M Rahman Ranju, Kurigram

A widowed old woman living in the same house with her cattle is forced to live in poverty. If the child`s work does not get food in the mouth, cut it in half. The other boys have separated the old mother due to lack of money. Widow Shanti Rani is a resident of Malirpar village in Chakirpashar union of Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district. Swami Sudhir Chandra Sarkar died about 30 years ago due to illness. The bed is on one side of her living room and the straw bed on the other. This is how he is going through winter-summer-monsoon. She has 3 sons and 4 daughters. Except the youngest son, everyone is married. Half of the eldest son Prabit Chandra Sarkar lives with his family and the rest is the Queen of Peace. The younger son Amrit Chandra Sarkar lives in another room piled up next to the house of the Queen of Peace. Even though the Queen of Peace used to work in people`s homes or in agriculture when she was old, now she can`t work because of her age. So she has become dependent on children or neighbors. Even if you can move, you can`t work hard. He raised a cow from the people with Adi (on condition of getting a cow in exchange for the cow). He got a cow from that primitive cow. The dilapidated house could not be built due to lack of space. As a result, the queen of peace is forced to spend the day in her own house with cows. Even if the neighbors who eat from day to day cooperate in their ability, it is not always possible. In a tearful voice, Shanti Rani said, "I do this, I take cows." Eating and drinking is like this. The boy goes to bed for a day`s wages and eats if he doesn`t bring it. If someone (someone) gives a hand, then I eat and if I don`t give, I stay in peace. A cow Adi Nishanu has become a calf. Guy is turning the corner. And I raised the calf like that (keeping it). At the time of Betty Guler`s marriage, all the wealth was gone. And the other two sons get married and eat juda (separately) with their wives. Ella Hamra spends her days eating with her mother and younger son. Only two years ago I received an old age card for government allowance. He also said that he did not get any more government assistance. Prabit Chandra Sarkar, the eldest son of Shanti Rani, said that he works as a carpenter. Liability to take care of one`s own family. So, even though he was looking for his mother, he could not take care of her and separated her from his younger brother. Neighbor Sapna Rani said that the widow Shanti Rani has been living such an inhuman life for almost twenty years. The local people`s representatives do not do much research. With that, the mother-carpenter`s son is having a hard time. Although there are broken houses, there is no sanitation system. Go to open space or neighbors` houses and do natural work. Neighbor Gita Rani said the rain actually doubled the suffering of the Queen of Peace. Outside of the house, there is a cooking stove gets wet. I can`t cook. The children spend most of the day without eating. A year ago, the hand of the Queen of Peace broke when she slipped in the yard. He could not get treatment due to lack of money. The village heals the broken place with chalk. Cow urinated in the bed. The little boy smoked them. The younger son Amrit Chandra Sarkar did not marry for this mother. Neighbor Kamal Chandra said that even though the government has made adequate arrangements for the welfare of the poor, a special section of the extremely poor families are being deprived. There is no one to see them. Officially, if the Queen of Peace had a house to live in, the old woman would have died in the last days of peace. Admitting the plight of Santosh Chandra Mohanta Shanti Rani, UP 3rd ward member of Rajarhat Chakirpasha, he said there is no rule to give other benefits to the same family as per government rules. He also talked to the local administration about the issue and assured cooperation. In this regard, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Noor Tasnim said, I have come to know about Shanti Rani. I will take initiative to provide facilities to the government for research.