The Childhood Memory

In my childhood, I used to watch movies, especially Hindi movies, on TV, as my village is located in a border area where we can watch two Indian channels, where every week I could watch movies. The TV we had was from the National Company, and it was a 21 Inch, black-and-white TV. The price of TV at that time was quite high, and many people from my village came to my house to watch TV, especially during the FIFA World Cup, when so many people watched football matches at midnight.

That was before 2000, and the early 2000s, when there were a very small number of families that had TV and electricity in Bangladesh, especially in rural village areas. That time I watched a Bangla movie named Dipu Number 2 which was based on two teenagers with the thrilling discovery of some culprits. They were like enemy at the beginning, and later they became such good friends, and thus the story moved to thrilling adventurous activities that really attracted my childhood mind at that time.

In that movie, I first learn about such an exploring tower, and there were some shots of that tower. It was not so tall as I have later seen in my own eyes in Dhaka City. I can still remember the scene when Dipu was trying to climb up the tower, which was not an easy task. And successfully he succeeded in conquering the tower.

This beautiful tower reminds me of the tower that attracted so many children during those days. Though the time, the location, and the surroundings of these two memories are different, they are both connected with my memory, and this image will also remind me of this beautiful place in the future.

Thanks a lot for your time and attention. I will catch up with you at the next one. Wishing you a good day!

I took the photos, and it is my own property.