Autobiography

Autobiographical Essay

I was born in a rural industrial area of Bangladesh. It was one of the biggest chemical fertilizer factory in Asia and my father worked as a chemist over there. Adjacent to the industrial area, there was a residential area for all employees of that industry. Our residential area was furnished with all modern facilities and we were fortunate to get a very good school, vast fields for play, ponds and river for swimming and fishing, trees for climbing and stealing fruits and what not. Our childhood was full of fun and enjoyment with some limits and boundaries. Some prescribed rules and regulations of school and industry management authority guided us to maintain disciplined and secured life. We enjoyed six seasons with different colours, games, amusement and non-ending vitality. This healthy environment in my childhood contributed a lot in growing up as physically and mentally sound person.

Our family, made up of my mother, father, three brothers and two sisters, struggled with financial crisis from our childhood. My father was the only earning member and he had to maintain our seven membered family with his limited income. We never led a lavish life, wore costly clothing and sometimes wouldn’t get educational supplies like books, pencil, pen, geometry box etc. These were the grim pictures of my family during my childhood and my mother was an exceptionally valiant warrior to fight back against all odds. She never compromised with our education in spite of all deep-seated stresses of life. She always reminded us “Look back! Nothing is left for you. Only one door is open for you that is struggle for life and win”. We kept her lesson in our mind in every steps of life.

When I was in grade six, I performed outstandingly well in our school’s annual sports competition. Mr. Arzan Khan, a renowned athlete of that time in Bangladesh, was an observer of that occasion and was inspired to train me with a prospect of future national athlete. I grew up...