Very strange, Mr Basu. u r talking about those intellectuals, most of whom who never agreed about the TERROR what Jyoti Basu's (and also SS Ray's) regime had shown us. I am sure, u ve never heard about and had been to Sashan, Midnapore, Sunderban and lots of other places. Buddhadev Bhattacharya, though being a CPM CM, had changed those days. He has helped people like us to dream about coming back to Kolkata who were forced to leave the same city where they were born and brought up, to get a decent job and to work in a decent environment. He had changed the public perception about Bengalees and Bengal amongst general public of India and he could have done it much better had that gimmic-queen of ours were not available. Who will run this State in absence of him?? Mamata!!!! As a fellow bengalee, pray to God that u get well soon frm this nightmare. incidentally, no one will support rape and how d u know whats true? just like us, u r also makin comments without being available there.