Parochialism is necessarily the greatest evils.. that cause hindrance to formation of a strong nation state or country... And India is suffering from this cancer for ages now.. The Cancer has now reached most part of the nation from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.. on caste and religion grounds.. it always existed in Bengal in regional and linguistic grounds.... and even I am being parochial here writing for Bengal, and not writing about Tamil Nadu here.
We Bengalis/Calcuttans have always had a superiority complex,that we are the intellectual force of India.. and why not.. all the Indian Nobel laureates are either Bengali or had some or a Calcuttan ( Tagore, Sen, CV Raman, Mother Terasa).. also we have in our community like the stalwarts like Ray.. JC Bose..Meghnad Saha..and the list continues. But one fine day i woke up to see the so called intellectual force of the country has become bigger than the country itself.
The other day a friend of mine asked me do you know what 25th baisakh is.. thinking that being a so called probashi for last decade or so.. now coming back , i might not be knowing the significance of the date( Tagore's birthday) .. I replied i have no clue what 25th Baisakh is but i know what 22nd sravan is ( Tagore's death anniversary ). To my suprise, my friend there did not realise the pun there.. and worse he did not know what 22nd sravan was,..to retaliate a question was what is 21st february... I was quizzed.. this time i really had no clue that it was suppose to be Bhasha Dibash.. or International Mother Language day.. this day is celebrated in Bangladesh as big as their independence day.. as their fight to have a country of their own linguistic grounds was fulfilled.. honestly i dont care a tiny rats ass about it.. i have more important dates to remember , ut most bengalis here will remember 21st February .. but not 9th August or 16th december or 26th july.. and mostly no body cares.
Any way i still see an allaince of many Bengalis towards bangladesh over India, in a lot of issues..also iam not very sure how unhappy bengalis were when India lost to Bangladesh.
Even when Saurav Ganguly was dropped, no body in bengal saw his then current form or lack of it.. IT WAS A BENGALI PLAYER WHO WAS DROPPED...
Even a bollywood song how pathetic it might be will be great hit if it has a bengali word in the song, or sung by a bengali ( Well there are a lot of bengali singers in Bollywood no doubt)
I am not questioning the Beengals Pride.. but Pride over the country.. the pride that blinds the right and wrongs.. a pride with out logic..
We as Indians should be ashamed if we forget dates like 26th November( As many do and many dont.. the actual day day when India became a republic..The day The Constitution of India was passed by the Constituent Assembly of India, even though we do not celebrate it .. )but as Bengalis we should be proudif we celebrate 21st February.
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the bong concept.....
when in doubt.....be "atel" and NEVER disclose the ignorance.....
when called for judgement....put your nose in the air and spew forth....if on a subject that he/she doesnt know about.... rephrase what has been previously said....
when not able to compete with a colorful story/hardcore fact..."gul maro"
from another one of those"probashi"bongs....
i will only draw forth the example of a tree. have you seen a tree growing to enourmous heights? strong branches, big leaves and a huge cool shade? you must have. have you seen, for the same tree, how its roots go deeper in the ground, grasp and spread and cling harder to the soil? imagine the tree without the root? you get the answer.
on the question of pride over country - its your opinion based on the circle of people you have seen and the kinds of people you have interpreted, and you have the right to opine. what i know is you would still read the first four lines of a book and judge it :)
live through it lad, forming an opinion is easy, living in it an judging it is different. you can judge the beauty of the moon staying rooted in earth, but step on the moon first, and you will find its not as beautiful there as it is from here.
In a severe storm.. its not the flexible tree that falls.. but the most rigid tree, that breaks..
But being flexible.. does not mean you are not deep rooted
I am not passing a judgement here my friend.. if so tell me what is so important about 7th August without googling.. as i know you are one of the guys who know what 21st feb os..
can you tell me
answer my questions..
as i alrady mentioned......i know neither dates, and i am sure there are a lot many among us who dont as well. that is because people were not as eager an history student as you. the dates people remember are dates that are celebrated around them. thats why you remember you family members' birthdays, but tell many how many of your cousins' birthdays do you know? i know your answer, but imagine why only two of them and not all? are you too being parochial?
its a pity if we follow bhasha dibash and forget to commemorate quitindia movement.. we have our priorities abit jumbled here
bollocks.........u are a fool.. how dare you call bengalies Parochial
Well its not the bengalis its everywhere. Remember what i faced in Hawaii. The concept of India is spooky, does not exist in reality.
I agree with Avuimanyu da.. the wfull of India is Parochial.. the ffacy is.. as india is a multinational state, each nation has its own parochialism.. the fact is even here i am being a bit parochial in calling Bengalis parochial... as even i want my nation to set their house in order.
The fact that India has such a huge multi ethnicity/ caste / creed/ region/ religion/ language.. it feels pray to the vote bank politics easily.. the vote bank politics, is way of not allowing Unity in diversity in the over all country. But this is not the case in Bengal.. its a superiority conscious that works here.. the same in Tamil Nadu.. where they think Tamils as a superior race than the mostly Paleo Nordic Indians( With Aryan Blood).. but...Its not Vote Bank politics out here..In Tamil Nadu both the major Parities are so linguistic them selves.. they can not divide the ppl in linguistic grounds..But Bengal..its an in built attribute.. you dont need politicians to make us the supirior race.. well it reminds me of Hitler's Concept of a supirior German race.. when he was Austrian
well just in case..
1. Famous Hindu mathematicians, poets, and philosophers:
Aryabhatta (Kerala), Aryabhatta (Bihar), Bhaskara (Andhra), Brahmagupta (Gujarat), Susruta (North), Panini (Punjab), Kalidas (MP), Tansen (MP), Baiju Bawra (MP), Jayadeva (Orissa), Guru Nanak (Punjab), Buddha (Bihar), Mahavira (Bihar), Vatsyayana (Gujarat), Kabir (UP), Soordas (UP), Amir Khusrau (MP), Ramanuja (Tamil Nadu), Adi Shankara (Kerala), Mirabai (Rajasthan), Tulsidas (UP).
NOT EVEN ONE FAMOUS BENGALI!
2. Famous Indian kings and emperors:
Ashoka (Bihar), Chandragupta Maurya (Bihar), Samudragupta (UP), Bimbisara (Bihar), Raja Raja Chola (Tamil), Akbar (Delhi), Krishna Deva Raya (Karnataka), Tipu Sultan (Andhra), Shivaji (Maharashtra), Kanishka (North India), Prithviraj Chauhan (Rajasthan), Vikramaditya (MP), Rani Lakshmiba of Jhansi (MP), Rajendra Chola (Tamil), Harsha (Haryana), Zamorin (Kerala), Ranjit Singh (Punjab).
NOT EVEN ONE PROMINENT MONARCH FROM BENGAL!
3. Famous Indian battles:
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Panipat (Haryana), Haldi Ghati (Rajasthan), Pataliputra (Bihar), Puru-Alexander (Punjab), Vijayanagar-Bahmani (Andhra-Karnataka), Ashoka-Kalinga (Orissa).
NOT ONE SITE IN BENGAL!
4. Ancient Indian religious and philosophical centers:
Varanasi (UP), Tirupati (Tamil Nadu), Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Nashik (Maharashtra), Ujjain (MP), Dwarka (Gujarat), Puri (Orissa), Prayag (UP), Mathura (UP), Ayodhya (UP), Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), Gaya (Bihar).
BUT NOT A SINGLE ANCIENT CITY FROM BENGAL!
5. Classical Dances in India:
Bharatanatyam (Tamil), Odissi (Orissa), Kuchipudi (Andhra), Manipuri (North East), Mohiniaattam (Kerala), Sattriya (Assam), Kathakali (Kerala), Kathak (Hindi states).
BUT NOT A SINGLE CLASSICAL DANCE FROM BENGAL!
6a. Ancient UNESCO world heritage sites:
Mahabodhi (Bihar), Hampi (Karnataka), Ellora (Maharashtra), Ajanta (Maharashtra), Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), Konarak (Orissa), Khajuraho (MP).
6b. Medieval UNESCO world heritage sites:
Qutb Minar (Delhi), Taj Mahal (UP), Red Fort (Delhi).
6c. Majestic palaces and forts:
Lake palace, Udaipur (Rajasthan), Amber Fort (Rajasthan), Gwalior Fort (MP), Hawa Mahal (Rajasthan), Jantar Mantar (Delhi, Rajasthan).
6c. Ancient universities and monasteries:
Nalanda (Bihar), Taxila (Punjab/Pak), Ratnagiri (Orissa), Sanchi Stupa (MP), Vikramashila (Bihar).
BUT NOT A SINGLE MONUMENT IN BENGAL!
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