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Humayun Ahmed loved taking strolls in the rain in Nuhash Palli and would not listen to anyone who would try to deter him from this. If asked does not he catch a cold, a drenched Humayun would reply, “I do not, I am a frog.”
Friends, colleagues and acquaintances remembered the romanticism of the recently deceased litterateur as they were recollecting their moments with Humayun Ahmed at a memorial meeting yesterday organised by Shadhinota Forum at Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Prof Emazuddin Ahmed said, “After reading Humayun's first novel Nandito Narake, we guessed that a new talent was emerging in Bengali literature.”
Poet Abdul Hai Sikder, BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, among others, were present.
Meanwhile, at a separate memorial meeting, speakers opined for turning Nuhash Palli, where Humayun was laid to rest for eternity, into a memorial city in the name of the legendary writer.
Jatiya Ganatantrik League yesterday organised the meeting to mourn the demise of Humayun Ahmed at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity.
Bangla Academy will also arrange a commemorative meeting at its premises today on Humayun Ahmed. Sammilita Sangskritik Jote will organise such meeting next Saturday at the public library.
DOA MAHFIL, IFTAR AT NUHASH PALLI
Seeking divine blessings for the departed soul of legendary writer Humayun Ahmed, a doa mahfil and iftar were organised last evening at Nuhash Palli.
Relatives, well-wishers and several hundred people from the locality adjacent to Nuhash Palli attended the functions and prayed for eternal peace of Humayun Ahmed's soul, said Nuhash Palli Manager Saiful Islam Bulbul.
Humayun's wife Meher Afroz Shaon, who has been staying at Nuhash Palli since his burial, said her major task is to fulfil Humayun's dreams.
Humayun had dreams of building a cancer hospital and an institution like Shantiniketan. He also wanted Nuhash Palli to be run by a board of trustees, Shaon said.
Meanwhile, Humayun's mother Ayesha Faiz has decided to distribute food among the destitute.
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