Bengali reality shows and celebrities

I think there are lots of controversies over the definition of intellectual similarly there are lots of controversies over the definition of celebrities.It is very difficult to classify who are celebrities and who are not.Personally I feel we are tired of celebrities because the number of the same having been increased at a very fast rate.

It is my humble prayer to the scholarly persons kindly to make a study in this respect and prepare a guideline so as to enable us to discharge our duties towards them.

Let us enter in to the discussion of the real point. Presently we are having a good number of  Bengali channels in Television where some programmes are regularly held like Didi  number one, Dadagiri  and Happy parents day . Unfortunately in these programmes the majority of participants are so called celebrities and they  take huge gifts according to their choice.

Firstly let us come to  Didi number one . It is found that very often so called celebrities are participating and taking gifts according to their choices.Secondly Dadagiri. Similar picture is found like Didi number one.Unfortunately here too the chance of common people are less in participating and their chances are given to VIPs.

The third one happy parents day which gives ample scope to take gifts.Very frequently the celebrities participate and utilises the scope in a full way to take the costly gifts. Unfortunately the behaviour of the majority of celebrities is surprising to me in view of the fact when they place their requisitions to the anchor with a greedy face and their shameless in this regard may be an example.

Besides the most important thing those who are highly established why they are using this platform to fulfill the wish of their parents. If they are so dutiful to their parents they should do it from meeting their own sources.

It is my humble prayer to the authority kindly to go for common people instead of some well established greedy faces.It is however to be mentioned that a very small percentage of celebrities didn't take for themselves but for the poor people.

In this context it will be gross injustice from my part if I don't mention the name of Respected Debsankar  Haldar in view of the fact one day his family members participated in the programme and did not touch anything for themselves and the entire gifts were dedicated to the poor people.

As regards Dadagiri the participants are mostly from the upper class of the society.

They must appear but unfortunately the lower class of people are not appearing to a satisfactory level.

Public harassment in government offices

This is a very common topic, more or less all citizens of our state including from Blocks to city are familiar with this problem and the same has been continuing since Independence.

In this issue both the state government offices and the central government offices are in the same boat.If a citizen is able to get his work done by a single visit in any office either of central or state he may be considered as the  luckiest one. The extent of harassment of either villagers or city people can't be measured. It  can be appreciated that despite the sufferings of the villagers , they visit Block offices or subdivision offices covering a long distance.

When they reach the relevant office it would be minimum twelve in the noon despite starting from residence early in the morning.

After so many pains  he may hear that the official who deals his case was absent. He was advised  to visit again after a week. It may so happen that he may visit five days to get the work done.

This is not a stray example and the same is the real and tragic picture.Same things happen in central government offices as well.As a result of these harassment these results in following sufferings.

Elderly  and sick people face unthinkable inconvenience.The poor people face extreme inconveniences for transport and extra pocket expenses which no doubt are the over taxation for the poor people.

Besides the most important thing is that the suffering may lead both in cash or otherwise due to delay in completion of the work.

I don't know the way of solution.Only appeal will not work. Only my humble prayer to all officials of the central government and state government who deal with public works and face public for their work get done kindly to remember that there is a thing called law of nature . They also have to retire from services and they also may have to visit any office for any work at old age and at that time they are also likely to be harassed like they are harassing others.

Comedians of Bengali film industry

I have no hesitation in admitting the fact that we were rich of comedy actors and they played  important parts of Bengali films.Or in other words they were essential part. So far I remember almost in every Bengali film in the script there were sufficient provisions of acting so that one or two comedian Artists could be taken.

There were a good number of specialist comedian Artists namely Tulsi Chakraborty ,  Nabadwip Haldar,Nripati chattererjee, Bhanu Banerjee , chinmoyRoy , Jahar Ray , Rabi Ghosh,Anup kumar and Santosh Dutta etc. Out  of the said Artists accept Chinmoy Roy all have left us.

I indeed believe they were all gems and Bengali film industry was enough fortunate to have a good number of comedians within a short gap.

It will be a gross injustice if I don't mention separately the names of Santosh Dutta and Bibhu Bhattacharya who were specialists for the characters of Jatayu as framed by Satyajit Ray.

Almost In all Bengali  films one or two such Actors were casted . We still enjoy one Bengali film "Share Chuattor" which was a complete comedy film where all comedians acted and the acting of Tulsi Chakraborty is unforgettable.His another film "Parash Pathar" directed by Satyajit Ray where he performed another historic acting.

Bhanu Banerjee acted in many Bengali films with reputation.Nabadwip Haldar was famous for his nasal voice.To me  Rabi Ghosh will be remembered for "Galpa haleo satty" . Anupkumar is  famous for "Dadar  kirti" .

The magnificent contributions made by the above personalities will be remembered for ever.

Retired police officers and Their late realisation

Presently we are having Bengali news channels where regular talk shows are held , apart from political discussions ,  discussions are also held on  major Social issues and law orders issues where few retired IPS officers regularly take part and speak like Jesus Christ, Chaitanna Dev , Ramakrishna Dev.

Surprisingly  while their deliberation a question naturally arises in view of the fact that there are endless complaints against police they could have taken some corrective role while they themselves were in service.

From this a conclusion  may be arrived at in the light of the followings
1. They tried but failed 2.They did not try
3.They had no capacity of taking any  steps .

Now they are free from all obligations and are in safest position . So there is no problem for them for being moralists , only thing which does not look nice when they criticise police.

Middle class people of Kolkata and their medical treatment.

Kolkata is not situated within Kolkata only. It has been extended by surrounding township also.The communication facilities have almost merged with this places with the Kolkata.

Hence number of middle class people of Kolkata are vast and their medical treatment is equally vast.Let us see how the medical treatment is conducted.

The middle class people more or less are  dependent on Private medical treatment.They hardly visit Govt hospitals.They are dependent on Doctors nursing homes.

Let me take advance apology to the Doctors as a class as I am  to criticise a large sections of Doctors for the medical treatment of  middle class masses of Kolkata. The middle class people attend the chambers of the Doctors . In some cases prior appointments are necessary and some cases not.Where necessary  , it is very difficult to get either by phone or by person.Unfortunately the doctors go for good number of tests. It is hard that during the process of tests corrupt practices have been going for long time.

They most of the time go for unnecessary tests.They almost do not apply clinical eyes.As regards their fees they fix the same arbitrarily. They enhance the same as and when they desire.They never think about the patients.Most of the Doctors either they have own nursing homes or they are attached to the same.

They recommend the patients to be admitted in nursing homes.Another area of tremendous harassment of patients is to meet their Doctors where and when they will be available only God can say.During emergency even  it is difficult to find out his own doctor.

They normally do not hold phone if it is bit late night. Sometimes some Doctors take fees only for seeing Reports. Only God knows the remedy.At the same time it is also to be admitted that all the Doctors are not ruthless to their patients. Some Doctors have human faces and they are cordial with their patients.

Film Technicians and their deplorable condition

They are called Technicians. They work behind the screen. Without them no film can be made. They are the inevitable part of films. Just like Salt for the cooking food.

Unfortunately they don't enjoy that much recognition in comparison to their contributions in making films.  Despite their best contributions and importance they are not duly paid . As a result , poverty is their ever companion.

Uttam Kumar Possibly started to have taken some initiative for the rehabilitation of the Technicians.I have been listening to the same for the last five decades.

There must be an organisation to implement the programme. I shall be thankful if somebody informs about the implementation of the unfinished task of Uttam Kumar.

Extra Artists

They are called As extra. They assemble At the different studios with the hope of acting with dialogue Or without dialogue or for appearing in a crowded scene .

If someone or few are required then they are called By the director , otherwise they after waiting upto evening  start for their homes.

This is their daily routine. Their  only identity are as "extra".They are paid on daily basis. Satyajit Ray took a  deep human view about them and he wrote a story  about them named "PatalBabur Film Star ".

I don't know whether there is any existence of extras or not .

Classification of medical treatment in Kolkata according to financial status

The discussion pertaining to our health sector will be restricted to Kolkata only.

The class difference in our state in health sector is  distinctly observed. There are three types of institutions where medical treatment are available.

Firstly Government hospitals which are the key centers of medical treatment. These hospitals take the Maximum load for providing medical services.

The Government hospitals are mostly poor or lower middle class.

Secondly ordinary nursing homes where the patients are from mainly middle class group and in some cases lower middle class group. There are Super nursing homes as well where Best Medical treatments are provided and the patients are upper middle class and rich.

It is observed that in our state the VIPs  like ministers, Bureaucrats , Good business men, Members of the Parliament and Assembly, All political leaders of all parties , flim Actors, High officials of the corporate sectors never go to government hospitals.

This classification for the medical treatment has been continuing for a long time and the there is no doubt that the same will continue.

Occassionally for  ordinary treatment if the VIPs get admitted in the Government hospitals a good message will go to the vast no of people who are fully dependent upon Government hospitals may get some mental strength.

Sandip Ray , a film maker

Respected Sandip Ray is having two identities . Firstly son of Satyajit Ray and secondary  a film maker. Personally to me his main identity is what he hails from Ray family.

He is the most  fortunate person for being the son of a  great father.Shri Roy started his career with "Phatikchand" ,based on the story written by his father .So far I remember Shri  Ray has made most of his films  based on the writings of his great father keeping the stories Intact.

It is presumed by this the work of Respected Ray gets easy. Shri Ray is a pretty senior film maker and as a person also a senior citizen . It is expected that at least now he should come out from the bonding of his father and make his films with his independent  thoughts and thus establish his separate identity .

Kolkata and Hawkers

Kolkata and Hawkers are an inseparable part. Kolkata possibly does not look nice without Hawkers. The citizens of Kolkata have accepted them despite their various discomforts.The present state government seems to have  taken some actions for the permanent solution by giving recognition of their business and the spaces occupied by them.

It means that the entire solution if made the same will be made in the interest of the Hawkers.Even if the same is against the interest of the citizens the same may be accepted for greater interest considering huge numbers of people and their families are dependent on these trade.

 

I want to raise a valid question . We don't know the yearly turnover of the entire business of Kolkata Road ways. I have seen in an article published in a daily Bengali newspaper that the yearly turnover  approximately would be  five thousand crores . Despite this huge business the government does not get a single pice .

My humble prayer to the government kindly to look into the matter urgently and do the needful if required a committee may be set up with the request to submit their report at the shortest possible time.

So as to government may take some decisions in regard to the turnover and the same may earn a substantial income which is considered to be very reasonable.

Bangla Adhunik Kabita

At the very outset I must honestly submit that I am neither a Poet nor I deal with poems .

Everyone seems to deal with Adhunik kabita during his young age I am not exception to this.I had a dream at tender age to be a poet but after putting an effort for few days I realized that it was impossible for me to be a poet in view of its difficult nature and one question haunted me why it it is termed as  Adhunik kabita since the same will be old one day and after a passage of time the same will  no longer remain Adhunik kabita.  

I may be wrong yet I have some views about it . Firstly  the number of readers of Adhunik kabita possibly are not much and the reasons for the same is its difficult nature.A good number of poets had earned reputation for writing Adhunik kabita like Vishnu Dey ,Sudhindra  Nath Dutta , Premendra Mitra , Subhash Mukherjee, Sakti Chattapadhya,Nirendranath Chakraborty ,  Sunil Ganguly,Joy Goswami etc.

Many dedicated young poets are there who have been working seriously on adhunik kabita  and they have been making various experiments and in due course I believe that there will be some sort of reforms in construction of Adhunik kabita.

Samaresh Bose , the most colorful character

   At the very outset I must clearly  mention that I shall not deal with his literary work . I shall restrict my topic in trying to know Samaresh Bose as a person only.

He was the most colourful character of our time. So far  I remember  I saw him first at Garki Sadan  where he was due to  deliver a lecture on Maxim Garkey. At that time he was around fifty five to sixty but was  looking much lesser.

He was not a very tall person but looked very handsome and had a romantic look.

His very special and uncommon appearance with a softness in behavior might attract everyone  irrespective of gender .

Afterwards  I listened to his lecture for an hour on Garki Sadan.To me this was a magnificent lecture with his beautiful Bengali and sweet voice.

After that I had an opportunity to see him in book fair for two occasions. By this time his  I had read his novel "Shambo"  and two or three writings about person Samaresh.

To me he was an exceptionally outstanding person and there was no doubt of it. His life story will speak about his excellent  extra ordinary capacity. He didn't get regular education but he himself educated him. He acquired a vast knowledge about literature. He during his tender age worked in a jute mill at Naihati as unskilled labour and associated with the trade union movement and also communist party of India and had been sent to jail also.

He married at a very early age and  became father of his children at a tender age .

He had to  face extreme financial hardship during that time. Ultimately he started literary  work and continued the same up to last day of his life .

As a writer he got massive success and the same was his full time profession. The extent of his success can be appreciated in view of the fact during those days it was very difficult for him to earn livelihood by writing only while Samaresh was very successful in this area .

This also suggested his power of writing. At the age of fortythree  his personal life stood before a radical change .
He married for the 2nd time and settled in Kolkata with his second wife .He however met all his commitments to his first wife and his children through out his life.

I have no capacity to assess about his literary work. I however read in an article that his  place in Bengali literature was next to Tara Sankar Bandapadhya. I have not seen Rabindranath who was Rabindranath   without any formal education.

I have however seen Samaresh who had the similarity with Rabindra nath in this regard. Only those who educated themselves with their own efforts can realise the extent of tremendous hard tasks were to educate themselves.

  Lots have been written about him and those were well prepared. I have just tried to pay my respectful tribute in the sacred memory of this outstanding personality in the shape of this scattered writing from my memory.

Middle class and English medium education

There have been lot of controversies over the medium of education wheather English or mother language.
In the present day context the  importance  of English can't be denied rather the importance of the same has been immensely increased especially in the context of Bengal.

Our major activities are concentrated in the I.T.
Sector . Besides large number our young boys and girls proceed to the different I.T sectors of the country.

In I.T. sectors English is the first language. Apart from I.T.Sectors all sectors including corporate sectors where English is main language of working. Hence it's to be admitted that those who are strong in English they will not find any problem in discharging their duties.

This is the starting point of problem of middle class parents . They are very much after English medium for their children other wise they think their future will be spoiled. Even presently lower middle class parents are also after English medium.

The main advantages of English medium is the students gain a good speaking power and also writing power. It can't be denied that the students of English medium enjoy some advantages in getting job. 

The same gives them confidence which yield In smartness.
The disadvantages are inadequate infrastructure and also costly education.

A  large section students in our state read in Bengali medium schools. There is no reason to think that Bengali medium students will be less comfortable in English and  I have seen number of boys and girls from Bengali medium are excellent both in writing and speaking .

In Kolkata a good number of Bengali medium schools those once were highly reputed now have been facing acute shortage of students .

Trams , a permanent burden !

In the Kolkata road way There have been lot of discussions for winding up of Trams and also lot of controversies in regard to its closure.More or less three reasons have been cited for its continuation and none of the same is tenable.

Firstly it is said about our rich heritage , may be once tram was Our glory but  due to long passage of time the necessity of the same have declined to us considerably. The present age is very rightly of speed. On one side for speed we avail of Metro Rail ,on the other hand these very slow Trams !

Does  it  justify specially in view of the fact most of the citizens even are not aware of facts the routes where the same are plying.

Secondly It is said  that the trams are pollution free , this argument is not tenable in view of the fact that the number of various transport mode ply everyday will be around one lakh and the same are full of pollution while an insignificant number of trams being pollution free will serve no purpose.

Thirdly it is argued that trams are comfortable for elderly people .This also does not serve greater interest. For running a small number of trams the government has to spend huge amount from its exchequer.

On the other hand If the same is dissolved , government will be able to dispose of the huge property of the company and out of the proceeds after meeting all liabilities the surplus will be effective for the government.

Hence there should be no delay.

Shib Ram Chakraborty

I don't know whether the  teenagers of the present time have heard the name of Shibram Chakraborty or not. He was however , very popular writer during our boyhood.He was a man  of fun in his writing. He is  originally from Cachal Raj  family, Maldaha.

His excellent autobiography in two  parts namely Iswar- prithibi-Bhalobasha exhibit about his excellent  life history.Those have not yet read they may read the same . Shibram at his tender age left his home and came to Calcutta and he had to struggle hard to earn his livelihood including hocker of newspapers.

Since then his address was Mukta ram Babu Street where a mess was situated and Shibram as a member continued till the last day of his life. 

His  daily life style was also very interesting. He was very fond of eating various types of Sweets and foods. He used to visit Restaurants and sweet shops very often.  He used to record the addressees of his associates in the room's wall and the phone numbers were also recorded in the similar way.

He used to  attend his guests by giving dry milk.Unfortunately  poverty was his all through companion .

A film was made based on  One of his novels "Bari theke paliye "  by eminent film maker Rittik Kumar Ghatak .His one and only essay for elderly  was "Moscow bonam Pondicherry " .

I had a pleasant experience One day of visiting his historic mess and I was astonished to see perhaps the simplest  life style . And on that day  a news was displayed in the newspaper in regard to sanction of a monthly pension by the central government for him.

I drew his attention in this regard but he expressed his doubt over the news . I don't know whether ultimately he received the same In view of the fact he died after some time.

An excellent writer for the teenagers. Despite his contributions he had to face poverty continuously. This is the most misfortune of Bengali literature. We shall never forget this outstanding writings.

A tribute to Amal Datta

Amal Datta the eminent foot ball coach has expired recently.He seems to be the only professional coach. He was an employee of BNR in his first life . He however left the Railway job and permanently accepted the work of  a football coach.

This suggests the unprecedented commitment for football he had. Leaving the secured job of Railway he took the most uncertain and  unsecured  job of football coach.

He had been to England for obtaining  a coaching degree  and he  obtained the same but he had to struggle  hard for the same in England.

He  had a sound knowledge about football and he liked to work with new boys.

He worked as coach in all big clubs.I remember from a  picture of daily news that while he was a Coach of Goa he was cooking himself as he was suffering from Gastritis.

He was  however, involved  in controversies several times.At the same time it can't be denied  that he was out and out a football personality and his life was purely football oriented.

Apart from football he had immense interest in classical music and he used to play  Behala  very good .

In personal life he was the grandson of famous poet Akshay   Kumar Baral  who was a contemporary of Rabindra nath Tagore.

My warmest regards to the Football personality .

Missing of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Subhash Chandra Bose is our national hero.He was a person of  dream. He had everything those a person frequently dreams to have.

He is from a highly educated and aristocrat family and he had an excellent academic background who left ICS without any hesitation.

He was exceptionally handsome. Such a person did not require to  take much time to be a national leader of the country.

He worked as Mayor of the Kolkata corporation. He was a leader in the Indian National Congress but he had to fight continuously against Gandhiji  and Nehru on ideology.

He formed his own party "FORWARD BLOCK". He left the country in 1945 order to seek foreign aid to achieve freedom.

Since then he is untraced . It is the tragedy of the nation that their most  beloved hero has been untraced for more than seventy years.

it is the misfortune , disappointment and shame that our most beloved hero has not been traced for long seventy years . By this long time a good number of Governments were established in central and all the Governments utterly failed to trace Netaji . They formed several committees but all in vain.

Very cleverly one story was spread that Netaji died at Japan following an air crash but the countrymen do not believe this and it is the demand of the nation to bring the actual truth.

Chabi Biswas and jalshaghar

  Chabi Biswas during his long carrier seemed to be one of the most powerful actors. He worked in number of films.  Being an outstanding Actor he acted in every film according to the need of the character and also according to his outstanding reputation.

His work jalshaghar  to Me was his one of the best actings . His dialogues were not much. Possibly He had to depend upon only impression.The entire acting  was expressed and the same was possible due  to assembly of two great talented personalities like Satyajit Ray and Chabi Biswas . 

The same have led the to one of the best films of Satyajit Ray .

It was extremely misfortune of those who liked the acting of Chabi Biswas that Chabi Biswas died at the age of only sixty two following a truck accident otherwise he would have contributed significantly.My warmest regards to Him.

Dowry and its curse

Dowry  and educated Bengali. The existence of dowry in our society has been a part and parcel of our cultural system. There are four classes in our society and in every class dowry  is in vough in different styles and different forms.

Here is a  similarly between rich and educated  family and a illiterate and poor family. Let us discuss the existing  practice . The first group poor and illiterate .Here cash will be demanded and a cycle and minimum ornaments and dresses of the husband and wife.

The second category is lower middle class where cash , ornaments, furniture and in the name of pranami a good number of sharies  and the dress of husband...

In middle class the practice of dauri is very strong.This  class is very big and educated . Here directly demands are not required to be placed. In middle class families daughter is only one or two and many times the parents are in the job and they spend huge amount for the marriage of their  daughter.

They out of their own spend lavishly and hence no demand is required to be placed.They spend for ornaments, dresses, furniture , sometimes they even present a car .

Rich people spend huge money. Here no demand is required to  placed, the father of the day presents mainly flats , car and ornaments.  Unfortunately there is no sign of reducing the trend of dauri rather it is increasing day by day despite the fact the spread of education has not been able to improve the situation and even the same is in vough among the highly educated people. 

The most funny thing this practice is also  in imperative when the boys and girls marry by their own choice. The boys who marry according to their own selection they may disallow their parents for accepting dauri instead they keep mum and encourage their parents to accept the same.

There is existence of another dangerous sections where the boys are after left politics and ideologically against All social bad   practices and superstition s but  at the time of marriage they surrender to the same. 

Personally I am disappointed and find no sign of remedy in near future.

Joint family and its reality

Joint family system is the best social system. It is imagined the origin of family were on joint family basis.Quite naturally joint families are big in size and sometimes it is unusual and the members may exceed even thirty ,of course it is not a regular feature.

In every joint family there is one head of the family , the Karta and usually he is the Senior most Member and all members respect him.

In a joint family the indoor works are allotted between three and four women and they manage everything. If the earning members are in services or  business they give their monthly contributions to the head of the family.

Here all members use dress of same standard. The main advantage of joint family is unlimited security.if any member becomes sick or suffers from any  financial setback the other members will manage.

Unfortunately the joint family system in town and city life almost have been abolished.

Primaryly Now a days the nuclear families are very small , one son or one daughter. Hence the question of the same does not arise.

Secondly in a city life the accommodations are very inadequate.  Hence we the city people can see joint family only on the TV screen.

Bengali Daily Soaps

  Bengali Serials  have been tremendous popular and also the same have become a part and parcel of daily Bengali life.  From the evening to night the same are the companions of elderly people, House wives and sick persons.Hence it can't be denied that the Serials play an important Social role.

The same  produce  Many actors, actresses and provide jobs to good number of young boys and girls.Hence the Serials have taken an excellent role in resolving unemployment problem partly.

Personally I am happy to see the engagement of many young people  and  the same time to apprehend their insecurity in respect of the profession. Tremendous competition and lack of security may cause  hindrances in their efficiency.

Those who accepted this  as profession the pressures are on them much. However,the positive side is number of Bengali channels have been increased considerably hence the scope of works have  also increased.

Standard of Serials must be discussed otherwise. The same is cooking without salt . Most of the Serials fail to achieve the minimum standard.The common characteristics of all the Serials are that the story   are based on a big joint family and the same are purely impractical.

Joint family system almost has been abolished and secondly in every serial more than one female characters are shown who work in negative role and the same do not give good flavor .

M.S.Dhoni , the best captain of all time

M.S Dhoni is the tragic hero of Indian cricket. In India the problem is We are more after emotion than reasoning.

M.S. Dhoni has captured best records as captain Yet he will not be regarded as best captain .

Constantly shouting will be made in favour of another captain  staying to be the best captain.They will not be after any reasonings any logic. Only emotion will work .

When Dhoni won the world cup it was viewed that the victory was not of Dhoni but for the team mates whose contributions led  the victory .

Very good  !

 But the same principle should be applicable for all the captains as well.

The funniest thing is that This principles should only be applicable for Dhoni  only so that he is not given the best captain recognition.

In case of other captain without any reasonings best captain recognition is given.MS has been rendering outstanding services for the team India since his debut. He is the best wicket keeper as per records.He played Test  ODIs and T-20 at the same time .

It may be appreciated the extent of load he has taken for a long time.He has given  inhuman labour for the Indian Cricket Team. Yet he has not been recognised as the best captain though all records are in hand .
Instead another captain is highly regarded.

To me Dhoni is the best captain of all time, best wicket keeper ,cool tempered, firm, determined and best finisher.

I don't know what areas are still left for being the best captain.Of course so called recognition does not matter to him.His records will speak for him.

Modern Rabindra Sangeet

Modern Rabindra Sangeet.

Rabindra nath more or less worked with all parts of Bengali literature and his creations covered all the areas. Out of the entire creations he seemed to have written highest number of songs and the same was around three thousand.

Initially his songs were not popular and the same were restricted to upper middle class only.The same subsequently  were  brought to the common masses.

Debabrata Biswas possibly was first man who sang Rabindra Sangeet at the open meeting of communist party of  India and this was the first time in a public meeting of communist party Rabindra Sangeet was sung.Pankaj Kumar Mallik , Debabrata Biswas and Hemanta Mukherjee etc took leading role in popularising  Rabindra Sangeet and ultimately the same got immense popularity.

The scholar persons say Rabindra Sangeet  survives for ever.  Music Board despite their various misdeeds played an  important role of   little maintaining the sanctity of Rabindra Sangeet till the period of Sailaja Ranjan Mazumder.

After that those who took charge  , to me  they were criminals as they stopped recording of Debabrata Biswas.

However,  after the abolition of Music Board Rabindra Sangeet has become free from any bindings and every Singer sings according to self wish.

As a result the same have lost it's excellence In comparison to earlier songs. 

To me the present style has been damaging and the future of the same Is uncertain.

North Calcutta and Theatre para

I become  nostalgic while discussing the theatres of north Calcutta means Shyam bazar .

This theatre para was famous for its glorious tradition for theatre. The three main halls namely Biswarupa  , Star and Rangmahal   were the witness of a glorious history.A large number of star actors and actresses used to act here  regularly in various famous theatres.

The theatres were mainly religious,historic and social. Theatre personalities like Girish Ghosh,Dani Babu, Ardhendu Sekhar Mustafi, Amardndra nath Datta, Nati  Binodini , Nirmalendu Lahiri, Sisir Bhadhuri ,  Ahindra Chowdhury and Mahendra Gupta etc were the regular actors and actresses.

Apart from this Uttam Kumar, Chabi  Biswas,Pahari Sanyal, Bhanu Banerjees ,Jahar Roy, Anup Kumar, Tarun Kumar and kali Banerjee also acted here.These   theatres were highly popular. The halls used to remain full always. There were huge demands for tickets and the areas used to be always crowded.

It is unbelievable that such a popular cultural area has been totally abolished.A traditional and glorious work has been collapsed .

The reasons must be looked into . As a result of closing  of the theatres many persons have become unemployed and the scope of direct and indirect employment are over.

I would pray to restart the same and restore the glory again if possible .

Durga puja and our economy

It is unbelievable that our economy is more or less Durgapuja oriented. Durgapuja is held once a year for four days but these four days take utmost importance in our economy.

It is heard roughly Fifty thousand crore are spent on account of Puja. Firstly pratima makers during Durgapuja trade almost for the whole year.

The decorators almost earn a major portion of their income during Durgapuja. Electricians do huge work during puja days.Unbelivible trades are done in respect of flowers, fruits, Dashakrma, etc   .

These are mainly puja oriented. Apart from this huge amount of Sweets are sold on this occasion. Priests also get very good work on this occasion. Printing business waits for the festival. Transport business gets huge orders.

Garment and Shoe industry more or less work for the entire year.painting business also is dependent on this occasion.During one week the sale of fast food , Hotel, and Restorers are beyond imagination.

From this discussion we may get just an  impression about the extent of dependence of our economy entirely on Durgapuja covering all sectors of trade of the society where a huge number of people earn their livelihood.

It is indeed surprising that only one Religion's festival can  contribute so substantially to  an economy.A detailed study in this respect should be undertaken if  not done.

Many people comment that the huge expenditure  incurred on the occasion of Durgapuja are purely wastage.They  may get an idea from this writing about the utter importance of our existence and also the survival of our economy based on Durgapuja.

we shall survive only if our economy survives.Apart  from Durgapuja , Kalipuja and Diwali also take an important part in protecting our economy.

Preservation of films

At the outset I should honestly admit that Personally I  am not directly or indirectly involved with films. Yet as a citizen I want to say something about this important subject.

I was tremendously shocked with a news in the newspaper that a good number of films which were acted by Uttam Kumar are missing. To me this loss is  like an earth quake.

A film is the composition of hard labour of many persons along with the sizeable of money and at the same time it is a creation.

As a result of missing the printings the existence of the creations are totally absent forever . The tragedy is that if the same are  required anytime for reference or any research purposes the same will not be available.

To me this is a cricis of our civilization since It is a destruction of our creations.If we want to pay out respect we should immediately start  preserving the same scientifically on war basis .

Kolkata and Dengue.

The very word Dengue is a panic for the inhabitants of Kolkata. Almost in every monsoon it appears and spread rapidly and many people are admitted in hospital and recovered and many from their house take medical treatment.

 Unfortunately the same claims some lives every year when the disease spreads hue and cry starts.W hen the situation becomes normal the initiative for keeping the places clean gets reduced.

 Kolkata municipal corporation takes action for cleaning the city specially where mosquito germs are born.

The disease generates mainly from mosquito bites. If  the all places are kept clean throughout the year the possibility of growing germ is reduced and thereby the chances of Dengue is also reduced.

 The remedy is only cleanliness. The same depends upon jointly on municipal corporation and residents. The residents may take the responsibility of cleaning all residential areas while corporation may take the responsibility of roads  drains  ponds etc and if the operation would continue throughout the year and the same may result in relief from Dengue.

Enhancement of salary of the members of parliament.

It   has been noticed from the newspaper that the salary of the members of parliament are going to be doubled .Let us discuss about the justification for the proposed enhancement.

The members of our parliament enjoy various perquisites like Telephone bills , Number of newspapers bills, Traveling expenses by Air and train, medical expenses, Gas expenses , Residential accommodation etc.

It is therefore felt their entire expenses are met by the government.Besides fixed salary they get daily allowance for attending parliament session and they get allowance also for attending meetings for parliamentary affairs when they are included in  Advisory committee.

It is therefore,evident that the members of parliament earn sizeable amount as  monthly salary .

In the light of the huge salary drawn by the members of the parliament along with a good number of facilities enjoyed it is stated that they are public representatives of such a country where large number of population are either of below poverty rank or marginally upper of below poverty line.

The funny thing for the enhancement of the salary issue is that all members of the parliament irrespective of party including left parties are united.

No party including any left party opposes for the enhancement. In parliament occasionally they may voice for the poor people but from their act it is definite that they at least do not represent poor people.

The countrymen feel shame for the act of the parliament excepting members of parliament .

They don't bother about the feelings of the countrymen . They are only after their own interests.

INTELLECTUALS

The very word INTELLECTUALS is full of controversies specially in Bengal and  different times severe Debates have been entered over the definition of the same.

I myself have heard that a scholar saying that the farmers , laborers etc should also be treated as intellectuals as they apply their intelligence.

Similarly  a question may be raised that bureaucrats are always criticized otherwise condemned.

I have never heard to be praised for any work. It however can't be denied that all important decisions of the country in regard to the Administration, defense, foreign affairs and trade and commerce etc they take by  applying their best intelligence why they will not be recognized as intellectuals ???

The matter indeed is very confusing. We may discuss about our state  and the same is very interesting.

We find here intellectuals are sharply divided in right and left group. Let us set aside  right  and left controversies.

During my student life those who were regarded as intellectuals they were  above all controversies like Hiren Mukherjee, Suniti Kumar Chatterjee , Susovan Sarkar , Dr.Sukumar Sen ,  Humaun    kabir, Satyendra nath  Bose, Satyajit Ray, Sambhu Mitra, Amlan  Datta , Vishnu Dey,  Bibekananda Mukherjee etc.

Compare to this list present list appears to be very weak. Besides a reasonable and strong controversy has cropped up over the recognition to few persons who are known as mainly actor of Bengali films or stage or Bengal Serial.

  Hence    perhaps It may be said along with other things the standard of of intellectuals have deteriorated at least in Bengal .

Ravi Shastri and the national chief coach for the Indian Cricket Team

Recently there have been a lot of controversies over the selection of Chief Coach of the Cricket team of India.There were three examiners for taking interview including Ganguly and Ravi Shastri was a candidate for the job.

Both  Ganguly and Shastri were absent at the Interview Board and Kumble was selected.

There was a bitter debate between Ganguly and Sastri over the absence of the both at the Interview Board.

The major mistakes of Shastri appears to have noticed.He should have not applied for a job where he was to appear before the interview Board where all the three interview takers were pretty junior to him.

Shastri is a dignified and pretty senior cricket personality , Former national cricketer,He is a reputed commentator and lastly he was very close to the Board.

It can't be believed that such  an influential person of Indian cricket was totally in the dark over the selection and to me he had definite information that Kumble was going to be selected.

In that case to avoid all sorts of humiliations he should have not at all appeared before the interview Board considering two major aspects firstly the interview taker all being pretty junior to him and he will have to give interview before them and the same does not match with the dignity of him Secondly the selection of Kumble also humiliation for him since Kumble seems to be junior to him and despite his appearance a junior candidate is selected.

The same obviously is not a glorious part for him. He should have made an in depth study and take right decision by deploying all of his experiences.However , if he faces similar situation this experience will be helpful for him.

Sunil Gavaskar and Indian Cricket

Sunil Gavaskar should not require any introduction.He is widely known among the cricket loving people and also non cricket loving people .

His name should be recorded in the history of cricket by golden letter . He is the first person to touch of the milestone of ten thousand runs of Test cricket.

Iam merely a cricket listener yet  I may have an assessments.May be which is baseless.To me Sunil Gavaskar Is the best batsman of the country. This should not be considered in terms of number of centuries.It is to be seen the circumstances in which he played.

He didn't get the privileges like the present national players get.So far I have heard he worshipped cricket.To me he is the number one cricket personality of the country.He is a versatile genius.His knowledge about cricket Is unthinkable. He seems to be the most technically sound player of the country .

He is a magnificent commentator as well and to me he holds the top here also.His way of speaking  is very attractive.His sense of humour is very attractive.He is well conversant in both Hindi and English.

To me such a person is by far the best for Indian coach and I would have been the happiest person if the same had been entrusted to him especially considering his unprecedented knowledge about cricket and vast experience.

Apart from taking the  responsibility of Coach at our national Cricket team he deserves to be a member of Rajya Sabha and I strongly believe he would have not been a sleeping member of the parliament ! 

Rahul Dravid , the tragic hero of Indian Cricket

At the outset I should honestly admit to the fact that I am ignorant about cricket Yet as a very very common listener want to say few lines about the great cricketer and also an excellent person Rahul David .

First of all as cricketer he seems to be second cricketer in terms of records.He has made significant contribution during his long carrier. Apart from a stalwart batsman he was an excellent fielder and his world record as highest catch taker seems to be still intact.

He also served as a wicked keeper  in ODI Despite all these magnificent contributions to me he is undoubtedly yet to get his dues . He is not regarded next to Tendulkar though the records seems to demand the same.He has not got the media support as he deserved.

All these factors taken into consideration it may perhaps be said unfortunately he has been under rated.As a person he appears to a perfect gentleman with high moral values.He looks calm and quite with a determined face.Despite   he is junior to my age, my best regards to him .

Poverty and political exploitation

Poor people are the genuine wealth of the country. Our country is mainly a poor country and the majority of the population are poor. Many people express their concern  for the poor people .

I personally think that these poor people are genuinely capital of the country. Since last seventy years lots have been told about them but nothing fruitful have been done.

Since independence all political parties of the country have been utilising as wipon for the victory in the election. In every election whether parliament or state assembly the principal agenda see Are the poor people and their advancement.

A competition starts between all the political parties which party is more after them. After the  election all parties forget their commitments up to next election. It may perhaps be said that the poor people are the ideal raw materials for all the political parties for their political ambitious Or existence.

If the poor people would have not been in our country what miserable condition of the political parties would have appeared. Long live poverty and poor people .

Rabindranath and employment

The birth anniversary and death anniversary of Rabindra nath Tagore are still observed  in Bengal .  Especially the birth anniversary  is celebrated with plenty of cultural programmes.His literary contributions have been discussed a lot through seminars and writings.  Various aspects of his life have been discussed by the scholars. One of his major continuations does not appear to have been discussed.

Rabindra nath was a great employer and he had arranged likelihood of a  large number of people and still a large number of people earn their bread through Rabindra nath. The  approximate number in this regard have not been ascertained.

Firstly Rabindra nath has written more than enough covering all branches of Bengali literature. Naturally many people are engaged in the printing of his books and of marketing the same. Rabindra nath had written about three thousand Songs and the same have arranged monthly income of unlimited persons like Recording , selling of Records, cassette , Videos , unlimited Rabindra Sangeet teaching schools and Rabindra Sangeet tutors .

Apart from the own writings of Rabindra nath , plenty of writings are being regularly written about him. The printing and marketing of the same have provided direct or indirect employment.

Many  cultural programmes are held only on the creations of  Rabindra nath and  many persons earn from here.

It may be  appreciated that he had arranged livelihood of large number of people and  thus served the society excellently though the same seems to have no recognition .