Polan Sarkar- the Walking Library of Bangladesh Passes Away

There is a common saying, Poets and Pigs are honored after their death.

Polan Sarkar is in the news these days. But who is he? How many people actually knew him before this news of death. The fame he received with his death was too late for the noble act he did.

Polan Sarkar, adored for his deep-rooted undertaking to instruct individuals by strolling around his area and loaning books, passed away at 98 years, yesterday.

He took his last breath at home in Bagha Upazila's Bausa town at 12:30 pm. He was experiencing health issues brought about by age throughout a previous couple of days, said his child Haider Ali.

Conceived as Harez Uddin in Natore's Bagatipara Upazila on September 10, 1921, Polan Sarkar was an independent man with energy for learning.

After his dad's passing, Polan and his mom moved to Rajshahi to live with her folks. He couldn't proceed with formal instruction after class six. Be that as it may, his enthusiasm to learn did not melt away.

He ended up being included with theater artists in the region, perusing contents for society plays and partaking in them. He built up a propensity for purchasing books from nearby libraries, bit by bit turning into a ravenous peruser.

Before long Polan wound up sufficiently talented in Bangla to be employed for composing lawful deeds, business assertions, and continuing gathering minutes.

At a certain point, he was the executive of a neighborhood secondary school board of trustees, where he used to give and loan books to understudies. This is the point at which he understood his actual calling - in picking up learning, yet in addition to spreading it.

After he was diagnosed to have diabetes in his 80s, he was advised to stroll something like three kilometers every day. He utilized this as a chance to walk to residents' homes and loan them his own books.

He kept on doing such a noble act for very nearly three decades.

In 2008, he manufactured a library all alone land with help from Rajshahi Zilla Parishad. The library presently has five book appropriation focuses at various towns.

Motivated by his drive, a few young people of his town went along with him and made development for perusing books.

Polan Sarkar was granted the renowned Ekushey Padak in 2011 for his commitment to social welfare.

The news of his demise covered his town in pain.

As a kid, Polan acquired books from wherever he could, and ravenously perused them. He was granted the esteemed Ekushey Podok.

'Alor Ferrywala'

Polan Sarkar began a social development of perusing books. He was lovingly called "Alor Ferrywala," the merchant of light.

He set up the Harun-ar-Rashid High School in his town in 1965 after getting some legacy from his granddad. In 1990, he chose a yearly honor for understudies of the school who make it on the legitimacy list. The prize was, apparently, books.

Different understudies communicated their craving to peruse also. He agreed, however, gave them the condition that the understudies must restore the books to him after completing, so he could loan the books to different understudies too. Inevitably, neighborhood grown-ups began getting books from his accumulation also.

When he was determined to have diabetes in 1992, he chose he would disseminate books amid his every day strolls. He would go around alone two feet, sharing his affection for books.

He has been appreciated in Rajshahi for quite a while, yet increased across the country acknowledgment in the wake of being highlighted in Bangladesh Television's prevalent show "Ittadi," on December 29, 2006.

Polan had been circulating books to understudies and townspeople for nothing out of pocket for a long time. He additionally every now and again had skilled books to exemplary understudies. He urged house spouses to peruse books and made a point to get them access to books.

His library houses tons of books. A whole wall is enriched with his achievements throughout the years. He won the Ekushey Podok in 2011, Bangladesh's second-most elevated regular citizen grant, for his commitment to society.

Polan Sarkar left behind six children, three little girls and various individuals who got the endowment of information through his endeavors.

In a meeting with the press in 2016, he stated: "My work will proceed for whatever length of time that I can walk, and when I can't walk any longer, my library will carry on my central goal."

People like Polan never come in the limelight. With celebs and politicians reaching headlines every day these people lose their place. Their act of genuine effort towards a better society stays away from the people. They do their work silently and leave the world leaving a gap that’s hard to fill up.