Gaibandha, Jan. 21 -- Imbued with the light of education, Lutfor Rahman has been involved in spreading education to poor children living in the villages along the banks of the Brahmaputra River in the district, exceptionally in exchange of only one taka from each student since 1984.

Lutfar Rahman, himself a resident of Uria village in Fulchhari upazila, could have been labeled a 'floater', rendered homeless after his ancestral land and valuables were washed away by the mighty river in 1974.

Afterwards, he even could have been called a "Laundrywala", as he opened a laundry shop in his village after the fatal erosion.

Now, his name only takes only one adjective and that is 'One Taka Master', ever since he took up tuition as a profession,...