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Reflections

Gentleman Par Excellence

Shahabuddin Mahtab
In the present day Bangladesh many of the goodness of the olden days appear to have been devalued or have vanished Some of the basic human values such aa gentleness. consideration, truth, honesty all seem to be at a discount
One day I received a telephone call at my residence from General MAG Osmani when he was the Minister for P TAT in the early seventies. At that time I was Postmaster-General. Dhaka. Gen. Osmani told me that he would like to visit Sylhet Head Post Office and if not Inconvenient for me. I may also go to Sylhet. I readily agreed to go there and reached there a day ahead of him.
After visiting the Sylhet Head Post Office. I accompanied the General to visit some other places At one place we were at the foot of a hillock fnla) General Osmani asked an official to please find out It the Khan Bahadur' who was residing on the top of the TUa- was available, and also to tell him that General Osmani was coming up to see him. After a few minutes, an old gentleman was hurriedly coming tosvards us. The situation was extremely embarrassing for General Osmani. and he apologised profusely as the old gentleman was a respected person fmurabbl") for him.
General Osmani and thyself were returning by the same plane the next day to Dhaka, and both of us were waiting in the main hall of the airport. When General Osmani spotted me. he moved towards me and asked If everything was alright with me.
A few days later General Osmani came to my residence al Bailey Hood and personally handed over a book (that he earlier borrowed) to my wile, as I was not there. The General was a gentleman par excel lence. and although I was working two steps away from
him. still then he had gentle ness. consideration and cour tesy for an officer who was working under him.
About three decades bock, the then Chief of Air Staff. Air Marshall Asghar Khan was visiting Khulna, and all the local officers were asked to receive him at the Khulna Circuit House On arrival at the Circuit House the Air Marshall asked one of his aides to serve tea to the gentlemen present. Amongst us was the DIG of Police. Mirza Slrajul Haque. In course of general discussions he mentioned that his son was in one of the cadet colleges In the then West Pakistan The Air Chief brought out his small diary and took the parllculars
of the boy. When he returned be looked up the boy. and wrote a letter to Muza Sirajul Haque
It sms the year IMS or I960 and 1 was an undergraduate at the Dhaka University I had to travel several times in a year to Chittagong. In one of the journeys. I was on the platform of Fufoaria railway station, and was required to pay the porter but I did not have the required change. • A young gentleman who was standing nearby came forward and told me that he had the required change for a rupee. With him I travelled tn the same railway compartment up to Chittagong. and had a delightful conversation with Dr Mohammed Ibrahim. Here he was the speaker and I was his listener In later days Dr Ibrahim distinguished himself as a teacher of Ahsanullah Engineering College, and later of the BUET
In a world of many conflicts incidences sueh as Indicated above, are the treasured memories which one cannot forget