Humayun Ahmed wanted to turn his favourite retreat Nuhash Palli into a trust, but he could not do it in his lifetime, second wife Meher Afroz Shaon said on Tuesday.
"He wanted to build a trust from Nuhash Palli. I'll make his dream come true if I get the opportunity," she told reporters after Humayun Ahmed's burial there.
The famous virtuoso writer was laid to rest on Tuesday noon at his favourite spot Lichu Tola in his self-nurtured sanctuary Nuhash Palli at Pirujali village in Gazipur.
Shaon told reporters that she would do her utmost to realise Humayun's dream to make a trust of Nuhash Palli, which he built personally only for his own.
The celebrated writer-playwright-filmmaker raised Nuhash Palli in 1997 over a sprawling 40-bigha piece of land. This isolated sanctuary had meant 'more than his life' to him which boasts of hundreds of fruit, medicinal and other plants.
On May 12, a day after returning from New York after undergoing treatment, Humayun had told bdnews24.com at Nuhash Palli that he would prefer to be buried elsewhere so that his sanctuary did not turn into a regular graveyard.
"I had wanted to be buried here. But then I thought, maybe not. Then this place would turn into a typical graveyard. People would crowd the place…on Feb 21, on Nov 13, they would come here to lay wreaths," said the writer in his interview. "Now, that can't be allowed to happen."
He had said, "If, after my death, someone wants to research on medicinal plants, they would be most welcome. There could be a laboratory here, too."
His wife Shaon on Tuesday said that Humayun also wanted to build an institute there. "He had so many dreams centering Nuhash Palli."
She also asked for everyone's support to fulfil Humayun's dream.
Humayun died on July 19 at a New York hospital after battling with Cancer for about 10 months.
His first janaza was held in the United States followed by another one at the National Eidgah Maidan in Dhaka on Monday as his remains reached his homeland.
There was a rift in his family over the selection of burial site.
Shaon claimed Humayun's last wish was to be buried at Nuhash Palli, while the writer's three elder children from his first wife wanted their father to be buried at a place in Dhaka which was easily accessible for all.
Humayun's younger brother Muhammad Zafar Iqbal informed the media about the decision to bury his brother at Nuhash Palli in the wee hours of Tuesday following insistence from Shaon.
"He wanted to build a trust from Nuhash Palli. I'll make his dream come true if I get the opportunity," she told reporters after Humayun Ahmed's burial there.
The famous virtuoso writer was laid to rest on Tuesday noon at his favourite spot Lichu Tola in his self-nurtured sanctuary Nuhash Palli at Pirujali village in Gazipur.
Shaon told reporters that she would do her utmost to realise Humayun's dream to make a trust of Nuhash Palli, which he built personally only for his own.
The celebrated writer-playwright-filmmaker raised Nuhash Palli in 1997 over a sprawling 40-bigha piece of land. This isolated sanctuary had meant 'more than his life' to him which boasts of hundreds of fruit, medicinal and other plants.
On May 12, a day after returning from New York after undergoing treatment, Humayun had told bdnews24.com at Nuhash Palli that he would prefer to be buried elsewhere so that his sanctuary did not turn into a regular graveyard.
"I had wanted to be buried here. But then I thought, maybe not. Then this place would turn into a typical graveyard. People would crowd the place…on Feb 21, on Nov 13, they would come here to lay wreaths," said the writer in his interview. "Now, that can't be allowed to happen."
He had said, "If, after my death, someone wants to research on medicinal plants, they would be most welcome. There could be a laboratory here, too."
His wife Shaon on Tuesday said that Humayun also wanted to build an institute there. "He had so many dreams centering Nuhash Palli."
She also asked for everyone's support to fulfil Humayun's dream.
Humayun died on July 19 at a New York hospital after battling with Cancer for about 10 months.
His first janaza was held in the United States followed by another one at the National Eidgah Maidan in Dhaka on Monday as his remains reached his homeland.
There was a rift in his family over the selection of burial site.
Shaon claimed Humayun's last wish was to be buried at Nuhash Palli, while the writer's three elder children from his first wife wanted their father to be buried at a place in Dhaka which was easily accessible for all.
Humayun's younger brother Muhammad Zafar Iqbal informed the media about the decision to bury his brother at Nuhash Palli in the wee hours of Tuesday following insistence from Shaon.