Beyond The Trails

On the venture of finding solitude, one young man, Osman, from the city comes alone to a remote mountainous-village on the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. As days and nights passes by, he starts getting acquainted with the villagers and their way of life. At day times, he visits the village and comes back to the harvest-hut at night. It seems like he is finding his solace living like this. For the villagers, farming is the only viable option for earning the livelihood. There is no cellphone network in the village and the nearest road for cars is a day away from the village. Nowadays some tourists come from the faraway cities to hike the mountain and watch the waterfalls. Some city people are investing money to build resort and cottages for the tourists. Osman feels the changing power-economic-dynamics on the hills these days. Osman has to leave the village as it’s time for him to be back at his usual reality. But he has this optimism that, the villagers and the mountain will protect itself by its own strength as it has done for hundreds of years.