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Bangladesh-India meet at no-man's land

S DILIP Roy, Lalmonirhai
No-mans' land at Genduguri border of Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat district is converted into a fair of bonds as people from both Bangladesh and Indian meet their near and dear ones. The border was kept open for two hours for the occasion of Shama (Kali) puja. The fair was extended over two other borders at Nobi Nagar and Sarkerer Hat under Patgram upazila in the district. The border guards from both the countries; BGB and BSP took tight security during the fair.
Local people told; the bond fair has continued at the three borders since liberation on the occasion of Shama (Kali) puja. Many Bangladeshi and Indians who are not able to take passports and visas wait for this day to meet their loved ones across the border.
A Bangladeshi woman; Tulsi Tani Das (52), wife of Narayon Chandro Das, a resident at Nobdiganj village of Rangpur Sadar upazila came at Genduguri border on Sunday morning to meet her daughter. She broke down with tears seeing her daughter across the barbed wire fence on the Indian side. They met after two years; her daughter Tohura Rani Das was also emotionally drenched. Tulsi Rani Das said; her daughter married Monoranjon Das at Das Para village of Dinhata police station under Koochbehar district in Pashimbanga 15 years ago. She came to Genduguri border last year also to meet her daughter but could not as her daughter didn't come due to illness.
A physical impaired boy Nazrul Islam (24) from Tongbhanga village of Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat came at Genduguri border to meet
his two elder sisters, who lives in Sitai village of Koochbehar district in Paschimbanga. "After searching for thirty minutes I found my two elder sisters Rozina Begum and Shabana Begum beside the barbed fence at around 8.30 am on Sunday. All of us started crying when we finally saw each other after three years," he said. Nazrul Islam was given some winter cloths and some Indian food items by his two sisters.
Atiar Rahman (45) a resident of Chaparhat village of kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat said, i came to the border to meet my younger brother Afzal Hossain (35)who lives at Colony para of Koochbehar town in Paschimbanga. "All of my relatives are India and only I live in Bangladesh.
Santona Rani Sarker (3 5), wife of Milon Chandro Sarker from Baro Nachina village of Dinhata police station in
Paschimbanga came to console her ailing mother Fuleshwari Rani (68). "I met and shared views with my mother but didn't get the chance to touch her; as the Indian Border Security Force didn't allow me to do so. I cried and wept for long; I was able to give her some cloths to help her through the winter.
Jain Singh from Mirarpara BSF camp of Shitolkuchi police station of Paschimbanga said, over fifteen thousand Indians from different villages came and were waiting along the barbed wire fence. Helal Liddin from the a BGB camp at Genduguri BGB camp said, over forty thousand Bangladeshi people from different villages in Lalmonirhat district and its adjoining districts Rangpur, Nilphmari, Ku rigram and Gaibandha came to rejoice with their loved ones and to participate in this wonderful fair of bonds.