Asmani, a well-known literary character portrayed in the poem “Asmani” by Polli Kabi Jasimuddin Ahmed, breathed her last early on Saturday. She was 97.
Asmani had been suffering from old-age complications since long.
Widowed Asmani died around 3:00am at her Rasulpur village home under Eshan Gopalpur Union of Faridpur Sadar, our Faridpur Correspondent reports, quoting family sources.
Daughter of Arman Mollick of nearby Bhanudangi village, Asmani was married to Hashem Mondol of Rasulpur at the age of nine. Hashem died around 20 years ago.
Asmani has two sons and six daughters — all busy with their own families now.
Symbolising a typical poverty-stricken little girl with shattered dreams and broken spirits, the poem “Asmani” was published in Jasimuddin’s “Ek Poisar Banshi” in 1949.
Local journalists discovered her at Rasulpur village in 2003.
Earlier on June 26, Asmani was admitted to Faridpur General Hospital due to brain haemorrhage and high blood pressure. Later, she was shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.
On June 28, she was transferred to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in the capital.
UNB adds: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of Asmani.
In her condolence message, the prime minister said Asmani was a unique character represented by Palli Kabi Jasimuddin. Sheikh Hasina prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed her sympathy to the members of the bereaved family.
-With The Daily Star input
