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On our first trip to Naogaon, there was a man in our train compartment with whom we had got talking.

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Title as given by the source: On our first trip to Naogaon, there was a man in our train compartment with whom we had got talking. He was a Bangladesh Railways staff who worked in the signals section at Ishwardi station, but he was on leave that day. His name was Mohammad Enamul Kalam and he told us stories about how he also practiced acupressure and healing and was returning from a patient’s house. He talked about many mystical things and I somehow felt there was more to this encounter, it would not end with this one conversation. So I asked for his phone number. Before this second trip Enamul bhai and I spoke on the telephone and we arranged to meet at Ishwardi station. I was anyway fascinated by the idea of a man who signals trains to halt and pass. Also, the name of these stations.
Place: RajshahiLocation is approximate — known to district level.
Date: January 2016
Collection: The Travelling Archive
Persistent ID: BDMA-R-000481

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APA: On our first trip to Naogaon, there was a man in our train compartment with whom we had got talking. He was a Bangladesh Railways staff who worked in the signals section at Ishwardi station, but he was on leave that day. His name was Mohammad Enamul Kalam and he told us stories about how he also practiced acupressure and healing and was returning from a patient’s house. He talked about many mystical things and I somehow felt there was more to this encounter, it would not end with this one conversation. So I asked for his phone number. Before this second trip Enamul bhai and I spoke on the telephone and we arranged to meet at Ishwardi station. I was anyway fascinated by the idea of a man who signals trains to halt and pass. Also, the name of these stations.. (2016). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000481 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/naogaon2-santahar-sujanagar-2016/
Chicago: "On our first trip to Naogaon, there was a man in our train compartment with whom we had got talking. He was a Bangladesh Railways staff who worked in the signals section at Ishwardi station, but he was on leave that day. His name was Mohammad Enamul Kalam and he told us stories about how he also practiced acupressure and healing and was returning from a patient’s house. He talked about many mystical things and I somehow felt there was more to this encounter, it would not end with this one conversation. So I asked for his phone number. Before this second trip Enamul bhai and I spoke on the telephone and we arranged to meet at Ishwardi station. I was anyway fascinated by the idea of a man who signals trains to halt and pass. Also, the name of these stations.." Recorded in Rajshahi. 2016. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000481. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000481. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/naogaon2-santahar-sujanagar-2016/.
Persistent URL: https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000481

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