Change of name of West Bengal.

Whether West Bengal should be named as Bangla  for Bengali language .In English it is proposed as Bengal and in Hindi the same is proposed as Bangal.

There have been lot of discussions about the change of name  of West   Bengal as Bangla , Bengal and Bangal. The said proposal has been sent to Delhi .  My personal opinion is  East Bengal has become a separate state.
Hence change of name is justified. Besides, very important thing is the name of the the State being West Bengal which suggests the  same is a part of Bengal.

After independence , the state should not carry indication of any piecemeal. Now our state should be regarded as a complete independent state and accordingly the name   should be  changed at the earliest.It should be kept in mind the name West Bengal proves the existence of East Bengal while there is no existence of the same as the same has become a separate state.

Today the world theatre day .

At the very outset I must honestly admit that I have no relation with theatre directly or indirectly .Yet I have a weakness  about the  much esteemed subject in view of the fact that during my life time a good number of theater personalities had been actively working and some are working presently also. I am writing this just as an ignorant common man.

Some scholar persons say that the production of  "Raktakarabi" directed by Sambhu Mitra had brought a new dimension of Bengali theatre and the same had been produced sixty two years ago and since then lot of theatres have been produced and acted by reputed Actors and Actresses.

In view of the above where we stand today in the light of world  theatre day especially our Bengali theatre.

I  know it is very big subject even then if anyone writes Many theatre loving people will be benefited like me.

Railway station Master drunk.

The electronic media  just now has displayed an  Important news
and unbelievable news  to the fact that the station master  of South Dinajpur has been lying on the bed being drunk and his body movement suggests that he is not feeling well. It is big question what is going to be held  ?

The other day we discussed about a similar incident about a school teacher. It is unbelievable and surprising that a responsible officer of Railway has openly violated the office discipline despite the fact that the number of such officer may be negligible in number yet such undesirable incidents are happening and I am sure the respective administration will take steps as per rule so  as to ensure not to recur such incident in future.

Physical assault of teachers by the students.

This is my second topic about malpractices applied in the examination hall. Within a short gap the second topic on the same subject I have been compelled to write considering the gravity of the situation. The news has been just displayed by a channel of the electronic media to the effect that the candidates of H.S.examination started mass copying from  the very beginning and the teachers protested and as a result the Students started beating the teachers including the female teacher and the male teacher has been seriously injured and is under medical treatment.

Question of copying is secondary affair. The primary question is they have physically assaulted their teachers including female teacher. The first and foremost question whether the culprits should be treated as students. This question must be settled first and thereafter the matter of copying may be settled. The so called students do not deserve to be discussed.

Maharaj Trailakkya Chakraborty the great revolutionary

Maharaj TraiIakkya Chakraborty I met him twice with my parents while I was a student of lower classes and as a law of nature I could not understand his political and Social status.After being  adult I came to know about him in details and was tremendous  upset that despite meeting him on two occasions I could not capitalise the meetings with such s historic person.

Let me try to draw a simple outline about him.His name is Maharaj  Trailakkya  Narayan Chakraborty. Incidentally he is from the same place of my maternal uncle's family presently at Bangladesh and as a result he was very close to my maternal uncle's family.

Maharaj  at his very tender age was involved with revolutionary activities with the revolutionary party Anushilan Samiti . He had therefore, no formal education but educated himself with great efforts. Ultimately by dint   of organisational ability and leadership qualities he became a leader of his organisation.

He had to go underground many times and had to move many times in disguise to avoid getting arrested in the hands of British police.Despite the fact he had to to suffer imprisonment in different jails and in different spells and the total period of imprisonment worked out to thirty years and he had written an important book jail e  named  thrish bachar. This was an important document of our freedom movement. Unfortunately the book is out of print and the same is not available in the market. After partition  Maharaj stated in the other part of Bengal and remained there throughout his life. In 1971 he came to Delhi at the invitation of the then prime minister Mrs.Indira Gandhi and attended a party and unfortunately afterwards he breathed his last and thus was ended a historic and noble journey.

I pay my tribute to the sacred memory of the heroic and pride son of the motherland.

Attack on Doctors.

Almost regularly the Doctors of both Govt Hospitals and private Hospitals are being attacked by the patient parties due to the death of their family members. In such cases it is obvious they will be angry with the  Doctors. If the complaint is genuine the  same maybe informed to the newly formed Regularly commission in respect of private hospitals.

If  the Doctors are regularly beaten the same will be having adverse effects on the society. Hence no question to be asked.

There are sufficient reasons for the patient parties of  being excited but physical assault on the Doctors will result in the collapse of the system.

We may watch the performance of the Regularity commission.

Ballot or EVM Machine.

Presently in our country  EVM system are in vogue  for casting votes and the same has  been introduced long back leaving aside Ballot papers.

Of late a demand has  been raised  from a corner to return to the old system means Ballot paper. While we have accepted modern technology  why we shall return to the old manual system leaving aside modern technology?
Then we may return to the cart leaving aside Motor car .The attitude suggests our anti science attitude.

If we compromise with the old system then it's sure we will gradually be proceedings to be a backward state.

Proposed construction of flats for the Ministers in West Bengal.

From the electronic media I came to know this afternoon an important news that some flats will be  constructed for the ministers by the PWD department. If the news is  genuine the same deserves appreciation. The same should have have been much earlier .However , better late than never . Many ministers reside at distant places for which it takes much time for them  to come to Kolkata.  The most important thing is that since independence no official accommodation for the chief Minister has been constructed.

Previously it was seen that in the absence of Govt accommodation one Chief minister resided for a pretty long time at a quarter  of Raj Bhawan and subsequently shifted to Bidhan nagar while Tripura is a small state and thirty years ago I saw the Govt Bungalow for the Chief Minister at Agartala.

Besides if all the ministers reside  at the same place it is very good for coordination . The Chief Minister may require one or more Minister at any time and if they reside in Govt. accommodation the C.M. may get them whenever they are needed .

In case they are from distance places this advantage cannot be availed of.

Our Chief Ministers.

Since independence possibly we have got eight Chief ministers namely Dr Prafulla Chandra Ghosh was the first Chef Minister of West Bengal after independence. Dr.Ghosh was a brilliant student of Science and was an educationist  .He was in the office for a short period .He was a bachelor.

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
took oath in 1948 and he was our second Chief minister .He was the most colourful character. He was an exceptionally brilliant person. He was a world famous physician and surprisingly was both from medicine and Surgery and the same is rarely found. There are plenty of stories about his treatment. He did lot of miracles. Even when he was the chief minister he used to treat patients at his residence in the morning. He took charge at a very crucial time i.e. just after partition and large number of refugees came from East Bengal and the same created Socio-economic problems and resulted tremendous food Crisis.
He successfully implemented various projects like State transport corporation,Haringhata milk project ,  Durgapur Steel  projects etc. He  developed two cities Dugapur and Kalyani and two towns Habra and Ashoknagar. Ashoknagar was for refugees only. About ten thousand two-rooms houses were constructed and the same were handed over to the refugees  at a nominal Price. This great man was also  unmarried and died on 1St  July 1962 and incidentally that day was his birthday.

Prafulla Chandra Sen was our third Chief minister. During his tenure there was tremendous food crisis .Prafulla Chandra was a freedom fighter .He was also a bachelor and left office in 1967.

Ajoy  Mukherjee was our fourth  Chief minister .He was a freedom fighter and was from Midnapore.

Sidharta Sankar Roy was our fifth chief minister. He was a Barrister and grand son of Desha bandhu Chitta Ranjan Das.

Jyoti Bose was our sixth Chief minister .He was also a Barrister but non practising . He continued for a maximum period more than two decades.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was our seventh Chief minister.

Mamata Banerjee is our eighth chief minister and first woman Chief minister.She is at present in office.

Origin of Kabiraji cutlet .

Today  I have come to know the history of origin of kabiraji cutlet. Indeed the history being so interesting I have become very eager to share the same with the Respected viewers.

Rabindra Nath Tagore did not like cutlet covered with the dust of buiscuits.
On hearing the same the Head cook of Basanta cabin made a challenge to prepare cutlet in such a way that the poet would agree to accept the same.

He accordingly started experiments and finally  prepared the same with small fry from the liquid of eggs in stead of dust of biscuits and placed the same before the poet and he agreed to take the same.

Thus the cutlet was named " Kabi Raji " cutlet.

Barbaric behaviour of a public representative.

I could not believe my eyes to a very important news published  in a Bengal daily  that a people representative has bitten a staff of Air India ruthlessly by his shoes.

This news made me Speechless and the same is unprecedented against civilisation ,against all ethics , against all values and against  all discipline.

It is  high time we should think over the matter. We may  think  about the  present character of our society .Can we claim that we are civilised ? If it is the behaviour of a people representative then  what will be the role of common people? What they will learn?

It is my question whether we are advancing on the front side or gradually we are on the backward side ?

World poetry day.

At the very outset I must honestly admit that I am neither a student of Bengali literature nor  knowledgeable of the same. Yet I am eager to know in regard to poetry where we stand in view of the fact a large number of Poets were born in Bengal.

It is fact that all of them had departed. Presently  the poets  deal with the poems named  Adhunik  kabita. The concept of the same was introduced long back. Personally I feel that the same is very difficult to understand for which the number of readers are possibly  less.

Presently the  number of  reputed poets are not much.
I am eager to  know our position about the poems. It may be mentioned that the land of Bengal is very  fertile for poets. I don't know whether in one country such huge number of poets were born.

We got from Michael Madhusudan Datta to Jay Goswami. Despite the fact that I am ignorant about poems yet a good number of young persons have been practising the same.

Its my humble prayer to the  contemporary poets kindly to write in a bit simple  way so that the  readers can understand  and the number of readers can increase.

I don't know exactly the progress of poetries in other countries and comparison to that our position on World Poetry day 21st March.

Jhargram and Asansol will be termed as districts.

It appears from the Bengali daily news papers today a very important news to the effect that Jhargram and  Asansol will be turned into districts very shortly. This is very important and good news for the people of both places.
The people will enjoy immense advantages. They  had to go so long far off to the district Head quartets which involved much time and expenses and if the works involved three or four days time resulting in lots of harassments .

After getting the new status the development work will be faster. The connection and co ordination between the different offices of the respective districts will be much closer. Previously each office had to work for a much bigger area while the same presently will involve much lesser area for which people will be getting very good services.

Besides the development work will also be completed within a short time. I congratulate the people of both the places and wish grand success of the newly born districts .

Donations for the brilliant students.

Every Year after the declaration of results of Madhyamik and H.S. examinations a large number of brilliant students appeal for financial help for their further studies in    Engineering and Medical along with General Studies. I have noticed that the Chief ministers provide assistance to a good number of poor  students  from the Chief ministers  relief fund. It should be appreciated that it is absolutely impossible for the chief minister to provide assistance to a large number of students from  that fund only .

Besides , the fund  is also  being utilised many purposes.

It is my humble prayer to
all rich people irrespective  of cast cart and creed to donate liberally to chief minister's fund so as to enable the Chief Minister to provide assistance to all  poor students
as per their requirements to fulfill  their dreams.

I sincerely  hope all rich people may respond and thus discharge social  responsibility.

Country leaker and tragic death.

 

Very unfortunately a large section of poor people most of them possibly are BPL card holders are addicted to leaker to a maximum extent. They being so poor  are after the  lowest quality of country leaker and the same possibly the cheapest.

In most of the cases such leakers are prepared in an  illegal way and the manufacturers and traders have no licence. The  poor people knowingly or unknowingly visit the above places to satisfy their addiction .

Firstly the same are tremendous harmful for the health and as a result a large section of this class die early. Those who can avoid death suffer from various diseases. The most tragedy is that  every year a large number of such people die   instantly for the same being poisonous. Their families face tremendous crisis after the death of the victims.
The same is a social curse.

I have seen from my own experience that in my locality most of the Rickshaw pullers start consuming this leaker from early morning. It is my humble prayer to the appropriate authority kindly to declare a war against the illegal dealers.

A drunk Head Master on the road !

Very recently one surprising news came to my notice from a daily newspaper. One Head Master of  a primarily school was found  drunk and was lying on the road and using in parliamentary words. The very incident suggests many things , fall of our values , fall of our morality, fall of our ethics ,  fall of our minimum taste , fall of our principle , fall of our minimum shyness and fall of our tradition.

In our society once the teachers were regarded as the most respectful persons. During my school days our teachers were God  to us and We were proud of them. I believe this is not  a stray case . The overall images of the teachers have fallen like anything. Many of the teachers unfortunately misfit for this noble profession.

I personally feel and doubt whether we are civilised or not .This is a big question.

Theft of kids from Hospital and Nursing Homes.

Very recently the news which has touched the basic structure of our society , our existence  , our values and our civilisation about theft of Kids from hospitals and Nursing homes and the most surprising thing is that these criminal acts are going on for a long time .

The operations are conducted by a racket and the kids are being sold in foreign countries at a high price.

The most surprising thing is  that some doctors are involved in this criminal act. After the same can we claim that we are civilised?

Requirement of some new colleges in Kolkata.

Every year after  declaration of the H.S.examination result a hue and cry starts for getting  admission in colleges but the number of Colleges is in  Kolkata and surrounding are much lesser against the requirement . As a result ,  the the guardians and students face a lot of harrusments for getting an an admission in any college. Presently  Kolkata and  surroundings are  having around  one hundred and fifty colleges  which seems to be very much inadiiquate considering the number of students.

As a result , most of the students are being deprived from their choiceable college and subjects.
I don't know whether any study has been made about the requirement of seats and availability of seats. Besides , the number of students are being increased every year.

To fill up the shortage of actual number of seats  may be determined and the exact number of colleges are required. Accordingly arrangements may be made to establish new colleges. It will help the students a lot .

Double decker bus and Kolkata .

I think double decker bus was one of the most  attractions of  our city and the same used to ply in most of the routes and the same were able to carry more passengers though standing was not allowed in the upper portion .

For many unknown reasons  the double decker bus had been withdrawn .I don't know about the present fate of the then buses.

I  would request to the appropriate authority kindly to introduce double decker at least in few routes and I think the same will be accepted to the maximum extent by the present generation.

Killing and physical torture on women.

Killing and physical torture
on women are still going on for Dowry.The incidents are regularly published in daily Bengali news papers. I don't how know how long the torture will continue . In many cases instead of physical torture mental torture are done. The most surprising thing is that the families which oppress are well educated.

I believe we want immediately another VidyaSagar mahasay !

Priya Ranjan Das Munshi , Undeclared dead .

I want to draw an outline of  Priya Ranjan Das Munshi out and out  as a person and not as a politician. He was an excellent speaker. His voice , knowledge of Bengali ,  Knowing the techniques of voice modulation and knowledge of different subjects turned him into an outstanding speaker. He was a good parliamentarian. He was a  very good student of Bengali literature and also used to write regularly and had written a novel  in Bengali named "Take over" on the nationalisation of collieries. He himself possibly published a magazine named "Dakkhini   Barta". Besides he was closely associated with the Indian football  administration.

Such a dynamic personality having multiple activities has been alive for some years without any brain functioning.
It is a great  tragedy  not only for him but also of the country in view of the fact that  he was  extremely active in different creative fields.

Bengali's Puja .

Bengali'  throughout the year worship a good number of pujas like Durgapuja , Kali puja, Laxmi puja , Kartik puja , Ganesh puja , Swaraswai puja , Annapurna puja ,Bashanti Puja , Biswakarma puja , Manasja puja and  Jagaddhatri Puja etc.

It would be evident that number of pujas  are held throughout the year out of which few are domestic like Manasha ,  Kartik , Laxmi , Basanti Annapurna and Swarasati etc. The rest are public or Baroari and the same take a very very vital role of our economy as few thousand crores are spent and as a result the fate of many industries and trade depend on the above pujad.

If  the public pujas are stopped , our economy will be collapsed and many families will be  at stake as a large section of people are directly or indirectly dependent on these Pujas.

It can't be denied that the poor people suffer significantly for such large number of pujas for giving subscription etc.
They have to sacrifice for the greater interest of   the state and of the  Society.

Kolkata , the cheapest city.

It is very often said that Kolkata is the cheapest city. It can not be denied that the city where people of all financial classes starting from rich to poor  live .  Poor section may be the largest . I may give some examples of  Kolkata being the cheapest city. Let us start from breakfasts to dinner. As an example one  poor family consists of  four members .They may purchase one pound of bread valuing Rs.20. In Lunch  Rice, Dal ,Boiled potato etc cost approximately Rs. 50 and the same as dinner. The total cost will be around Rs.120.

As Regards education , free  school is available. For health Govt hospitals are there where free medical treatment are available. From the above it would be evident that a family of four members can manage by six to seven thousand.

Poor Bengali seems to be over burdened with excess festivals.

  I personally feel that Bengali people are over burdened with festivals. Apart from good number of pujas there are number of festivals  .To me these are burdens for the lower middle class families and poor families like Bhaifota,  jamai Shasti , Shibratri  , Rash purnima, Jhulan purnima, Dol purnima , Janmastashtami ,poush  Sankrati, Ranna pujo etc.

I am sure so many festivals give immense problems to the lower middle class and poor families. I had the opportunity to see the financial crisis faced by the ordinary families like jamai shasti which is a very expensive occasion. Apart from these Birthday of grand sons and grand daughters ,rice eating ceremony . Those who are Brahmin "Paite" is compulsory for them.At present time marriage anniversary celebration has become a convention. I have mentioned only a few.
Apart from these many festivals are left.

It is needless to mention that the extent of financial taxation are imposed on   lakhs of families.

Now a big question who is to bell the cat?

Of course this is purely my personal opinion considering the financial condition of the lakhs  of poor and lower middle class families.It may so happen that they do not want any change.

Today eighty eighth birthday of All India Radio.

Those who were born after 1980 they are perhaps  not aware of Radio. In 1975 Television came for domestic use yet the same we're in very limited families and  from 1980 it started entering in middle  class and upper middle class families widely. By this time Radios had   been given fair well . we the senior citizens are having  sweet  memories  about Akash Bani. We used to listen to  many Programmes since our childhood. like Galpa Dadur Ashar.

On Sunday possibly Respected Indira Devi used to conduct  named "Chhotoder Ashar". There was a famous programme on Sunday morning named  Sangeet Sikhar  Ashar conducted by Pankaj Kumar Mallik , Anurodher Ashar , Bengali theatre ,  Rabindra Sangeet and Adhunik songs,Bengal news from Delhi and Kolkata and Dhara bibarani of important football and cricket matches etc were also broadcasted .

Our childhood to young age Radio took the most vital role .We are therefore have become nostalgic. Fortunately Radio  is still used in many villages. Long live Radio!

Kolkata and it's speciality .

  Possibly Kolkata is the only city which has plenty number of critics and equally fans . The critics are vocals about the roads,  beautification , crowded transport , Scarcity of Taxi from Howrah and Sealdaha stations and from Kolkata Air port. Many of the above grievances have been solved.

Firstly roads have been repaired to a large extent and the taxi problems too have been solved to a large extent. The river Ganges has been given a new appearance. It can't be denied that this city is for all religion's people  irrespective of rich middle class poor  etc.

I don't know whether such large number of public vehicles ply in any other city of the country. Two types of educational institutions exist here ine for rich and the other for  middle class and low middle class and poor people. There are number of Hotels and Restaurants for the elite section and for the poor people there are number of street Hotels where a large number of common people take their lunch.

Two medical system are in existence. For the common people Govt. hospitals and for the others private hospitals and Nursing homes are there. For the common people ordinary market along with Footpath are available and for the rest there is an option of Shopping malls as well.

Another very very special features of the city is during Durgapuja the huge gathering to the puja pandals and the same continues about a week . I don't whether any such huge gathering is found for a week for any occasion. It should be further mentioned Kolkata has been changed to a large extent especially for the lighting arrangements and the parks have been given completely new shape and appearance. Newly built Rajarhat and Newton look like foreign cities.

Despite various weakness of the city we love Kolkata as our hot favourite city.

Bengali in trade and business .

Once Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy constantly advised Bengalis to be involved with business. He himself was the founder of Bengal chemical. Presently a large number of Bengalis have been engaged in Business and their honest labour and sincerity is highly appreciable . In every locality it will be noticed that they have opened medicine shops ,grocery shops along with stationery Sweets and garments etc. I salute them for their enthusiasm and struggle.

They are self dependent and in most of the cases they are maintaining their own families. It may be mentioned that the number of such business men are huge.  I salute them for solving their own unemployment problem.

Apart from them a large section of Bengali young men are engaged in small manufacturing business. A large section are engaged in supply business. Besides a big number are engaged in construction and development work etc.

Besides these there  are so many business where the young Benglis are engaged. I believe if Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy had  been alive he would have been the happiest person for execution of his dream.

It is the fact that no Bengali is possibly engaged in big manufacturing industry but it can't be denied that a large section of Bengali are engaged in big trade like garments and ornaments etc.

The skeleton of our Tea Industry.

Once upon a time we were proud of our Tea industry. We used to export a substantial quantity of our production. In Asia , China India and srilanka  were the major tea producing countries and our Tea gardens are mainly in Darjeeling jalpaiguri and Duars . The conditions of
of the gardens of the Duars are the worst. The owners are entirely responsible for the deplorable condition of the tea gardens.

They have neglected like  anything. As a result , most of the gardens have been closed and the workers are under extreme  crisis and almost  are under starvation. As a result ,  a good number of workers have been attacked with various diseases and ultimately died .

It is surprising
that despite our domestic market for tea being so big there should be no crisis.
As per news papers a good number of gardens have not involved themselves in plantation in  their gardens and as a result , there is no scope  to sell any  tea.

It is my humble prayer to the appropriate   Authority  to take the requisite steps at the earliest so that the golden days of the industry are returned.

Young persons and drug addiction.

The effect of drugs are most dangerous for the country and  society. It has enough power to destroy our young generation. Those who want our downfall they  tactfully introduce the same.

The characteristics of the drug is that the boys who start taking the drug become so addicted that without this they become mad and go at any level for the same. In case they are having shortage of fund they can even steal money and  various goods from their homes.

It destroys the different parts of the body slowly and ultimately they die. They loose appetite completely and also suffer from sleeplessness.
They also suffer from weight loss , loss of memory and practically they become a  total liability of the family and of the society and gradually go  towards death.

The appropriate Authority may take all steps to stop the  Drugs  to protect the  young generation and our society.

The syllabus of primary education.

I  personally feel though I may be wrong yet both in  Govt. primary schools and Private schools the students are overloaded with syllabus.The kids can't carry the bags since the same are so heavy. As a result they are deprived from childhood. They can't enjoy the childhood and the very word JOY is absent in their lives.

It is my humble prayer to the appropriate Authority kindly to review the whole matter and  arrange to reduce the same as far as possible so that they can enjoy their childhood .

Widow marriage.

Iswar Chandra VidyaSagar was the father of widow marriage movement and he had to face a lot of hindrances and constraints and however, ultimately he succeeded. It can't be denied in reality the same was not successful .We know VidyaSagar mahasay arranged number of widow marriages under his initiative and cost . However, the purposes seemed to have not served anything in view of the fact that our society was extremely conservative and even the life of VidyaSagar was at stake. Since then long time has passed and the situation seems to have not changed much and more or less similar position persists.

It is hardly heard about the widow marriage. Even the widow is of tender age the marriage does not take place. I believe even at present time the number of widow marriage is negligible.

How to introduce  the widow  marriage widely ? Indeed we require right now a second VidyaSagar !

Old age homes .

In our state the concept of old age homes has become very popular. For various reasons the senior citizens are compelled to take there shelter in old age homes.In most of the cases there is none to look after them as for example son or sons are in the job either in other states or in abroad. The daughter or daughters are married. Hence it is not possible for them to look after their parents.

Sometimes the reason may be serious lack of adjustment with the son and daughter.All these reasons lead to huge number of senior persons to leave their families and go to the homes. These homes are situated at different   Places and charge different rates .

My suggestion is before finalising to verify everything as stated in the advertisements and should be convinced to the fullest extent. The goodwill of the  same same should be verified from the local people and on being hundred percent convinced only final decision to be taken. Special importance must be given on the medical treatment.    arrangements in existence and the  same provided to the Boarders.

Lack of cleanliness .

In most of the Govt. offices  it will come to notice the incidents of dirtiness.  Despite there are dustbins yet many people use the walls of the staircases. As a result  the walls not only looks indecent  but also they become  a  good source of germs . Besides the  dustbins should be cleaned regularly and the same are not being done and as a result, the same over flow.

In the sections where the officials  work  in most of the cases the floors are not  maintained well . Pieces of  cigarettes   and  papers  are found. The most  deplorable conditions may be seen in the toilet.Unfortunately even the basins are always dirty.

Incidentally it may be mentioned that all the  employees are highly educated only a bit consciousness is required for the cleanliness.

Dowry is continuing !

Earlier I had written about the drawbacks of Dowry. But the fact is the same is continuing among all section of people means from rich families to poor families.
Rich and higher middle class families do not have any problems.  The rich families out of their own spend  plenty of money and they give more than enough to their daughters mainly in kind. Here the groom side does not need  to place any demand. If at all they have any special demand they put their clams. Same is applicable in respect of higher middle class grooms.

In case of lower middle class and poor families in most of the Cases direct demands are placed and sometimes after negotiations a settlement  is reached. However , It appears from the newspapers the incidents of killing the wives due to failure in meeting the demand.

The most imtersting features are in case of love marriage in most of the case the practice of Dowry continues. In these cases means love marriage a good number of wives have been killed.Many lower and poor families have been finished for meeting the Dowry. Indeed it is just like a trade. The bride side incurs huge expenditure for purchasing a groom.

The system at least could have been controlled if the grooms had  stood against the uncivilised practice. Unfortunately most of the grooms whether educated or not remain silent and leave the matter to their parents and the same suggests that they have full support on the system.

I don't think  the system is going to get abolished.

Renowned physician examines the patients from 12-4 am.

One evening I had been  at a Nursing home to consult a reputed physician . I was informed that the physician  starts examining at seven .I was therefore asked to reach at seven.  accordingly I reached thete. After  reaching I came to know my serial number and my turn came at ten . At that time I noticed that one famous Doctor came and came to know that he would examine the patients from night 12 to 4. I was astonished to hear about the time. Patients who will come from distant places they have possibly to start in the afternoon or evening. The patients have to take their dinner on the way. Those who come by rented  car they will have to pay a  handsome amount for car fare. It is obvious that the patients are physically unfit yet for consulting they are to pass a sleepless night which may cause further complications.

My question is  should it be a system? There is possibility of being more ill in stead of getting cured which is the main objective of coming to  such a renowned  doctors.

It is my humble request to the appropriate Authority to consider the unusual harassments of the ailing  persons and   kindly to review the entire matter in the interest of the patients.

Gradual increase of the number of accidents in the road of the city.

It appears from the newspapers that everyday some car accidents happen in Kolkata and either few persons die or some get injured seriously.

Unfortunately every year a good number of persons die and those are injured and  due to major injury many victims permanently become handicapped. To avoid the undesired circumstances it is my humble prayer to the appropriate Authority to take utmost care while issuing driving licence and to be the maximum strict in regard to completion of driving training and should ensure that there is no slightest shortcomings and  there should be no compromise in this area .

The sanctioning authority should be hundred percent satisfied in respect of every candidate as far as training is concerned. The traffic rules should be applied strictly. Besides the roads are also the reasons for the accident and the roads should be maintained properly and repair work should be taken immediately where necessary.

I don't know whether there is any system of check up of eyes. If not , the same should be compulsory for the licence holders once a year. Poor eyesight is one of the reasons of the accident.

Every life is important and the death of the all victims carry the same condolence. Yet the sudden death of creative persons give us tremendous shock like recently singer Kalika Prosad Bhattacharya and sometimes back actor Pijush Ganguly.

Bike accidents and death thereof.

It is very often seen in the newspapers that  due to Bike accident everyday some persons die or get injured .Out of the victims a large section are of  very tender age possibly completed school education and entered into colleges.

But  they become extremely interested for a bike considering the ability of the parents to give a gift for their sons and in most of the cases they are the only son. The sons also after placing the demand start  to pressurise. Ultimately the parents willingly or unwillingly sanction their demands. If the parents play a strict role by rejecting the demands the number of accidents may be reduced. Besides being very young without sufficient training start using the bikes with high speed exceeding the permissible limits resulting in accident.

sufficient trainings start using the bikes with high speed exceeding the permissible limits resulting in accident.

It is my humble request to the appropriate. Authority to be  as strict as possible in these cases in respect licence etc.

Premature death at Puri and Digha seas.

Very unfortunately It is noticed that when a group of young people go  to Puri and Digha on travel they take bath in the seas and  at  that time the tragedy takes place. One or more die and the same happens very frequently.In most of the cases the victims are engineering students or just after passing the engineering they are in job .

The frequent happenings of such tragic incidents have finished many families since the parents have lost their only child. When the group of young people starts for such excursion tours the parents must take very important role and should make their sons alert in regard to accident of such bath specially who don't know swimming.

The young people should also be very alert. In that case such tragic accident may be avoided.

Crisis of writing correct English.

At the very outset I should  honestly admit that I am neither a student of English   literature nor strong in English.Still I feel
I may express my experience. Sometimes past I noticed an important news in a Bengali daily that the primary teachers should be given training how to teach teach English.
It suggests that basic weakness of English lies in the primarily level.

It is obvious that if the basic weakness is not repaired and  the same will automatically continue.

Let me come to the real picture.
My experience is very sad about writing correct English. I have come across a good number of graduates who unfortunately can not write a  single line in English correctly. It is surprising and disappointing as to how they obtained their bachelor degrees. It should be ascertained the reasons for such weakness and the requisite steps may be taken  from primary level of education to college.

One thing I may clearly mention that the graduates about whom I discussed they are all from  Bengali medium. At the same time I have also seen some students despite they are from Bengali medium they are capable in writing correct and good English.

Use of time expired medicine sticking new expiry date.

Today a dangerous news has been presented by both electronic and print media  and the same may be considered as the most criminal act at the same time  anti humanism and anti civilisation. Let us attract the news.Some time expired medicines sticking new expiry date are being sold in the market.It may be seen further what may happen by using the expired medicines.The gravity of the diseases may be more complicated and and even the patients may die.

The very incident proves the extent of our corruption and the extent of fall of our values and the question of our civilisation.

What is the remedy ? Major surgical operation is necessary for permanent cure.

Divorce an alarming social problem.

The gradual enhancement of divorce cases may be  ascertained from a
leading Bengali daily newspaper where on Sunday matrimonial advertisements are published. The reasons for such sudden increase may be explained best by the Lawyers who deal with the cases. It is very often said that lack of adjustment is one of the main reasons. But here a question may arise when a boy and girl come to close contact and a relationship grows for a long time and finally married but the same did not continue. In case of love marriage there is enough scope to know closely each other . It is surprising that many love marriage cases are ended .

Some times the marriage comes to an end through a long process and finally verdict of the court is announced for which both sides face lots of harassments and if the couple are having a child then the complications are likely to be more over the custody of the baby.

I feel during the time when the boy and girl mix they should not hide anything to avoid future complications. Surprisingly many love marriage cases are also discontinued. In case of negotiation marriage there are many reasons for divorce like big difference of education,big difference of culture,huge difference of financial status etc. These are all assumptions . No doubt the problem is a social one.

When the daughter returns permanently to her father's house various problems start. The rich and higher middle class families may face less problems due to their solvency while middle class families can also manage. The real problems lie with the low middle class and poor families. Surprisingly in both the families divorce have started considerably. Honourable judges always try their best for a reconciliation and sometimes they get success. Of course in some  cases it is blessing for both the parties but not for allthe cases.

It is my humble request to all couples kindly to not think over divorce in any circumstances and if necessary please kindly to think to avoid divorce if possible and proceed for a settlement.

Application of Unfair means in the examination Hall.

Very unfortunately it comes to notice from the newspapers that the incidents of copying in different places and in different examinations right from Madhyamik and the same leads to unrest. Indeed the situation is alarming . This malpractice was there earlier also.

There are   basic difference between the present time and past.At the present time large number of students apply copying openly and they demand publicly that they should be permitted to do  so and the presence of invigilators are immaterial and they behave in such a way that the same is the matter of right and the same affect the law and order situation also.

Previously very small number of students were involved and they  did it it in a very hidden way. Hence there should be no comparison between the present and past. It is surprising and highly disappointing picture of our education system and society.

A large number of students if pass in  this way they will be total burden of the society.

It is my humble prayer to the appropriate Authority kindly to take proper measures to cure from this epidemic diseases at the earliest.

Ritual function and eating arrangements after death of a person in Hindu religion.

After the death of a person some ritual functions are being done .At the same time eating arrangements are also being done.My question is about eating arrangements. It is surprising and disappointing that only after a short span after the death huge arrangements for eating are made. Rich people and high middle class people make huge arrangements for the eating purpose like marriage party .The problem lies with the lower middle class and poor people .For meeting the eating expenses they take loan or depend on charity.

My question is whether the practice of eating looks nice just after the death of the person?

I would request to the scholar persons and experts of Hinduism kindly to think over the matter of eating arrangements like marriage . I am personally out and out against of this convention and feel whether any civilisation permits the same.

Kawak Doctor .

I believe that the very word "kawak" Doctor is unknown to most of the people while they are the key persons in most of the villages specially in remote villages as they are the only  source of the villagers for getting their medical treatment in view of the fact that the primarily health centres are so far away from their villages.

As a result , those villagers are entirely dependent on Such doctors.Now the basic question is who  are they  kawak   doctors?

So far I have heard they have no formal education and basic idea of medical science and yet they are physicians and have been practising years after years.

I am also keen to know that the background which lead them to physicians. It is our extreme  misfortune that even after seventy years of independence a large section of people are wholly dependent on such unqualified persons.

It is my humble prayer to the appropriate authority kindly to find out a remedy and thus save lakhs of villagers.

Despite all the limitations the kawak Doctors are playing a key role in regard to medical treatment of a large number of villagers. At least it may be taken as granted they are capable of treating up to primary level and the villagers definitely get result and visit them.

My tribute to Kalika Prosad Bhattacharya.

The sudden death of Kalika Prosad Bhattacharya is like a bolt from the blue. This premature death has caused severe loss of  Bengali Folk music. He was making experiments in different ways. His incomplete work will possibly find no light.

It is extremely misfortune of the music world. He earned huge popularity as a folk singer within a short time. We had the opportunity to watch his performances through electronic media. Personally I am having a complete different assessment about him.To me he was  more a speaker than a singer .

I pay my heartfelt tribute to the sacred memory of Kalika Prosad.

Lawyers , a challenging profession.

In our subcontinent a good number of political leaders were Barrister like Mahatma Gandhi , Motilal Nehru ,Jahar lal Nehru ,M.A Jinnah ,julfikar Ali Bhutto, Umesh Chandra Banerjee, C.R.Das ,sarat  Bose ,jyoti Bose,Ashok Sen , Shankar Das Banerjee , Bhupesh Gupta and sidharta Sankar Roy etc.

It would be evident that Lawyers are very intelligent and their success depends on intelligence,presence of mind, knowledge of law, capacity to speak English fluently and Strong common sense. Apart from these appearance is also a factor.   Mainly two types of cases are held ,civil side and criminal side. Besides there are branches like tribunals, claim cases, labour cases, Industrial dispute cases ,central govt employee cases, Income tax and  sales tax cases and Divorce cases etc.

It is very difficult to get success in this profession.
It has been experienced that there is no hard and fast rule for the success. A good number of law years did very well in their examination but could not succeed while many did not well in the examination but in profession were successful.

Besides they are required to update their knowledge constantly , specially the judgements of  supreme court and all high courts.

The profession is so challenging that after winning a case they enjoy mental satisfaction like anything. It can't be denied that there are many flaws in our legal system yet many young men are joining this noble profession.

Kazi Nazrul Islam as I saw him.

Kazi Nazrul Islam all along lived in Kolkata yet I did not get any opportunity to visit his residence .Of course this was purely my responsibility. I should have taken initiative. Actually We built up a separate image about him by going through his poems in the school books .In reality Nazrul had turned into a different person who could not speak,  write ,walk etc.A person lived without any brain function. We were having his revolutionary image. I was therefore  not wiling to see second Nazrul .

However ,I changed  my mind in   1971 .At that time possibly he used to stay  at Christopher Road in a  small flat near CIT road.

In 1971 on account of his  birthday public were allowed to visit his flat. In order to visit his residence I reached  there at about seven and saw a big queue. I stood  there and after fifteen minutes I reached his flat and I was spell bound to see him wearing new dress he was seating surrounded by some women who were looking after.

That was my first and last look at him. This was a memorable day of my life.

The professional hazards faced by the journalists .

Aparently the journalists  are regarded as most glamorous professional persons and also key persons of the country as if they fail to supply news then we shall be in dark.

Presently journalists are sharply divided in to camps .One section is engaged in electronic media and the other work in print media.But Both the  sections work under tremendous pressure.  They cover all the major incidents. They face problems from two sides .Very often it is found they are beaten by  a section of  Rowdy people.  For example they attend to cover the  fighting  of the two groups on behalf of their employers and they  expect the  best presentations at the earliest .

So many incidents happen every day including political. They cannot avoid a single one. As far as political news are concerned most of the political parties want to keep them same secret .It is the efficiency of a journalist to collect the same and at the earliest to get it printed in the respective newspaper or channel and In both the cases they will enjoy the credit for presenting the news at the earliest.
This is applicable in respect of all news which come to limelight.

From the above it may be appreciated tgat they work under tremendous pressure and competition with the fellow colleagues of the opposite camps.Thus when they visit to cover a news we may extent our cooperation to enable them to do the jobs . In many cases it is found that cameras of the photographers are either snatched or broken by the mob and the same are against civilisation. Besides in some occasions the reporters at the cost of the life risks try to cover any important and touchy news. They are bitten in such a way that they sometimes may  require to be admitted in hospitals.

These are all against civilisation and democracy.They have to take severe pains to collect the secret administrative decisions of the Govt. We should be respectful towards this noble profession.
 
The renowned journalists like Tushar Kanti Ghosh , Chapala kanto Bhattacharya , Bibekananda Mukherjee , Satyendra Narayan Mazumder etc. made significant contributions for the development of Bengali newspapers.

Poor success rate of chartered accountant examination.

I had the opportunity to see very closely some CA students. They were extremely sincere ,hard laborious , diligent and completely devotee to their studies and sacrificed all sorts of recreation and joy from their lives.

Apart from study they had no option to think any other matter. In view of the above any person may expect their success but unfortunately in reality the picture is completely reverse. I would therefore pray to the appropriate authority kindly to review the entire matter so that a large number of students get their due of unbelievable hard work.

It is my humble submission as a senior citizen of the country.

Indian population and tax payers.

Few days back an important news of the newspaper came to my notice to the effect that only one percent of the total population  are tax payers against  one hundred twenty core people.

If it is  so the scenario is highly disappointing and at the same time surprising. It suggests that only a small section of our vast country earns a reasonable amount.

But the reality possibly exhibits a different picture. The salaried people are bound to pay tax.
But a large section of people are engaged in small medium and big business. Apart from business a large number of people are engaged in different proffesions like Doctors, Advocates, Chartered accountants ,Tax consultants,Developers, painters , Engineers and Brokers of different categories ,  priests etc. If all these are clubbed automatically the percentage will be much higher.

Personally I feel a fear psychology works.
The tax rule should be as simple as possible so as to maximum section of people come within the purview of tax payments. As a result the tax collection will be increased considerably.

Our govt has to incur huge expenditure for the vast country and the job becomes easier if the collection is satisfactory.

It is my humble prayer to take up the job on war footing basis and thus to bring success of the national income.

The object possibly should be to bring those people under tax group who are presently out of tax payments .Thus the rate for the low income group should be much lower so that this low income group of people also pay tax and since they are the major section of the country it  will result in huge collection.Those who are presently tax payer for them the rate should not be reduced as they are capable of paying tax out of their earnings.

Michael Madhusudan Dutta , the most colourful character of 18th century.

At the very outset I should honestly admit that it would be my audacity to discuss the literary work of Michael Madhusudan Dutta. I shall try to discuss  Madhusudan Dutta as a person.

Personally I think he was born in Bengal much early. As  He was much advanced in comparison to our prevailing society. He was born in a conservative Hindu family of Jessore while he was attracted towards
Christian religion  and changed religion from Hinduism to Christian despite the severe objections by his parents.
He didn't listen to them and left the family and was deprived from the family property.

He was a brilliant person having sound knowledge about Hinduism despite the fact he left the same. He had been  to England to be a Barrister.After passing Bar at law he returned to the country but unfortunately he was not successful in Law practice.

He however , served in different places. He was  an extremely extravagant person and was in the habit of leading a luxurious life and as a result he had to face frequent hardships.

In family life unfortunately he did not enjoy happiness. As a result he married  twice. While he was in foreign country he was about to face starvation but Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar  came forward to help him.

He was attacked with various illness and  ultimately expired only at the age of forty eight .

A talented person like him was rarely born in Bengal. He is our pride and fortunately His grave is situated in Kolkata where we may pay our Respect to him.

Whether astrology can be supported ?

There have been lot of debates in regard to acceptability or refusing the same.The matter has not yet been solved. Some questions automatically arise whether they can forecast the happenings  of future of anybody and also change the fate of any person . If it is so then it can be taken as granted how powerful they are! They can change the society and  fate of everybody. They can prescribe stones which they do and thus remove illnesses of everybody and can solve unemployment problems and every student will get success.

Even if it is so all doctors and few lakhs of persons who are associated with medical system will be unemployed. Few lakhs of private teachers along with coaching staffs will be unemployed. In reality is it possible? The astrologer argue when  a baby is born his or her fate immediately is determined in view of location of the planets. It may be argued at the same moment thousand of babies were born in a hospital in future all the babies should carry same fate .

I had an opportunity to see some astrologers suffered a lot in personal life and the same should have not happened in view of the fact the remedies were in their hands.

Lastly I will complete with an advice of Swamiji who advised in stead of going to Astrologer take rest and also take good food. I should categorically mention these arguments are not  of mine and the same were the outcome of debate. I will leave the subject to the Respected viewers for their kind consideration .

Some Passengers travel without tickets by local trains.

I had long experience to travel by local trains from both Howrah and Sealdaha stations .Unfortunately it came to my notice that a large section of passengers regularly travel without tickets and their strategies are to move in small groups and most of them keep some money with them and so as to utilise the same  for penalty if they were caught and their calculations are even they pay the same and for only one day the  rest days of the month they will travel without tickets. Thus they could save a substantial amount.

It would be evident from the above for these act of dishonesty the Indian Railways suffers huge revenue loss every year. It is also true a small group of passengers also travel without ticket but they are compelled to do as they are very poor.

It is my humble request to the Railway authorities to take up the matter very seriously and try to sort out the problem on war footing basis and thus save Railways from the said loss.