To My 'Sweet Heart'

When I think of you o’ my love!

It often hurts me.

Where are you leaving me alone o’ my 'Sweet Heart'?

You know how much I love thee.

I felt in love with you at the first sight;

And I did never know how it happen might?

I remember your every

Smile which pleased me;

And also I remember how nicely dressed thee.

Your sky-dark deep eyes often gave me pleasure;

I can’t narrate it so...

How could I measure?

Your black long hair with a sweet smell;

Thou often made me roil laughing on the cell.

Your yellow complexion with an oval face;

I became crazy seeing your grace.

How can I forget those nice days that

I spent with you?

I can’t unlearn even for a moment

Having everything though.

That much come in love...
Darkness and shine.

But we have to understand the flow of time.

No love can succeed without sorrow and mourning;

It is the beauty of true love...
Suffering these things.

Those who feel the true love
Their love remain same...

Without any suspicion that

I can claim.

I can’t live without you o’ my 'Sweet Heart'!

You know very well...Thy are my first love.

My life is useless without loving you,

Whatever you think of me but

I am so true.

Living without the first love is not so easy;

I find myself for your love

Sometimes very crazy.

I can do anything for my love’s gain;

I beseech you to think and...

Come to me again.

I believe, you will understand but

It’s getting too late...

I will wait for thou o’ my sweet love...!

Till my last breath.

                                                                                                   Mujahidul Islam

MANUU, Hyd-32

Book Review: Chinua Achebe's novel 'The Arrow of God'

The novel titled ‘Arrow of God’ by Chinua Achebe is all about 1920s British Colonial Nigeria. The novel describes about two great communities of Igboland as Umuaro and Okperi. Umuaro is a large community having six villages together and they worship the god Ulu.

The novel begins with a war that is being fought between two communities. The war starts by the Umuaro community against the Okperies. The British Colonial administration tries to stop the war. Captain Winterbottom, a colonial officer, who commands to break and burn all the guns of Umuaro.

After a long five years, the living situation become normal in Umuaro. But the Christian missionaries start to convert people into Christianity. Now the people of Umuaro divided into two sub communities leaded by Ezeulu and Nwaka. Ezeulu belongs to the god Ulu and Nwaka belongs to the god Idemili. A great conflict starts between the two sub communities and they start trying to kill each other using poison.

                              Figure1: The goddess Idemili : goddess of River

Now the Christian missionaries ask the Christian Igbo to kill the Sacred Python. Oduche (son of Ezeulu) put the python in a box which is revealed. The python belongs to god Idemili, and as result Ezidemili (the priest of Idemili) asks Ezeulu to die to clean his home.

Figure 2: Sacred Python

A road is going to construct connecting Umuaro and Okperi. The authorities have run out of funds and the road is still incomplete. The  authorities ask the Umuaro community to labor for free but they pay the people of Okperi for their labor. One day Ezeulu’s son Obika reaches the workplace late and he is punished though he is working for free.

On the other hand, Captain Winterbottom wants to nominate a chief for the Umuaro community. Winterbottom is afraid of Ezeulu’s popularity and as he is not in favor of Winterbottom. He thinks that Ezeulu’s popularity will create conflict and so he detain Ezeulu. But at last Ezeulu is asked to become the chief of Umuaro but he denied.

The story of the novel tells us about several aspects of the British Colonial Rule. Firstly, we can see the ‘divide and rule’ policy very clearly in the novel. Secondly, the slavery system and thirdly the strong leadership are seen in the novel.

Mujahidul Islam

MANUU, Hyd-32