Long ago Tagore spoke of how Bengal despite being the blessed mother of 7 crore wonderful sons never really made men out of them. Its still true. A bright articulate and intelligent nation turned into a bunch of idealistic idiots by this imported and senseless Communist theory. Bengal lost not only its entrepreneurial spirit but its culture as well. Today there are no Bengali movies worth mentioning, and its singers all move to Bollywood to make a living. Sad.
RE:Sad Bengal
by Ramil Mukherjee on Oct 31, 2007 11:30 AM Permalink
What a self contradictory piece of observation!
A race( not nation?) with no real men out of seven crores , yet they constituted a bright articulate and intelligent Race!
To confuse Non Bengalee readers by misquoting Tagore only reveals a sense of survility!
When Tagore approached every Powerful Congress leaders( including Neheru, Lala Lajpat Ray besides the then stalwarts in Bengal) to stand in unison protest against Jalianwalabagh massacre , his appeal fell into deaf ears - he ultimately decided to rise to the occasin and threw off his Nighthood to make the nation aware! His lamentation in the quoted lines came out of his pen at that moment.
And let me assume deepak has read Tagores " Letters from Russia" - if Tagore at all expressed his annoyance in the said quotqtion , it was certainly not directed towards communists!
another confusion! Does the fact that Singers finding refuge in Bollywood speaks of cultural degeneracy of a race!
RE:Sad Bengal
by shib sankar on Nov 02, 2007 08:44 AM Permalink
Tagore wrote letters from Russia, some 80 yrs back, that does n't mean we would still worship Communism. Today, I read the news in rediffmail, that karat trying to convince that India should oreint its foreign policy to serve Chinese interset. I feel aghast, modern days communist leaders have lost their senses. And still no Bengali leader can motivate the mass to stand against them and say " we have seen enough in 30 yrs, need change". Why can't Benagl can't produce a credible opposition leader against the left. That makes it a sad day for Bengal.
