{"id":125,"date":"2017-12-27T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahnewazkarim.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:22:04","slug":"where-has-our-river-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahnewazkarim.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Where has our river gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u09b8\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u09a8\u09be\u09b6\u09be \u09aa\u09a6\u09cd\u09ae\u09be \u09a8\u09a6\u09c0 \u09a4\u09cb\u09b0 \u0995\u09be\u099b\u09c7 \u09b6\u09c1\u09a7\u09be\u0987<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09ac\u09b2 \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u09cb\u09b0 \u0995\u09bf \u09b0\u09c7 \u0986\u09b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0995\u09c1\u09b2 \u0995\u09bf\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u09a8\u09be\u0987, \u0995\u09c1\u09b2 \u0995\u09bf\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u09a8\u09be\u0987<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0993 \u09a8\u09a6\u09c0\u09b0 \u0995\u09c1\u09b2 \u0995\u09bf\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u09a8\u09be\u0987\u0964\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09aa\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09bf\u09b0 \u0986\u09b6\u09be\u09af\u09bc \u09a4\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09be\u09a4\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09bf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09b8\u0995\u09be\u09b2 \u09ac\u09c7\u09b2\u09be \u09a7\u09b0\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09aa\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09bf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09b0 \u09a6\u09bf\u09a8 \u09af\u09c7 \u0997\u09c7\u09b2 \u09b8\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09be \u09b9\u09b2\u09cb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09a4\u09ac\u09c1 \u09a8\u09be \u0995\u09c1\u09b2 \u09aa\u09be\u0987\u0964\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09aa\u09a6\u09cd\u09ae\u09be\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u09cb\u09b0 \u09a4\u09c1\u09ab\u09be\u09a8 \u09a6\u09c7\u0987\u0996\u09be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09aa\u09b0\u09be\u09a8 \u0995\u09be\u0981\u09aa\u09c7 \u09a1\u09b0\u09c7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09ab\u09c7\u0987\u09b2\u09be \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09af\u09bc \u09ae\u09be\u09b0\u09bf\u09b8\u09a8\u09be \u09a4\u09cb\u09b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09b8\u09b0\u09cd\u09ac\u09a8\u09be\u09b6\u09be \u099d\u09a1\u09bc\u09c7\u0964\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u098f\u0995\u09c7 \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09b0 \u09ad\u09be\u0999\u09cd\u0997\u09be \u09a4\u09b0\u09c0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u09ae\u09be\u09b2\u09cd\u09b2\u09be \u099b\u09af\u09bc\u099c\u09a8 \u09b6\u09b2\u09cd\u09b2\u09be \u0995\u09b0\u09bf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09af\u09bc\u09c7 \u09a6\u09bf\u09b2 \u0995\u09c1\u09a1\u09bc\u09be\u09b2 \u09ae\u09be\u09b0\u09bf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0995\u09c7\u09ae\u09a8\u09c7 \u09aa\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09c7 \u09af\u09be\u0987\u0964\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Padma, catastrophic river, I ask you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please tell me if you have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No boundaries, no boundaries at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh the river have no boundaries at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To cross the river I hurried<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Started crossing in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the day has gone and turned into evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still I do not see the other side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Padma when I see your storms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My heart trembles in fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not kill me with your<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lethal storm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a boat that is leaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With six boatmen I am striving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not axe me now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do I reach the bank!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Abdul Alim, this is an old folk song on river Padma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have heard stories and songs of the mighty river Padma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stories like you cannot see the one bank from the other. Of its depth as a wonder. And the bounty that feeds the people along its path and makes the land fertile. That the river flows strong and has a soul. But now they are only stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the construction of the Farakka barrage in India, the international treaties covering water distribution within large rivers and tributaries have not been respected. 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