Our sweet home at Madhyamgram, 24-Parganas (N)

My father, after losing all his property due to partition of Bengal, purchased a land at Bosenagar, Madhyamgram, 24-Parganas (N) of about 7 Cottas , some 10 miles off from Sealdah station in Bongaon line. The plot was a nice one  at the corner of three roads in East, West and North. He constructed a one storied building with three rooms,one kitchen and one toilet covered by wide veranda on three sides south, ,east and west.He completed the construction after his retirement with the money he received after retirement.The building was situated at the corner of east and north side road leaving space at the back ( wet side) for Kitchen garden. He planted 4 coconut trees, one Kanthal tree and one guava tree etc. We shifted from Calcutta to Madhyamgram at the end of 1958 for celebrating "first eating rice" of Apurba (Babu), the elder son of my elder brother.
My elder brother has two sons, Apurba and Ajoy. Our house was first tartitioned in two parts, 1. for myself and the other for my elder brother, Kumud Ranjan retired from Post and Telegraph as a 2nd Class Gazetted officer the written consent of my mother and three sisters on the condition that an amount of Rs. 6,000/- would be deposited in the name of my mother in her account shared equally by me and my elder brother to meet  her medical expenses. But no decisions were taken  regarding her, day to day, food and lodging   It was supposed that since she preferred to stay always with me, It would be borne my me. As ill luck would have it, I was attacked with a dangerous disease in 1978 when she required a separate dwellings than myself. My elder brother, and two sisters, to some extent economically steady, were asked to give shelter to our mother but , any way, they were reluctant to do so. The problem was solved my elder sister, Sachi, with difficulty. i am grateful to the family of my elder sister, specially, to my brother in law who took lots of trouble of my morher in her death bed. She died in the house of my elder sister though she had two sons who could do it.
My portion was sold to some person for some construction of my recent house and paying the amount as decided during deed of conveyance of partition. At present the portion in which Kumud Ranjan stayed was again partioned into two among his two sons. The youner one Ajoy renovated the house.

   My college was situated on Sodepur Road, 4 km off from Madhyamgram. When I used to go to my college by my bi-cycle when I put on pant and shirt otherwise I put on Dhoti and Panjabi while going by Rickshaw.  Apurba on my lap (pic right), pic (bottom) after coming from my college.

At that time the pay scale of the College teachers were very poor and divided in two categories; 200 - 500 and  300 - 600. the college teachers under an umbrella WBCUTA ( West Bengal College and University Teachers Association) launched movemnt in three stages. 1. squatting in Esplanade East through out night, 2. Indefinite class boycott, 3. Boycott of examining scripts of examination papers. The movement lasted for 1960s with the two demands;
1. Revision of Pay scale, 2. Introduction of uniform pay scale.actually the demand was fulfilled in 1969 and was implemented in the early part of seventy's.



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