17/06/2023
The naming of the Noor residence is a compound of Md Junaid Abu Salay Musa's – Director of Epyllion Group – parents' names: Nooruddin Ahmed (father) and Noorjahan Begum (mother). Right above the entrance, the name NOOR etched on the snow-white wall of this ancestral home, enamours the beauty of what lies beyond.
As Eid-ul-Fitr is on the horizon, a lot of people are readying themselves to go back to where they are from; to their hometowns; to their families and loved ones, after a long month of observing fasts and prayers amidst the parching summer. The Noor residence too sings out a carol to its occasional dwellers to come together whenever an opportunity turns up.
It is situated in the Noadda (Munsi Bari) neighbourhood of Nabiganj upazila in Narayanganj. One, upon visiting the home, could feel that it is rather out of place.
Md Junaid Abu Salay Musa expressed heartily, "I, along with my five other siblings, grew up right here in this very place. Here we had space to grow and play, the peace of mind to live amongst a large family, and most importantly a lot of light to bask in."
Noor residence is a three-story building that has been constructed in the memory of Junaid's childhood and that of his five other siblings. As owners of the Epyllion Group, a readymade garments manufacturer, Junaid and his siblings have to stay near their business in Dhaka but they make sure to pay a visit whenever possible; even if that is for the upkeep of the place or just to feel the cosy reassurance felt only from one's own home.
The term 'Noor', derived from Arabic, translates as divine luminescence or simply put, light, that is both bright and warm.