প্রিয় ফুল (My favorite flower)

[English version has given below]

আগে, কেউ যখন আমার কাছে  জানতে  চাইতো , আমার প্রিয় ফুল কোনটি । আমি একটু চিনতায় পড়ে যেতাম। আসলে  আমার সব ফুলই সুন্দর লাগে। ফুলের তোড়ায় রং এর সমাহার সুন্দর হলে আরো ভালো লাগে। তারপরও অনেক ভেবে একটা উত্তর বের করেছি। সেটা হলো  শিমুল ফুল। আমার প্রিয় ফুল শিমুল। কারণ আমার ডাক নাম শিমুল (বসন্তকালে জন্মানোর কারনেই হয়তো)। আর এই কারণেই হয়তো আমার প্রিয় রং লাল।

[১৪ ই ফেব্রুয়ারি, ২০০৬ ]

When people ask me, what is your favorite flower, I really fall in trouble, because, I like all flowers. Especially in bouquet when different color of flowers I see, I like them all. But still, need to make an answer, so I thought a lot. Now the answer is Shimul flower (Bombax ceiba). This is my favorite flower, because my nick name is Shimul (As I born in spring). May be this is reason of my favorite color too, red.

Does your kid ever see our national flower?

This picture is from given wallpapers of a cell phone

If you ask any Bangladeshi, “Which is our national flower?” people will reply water lily (in Bangla, Shapla). Now if you ask which color of lily is our national flower, then some people may hesitate to answer. The answer is White water lily. Even my son knows it.

Now if you ask, did you ever see it? New generation, who lives in city, will answer “NO”. Do you have any idea how it looks, its size, how it feels when touched? All answer will be “NO”. This is our city life. Our kids even have no idea how our national flower look like. Well, parent may show them in front of “Sonali Bank”, which is called “Shapla Chattor (water lily square)”. 

Shafeen and paper flower

Shafeen with paper flower, he was 1 year and 4 months old.

Shafeen likes flower. Especially to tear it out. Once his aunt (my elder sister Sharmin) brought him a paper flower. He liked if very much. Play with it for few days without tearing it.