Kazi Nazrul Islam all along lived in Kolkata yet I did not get any opportunity to visit his residence .Of course this was purely my responsibility. I should have taken initiative. Actually We built up a separate image about him by going through his poems in the school books .In reality Nazrul had turned into a different person who could not speak, write ,walk etc.A person lived without any brain function. We were having his revolutionary image. I was therefore not wiling to see second Nazrul .
However ,I changed my mind in 1971 .At that time possibly he used to stay at Christopher Road in a small flat near CIT road.
In 1971 on account of his birthday public were allowed to visit his flat. In order to visit his residence I reached there at about seven and saw a big queue. I stood there and after fifteen minutes I reached his flat and I was spell bound to see him wearing new dress he was seating surrounded by some women who were looking after.
That was my first and last look at him. This was a memorable day of my life.
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