A
young man is selling varieties of ladies and gents products on a three-wheel
vehicle named ‘Dream Van’ on Dhanmondi 7/A. As he looks quite handsome, nobody would
think of him as a vendor at first sight. Expensive camera in hand, headphone on
ears and expensive shoes on his foot along with jeans and white Panjabi give
him more of an aristocratic mark.
Going
up to him, I came to know about his identity. His name is Taijul Islam (29).
Family and friends call him Lekhon. Born in Faridpur, but he now lives at
Mohammadpur area.
In
2009, after the death of his mother Rowshon Ara Begum, he became alone.
Earlier, at the age of two, Lekhon lost his father, Nurul Islam. Other members
of the family belong to upper class.
While
studying diploma in a college in the capital, Lekhon traveled to South Korea in
2011. After five years, he returned to his country. Afterwards, he started
peddling products carried on a vehicle named Dream Van.
For
two months, he has sold college bag, money bag, belt, sunglass, sandal, t-shirt
and cap at different points of the city. He also has valuable and aristocratic
cactus. He has spent Tk. 15,000 to buy this van. He has products worth Tk.
15,000.
Lekhon
said, “The return he gets from his 30 thousand investment is enough for him to
cover his daily expenses. Though he is from educated and upper-class family, he
did not feel shy to choose this profession for living.”
Lekhon
continued, “No work is inferior to me. All sorts of work are great. Work always
means work. There should be no discrimination in work. Nowadays unemployment is
increasing for classifying works into different classes and sectors.”
He
further said, “Many educated people are choosing dishonest means for living,
having failed to manage the jobs they sought. We should take all the work
equally. I think that we should not differentiate between the work of a minister
and a nut seller.
I
have chosen this work for breaking down the inhibition of young unemployed
people. In future, I have a desire to ride rickshaw wearing lungi. After that,
I would start selling nuts by roaming on the streets.”
He
has bought two plots by his money earned in Korea. Of them, one is at
Bashundhara river view, a posh area. He also has a flat worth one crore taka on
the eighth floor of Ocean Girl in Cox’s Bazar. After his father’s death, Lekhon
was raised by his maternal uncle and aunt at his grandparents’ house. All the members
of the family are rich. Still, Lekhon does not face any obstacle in his
peddling business.
Lekhon
said, “All the members of my family are in good positions by the grace of
Allah. Everyone supports me, not hindrance from them. I will be happy if all
jobless young boys choose different kinds of jobs following my footstep. Then
the society would be rid of stealing, pick-pocketing, banditry and hijacking.”
This
handsome hawker also said, “When we go abroad, we can do all kinds of work. But
then why can’t we do the same in our own country? When there will be no work-based
discrimination, our country will go ahead. Because of discrimination in the
nature of work, educated people of our country remain jobless.”
Unemployment
hurts Lekhon. He said, so
many graduates are coming out of universities but there are not enough jobs for
them.
Therefore, we should concentrate on all kinds of work and build the country
beautifully.
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