write the rest of your "thirty minutes" story later. And I don't understand, why do you name me as a character in your story?"  I smiled listening to him.  Actually I was writing stories.  It was not good after spending some time after coming from office. I thought I would write something.  And at the beginning of writing Nachima sat next to me.  Seeing his name in the story, he freaked me out.  Seeing my smile, he said again, "Why don't you get up? But I'm hungry. If you don't eat, I don't want to eat, don't you understand this?"  I kept quiet and said "I don't want to eat with my own hands today. You feed me."  He says "ok sir let's go."  I went to eat with him.  He is feeding me and eating himself.  If he wants to know the story of the story, I continue to listen to it.  Xenia said to me "So what about poor Akash?"  I said "Join the job and think about life again. Our life is not like that." Nachima kept feeding me lokma.  And I kept looking into his eyes.  He says "What do you do?"  I don't say anything.  I can see his terrible love for me in those eyes.  I really want to be involved in such terrible and beautiful love.  I don't want to lose such sweet love...

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 Everyone will pray for them so that they can live happily ever after


 Long live thousands of such love ❤️❤️

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