The last winter evening of 1427 BS, full of laziness and insignificant weekend, was very different. Winter is almost non-existent. Spring palms all around. On Sunday morning, February 14, 2021, the unobstructed light of Pahela Falgun shone in the joy of spring and in the duet of love. Oh! It is St. Valentine's Day, a day full of love and melody.
Wounded life and the gray desert of the world were suddenly overwhelmed by the flash of light in the cruel grab of the pandemic corona. It informed, 'Today spring is awake at the door'. The flowers also bloomed. The birds also sang. The ground is colorful in ‘vernal colored’. At the touch of light, the warmed and afflicted hearts of the people revolving in the parody of nature are awakened in parallel with the confinement-house arrest-social distance.
With spring, not only the Bengalis of Bangladesh, but also the emotions, love and affection of the whole world are intertwined. Spring brings new vigor and vitality by breaking the stagnation of winter. Every member of nature wakes up to the eternal touch of spring. Birds sing in the trees. New flowers and leaves bloom on the branches. The touch of color takes the light of nature.
There is inevitably mixed love with spring, whose boundaries are indefinite and unobstructed. In the spring, like the company and presence of a loved one, love is applied to the corners of nature, rivers, seas, peaks, beaches, forests.
In the history of human civilization and culture, spring and love have been going hand in hand. World-renowned artists have painted the Rakhibandhan of love and spring in the rhythm of a brush. All the arrangements of Renaissance art have been blessed with the triumph of love and spring. The Italian classical artist, the artist of French Impressionism, the Spanish Cubic artist commemorates spring and love on canvas.
Beyond the colorful atmosphere of the West, Oriental artists have awakened the glory of spring and love in China, Japan and Korea. In Persia, the ancient city of art and harmony, spring has got epic admixture and love has gained heavenly obsession. That version of the miniature art form has crossed the West and Central Asia and reached to the hands of the Mughals in the South Asian subcontinent. Nowruz, the 'Spring Festival' of love and beauty has been celebrated like a colorful New Year celebration.
In riverine, natural, festive Bangladesh, spring does not just come in the form of nature or calendar; it comes in the daily practice of human life. Spring is welcomed in the towns and villages with light, color, song and dance in the bright light of youth. In the spring air in the soul and body, the group of human beings and women reach the deep corridor of immaculate nature in the joint position of love.
The year-round corona sufferings may limit the arrangement of spring breakage. The apprehensive people will meet in each other's arms in their own safety zone. Many will be afraid to leave the enclosure of the beaver and join the wave of vernal in the generous nature.
However, in the blue sky of Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna some invincible Shimul, Palash, Krishnacura will rise in the red light when the aggressive urbanization monster's hand melts some brave youngsters will float in the south wind in love and worship of nature. Their vernal colored saris will wave like the flag of life. The invincible music of love will blend into the sound of their voices all over the place. In the expansive courtyard of Bengal, the cultural heritage of Bengalis, in the duet of love and spring, the darkness of the corona will be erased and the endless vibration of life will be manifested.