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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Re: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN

The issue is not about Raja Gopalacharya, but about his comments after
Bangladesh was born by a Ceaserian operation. One point may make it
clear that Gopalacharya was right, and not Subimalacharya. If you are
born a Pakistani, the citizenship of Bangladesh is yours for the
asking. But if you are born a Hindu in Bangladesh, and if your kin
lives in India, the property you inherit would automatically belong to
the 'enemy'. Subimal should know that most of these properties were
acquired by the Government of Bangladesh after 1971. If he is unaware
about the de-facto second class citizen status of the non-muslims
here, he should have his spectacles changed.


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Re: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN

Mr. Hannan is wrong again. There are more poor people in India than
anywhere else, but the percentage of poor in Bangladesh is higher.

On 10/31/11, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:
> The issues raised below are petty issues to judge a country, whether
> Pakistan, Bangladesh or India.
>
> I can say about India, just as an example, that poverty is deeper there in
> large segments of population compared to Bangladesh. Top level corruption
> there is much more .. Communal tension there is daily affair. Minority
> Muslims are in much more bad condition in India compared to Bangladesh or
> Pakistan. West Bengal Muslims have two percent services there though they
> are thirty percent of the population of West Bengal.
>
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> Pakistan is a serious victim of international terrorism compared to India
> and Bangladesh. They are fighting that admirably. Indian home grown
> terrorism is much more and India can not solve it.
>
> I may also point out that neither Islam, nor Islamic forces in Bangladesh
> are anti-minority or anti-development or anti- democracy. Too much bias
> takes us nowhere.
>
> I am not responding to individual small points. I have made essentially
> broad comments.
>
>
>
> Shah Abdul Hannan
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Jiten Roy
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 9:39 PM
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
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> It will be naive to think that Bangladesh is far behind the Pakistan, as far
> as those points are concerned. Many of those conditions do prevail in
> Bangladesh, either explicitly or implicitly. For example, there is no
> possibility of a non-Muslim President in Bangladesh, Ahmadiyas are not
> recognized as full-Muslms and threat against them exists, Bangladesh has
> unofficial blasphemy law and Fatwas (Sharia), etc., etc.
>
>
>
> The reason for Bangladesh lagging Pakistan, in some of those conditions, is
> due to the qasi-secular politics of Awami League. Give a few years of power
> to BNP/Jamat; they will catch up with Pakistan pretty quickly. They are all
> waiting in the queue at the door-step. Bangladesh is, in fact, sitting on
> the active volcano.
>
>
>
> Jiten Roy
>
>
>
> From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
> To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
>
>
> Sukhamaya
>
> * Pakistan is an Islamic Republic. No non-Muslim can become President
> of the country. Right?
> * Ahmadiyas have been declared non-Muslims. This country does not
> recognize Nobel Laureate Salam as a Muslim.
> * Who is running Pakistan? A very difficult question. Who controls the
> nuclear arsenal? A serious question. There are worries that this country is
> on the verge of being a failed sate. Potentially a horrific situation
> indeed.
> * Shia'ite mosques are often bombarded by suicide bombers.
> * This country has blasphemy law
> * Sectarian clashes are common
> * A country where bin Laden could hide in a cantonment city. A lot
> more are hiding, getting training, and controlling many parts of the country
> * Culturally (literature, movie, theaters, arts, painting, etc.) is
> stagnant and worse-- going backward
> * War on terrorism is a big business there for the vested interest
> groups
>
> Just sit down and reflect. You will come up with many more points that make
> Pakistan much more different from Bangladesh.
>
>
>
> From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
> To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
>
>
> I would not yet flatly call Raja Gopalacharya's prognosis wrong. After all
> Bangladesh has a constitution that begins with Bismillah and proclaims Islam
> as the state religion. May be Gopalacharya did not realize that Pakistan
> would go as much into the ditch as it is today. Bangladesh is better than
> Pakistan now, but it is nowhere near India in terms of respecting the
> religious minorities. It has been a semi-Pakistan for most of its life, and
> could be just one election away from there now.
>
>
>
> From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
> To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:38 PM
> Subject: [mukto-mona] THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
>
>
> Raja Gopalacharya's prognosis turned out to be wrong! To him any neighboring
> country with Muslim majority was a Pakistan. That was a political statement.
>
>
>
>
> From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
>
>
> On Dec. 16, 1971 Raja Gopalacharya reacted to the news of the surrender of
> the Pakistan Army in Dacca, "Her father created one Pakistan, she created
> two". Secularism is a pipe dream here, with strong religious institutions
> supported by government financing it is indeed not possible. Bangladesh
> today has over ten times more madrasahs than the whole subcontinent had
> before the partition of the subcontinent. Even the Hindu fundamentalism is
> on the rise here.
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I am actually no fan of Napoleon Bonaparte; just used his quote to make the
> point of agreeing with Mr. Subimal Chakrabarty that re-unification of the
> Indian sub-continent is not totally impossible, while maintaining myself
> that it would be very much unlikely in the foreseeable future.
>
>
>
> As for Nehru's quote, I would say that re-unification of India with today's
> Pakistan would be a much bigger problem for India than just a carbuncle on
> the butt; it would be like a huge cancerous tumor. Being born and raised up
> to 25 years and having a lot of friends and relatives there, I am reluctant
> to use the phrase "carbuncle on the butt" on Bangladesh. Moreover, I do see
> some ray of hope for Bangladesh. The country overall is certainly much
> better than Pakistan in terms of secular humanism, which seems to be in a
> growing mode there now.
>
>
>
> Sukhamaya Bain
>
>
>
>
> From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:41 PM
>
>
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
>
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>
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> About reunification Nehru said, "I don't want a carbuncle on my butt." We
> all know what Napoleon did to himself and France.
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[ALOCHONA] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni's NY visit !!!!!!!!!!



Spoken like a true blind closet supporter of AL who serves his ideology by diffusing, diluting and diverting criticism of his Nethri J

 

Never criticizing her, her says her critics love her

Never saying anything, he says others have nothing to say

Never being able to speak about his politics, he call others `poor fellow'

 

Haireh Bangal J


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shafiq Ahmad <shafiq013@...> wrote:
>
> I told you. Poor fellow. He seems to be in love with Natris. Cannot live without it. Or nothing much to say.
>
> Shafiq
>
> ________________________________
> From: ezajur Ezajur@...
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 2:24 AM
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Dr. Dipu Moni's NY visit !!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>  
> Ah! The closet nethrist returns! Actually I didn't use the word Nethri but your appearance has reminded me of the term :)
>
> Hows your Nethri doing?
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > As if he was present there. Must be day-dreaming. People who make such
> > remarks forget Dr. Goebbels tactics does work all the time. Believe me
> > I know what will be his response. He will again take the refuge behind
> > the word "Natri".
> >
> > Shafiq
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Not really. It is possible that her visa was deliberately held up in
> > Washington for the past few months in order to make a point. Just
> > because she got it in the end is no justified cause for gloating on your
> > part.
> > >
> > > When the plane door opened at JFK and the PM took her first step into
> > the narrow passage, Dipu Moni could not control her joy. She broke free
> > from the group and hugged the PM with great happiness. Her happiness,
> > and the happiness of the PM, on finally making it to the US was clearly
> > visible.
> > >
> > > Which is what you could only expect from a Bangaldeshi PM and FM.
> > >
> > > Ezajur Rahman
> > > Kuwait
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Muhammad Ali manik195709@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear All,
> > > >
> > > > FM Dr. Dipu Moni was in NY for a short visit. Her visit was a slap
> > to the relentless fradulent propaganda by Abu Jafar and gang for last
> > few months regarding denial of her visa to enter US. Now we demand Abu
> > Jafar, Mohiuddin Anwar and others to come up with good explanation
> > > > about this visit.
> > > >
> > > > Dr. Manik
> > > >
> > >
> >
>



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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: podda bridge



"  One has to learn how to read, write and spell in Bangla to know why English transliteration PADMA tries to follow the actual spelling of the word. Jiddi illiterates have too many shaytaner haddi in them that prevent them from learning. "....


farida apa has learnt fantastic.....bullie-like style !!!   in her expression.

she wants to please the british masters, rather than...to look at reasons.


khoda hafez.


From: ezajur <Ezajur@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2011 6:40 PM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: podda bridge

 
It doesn't matter if you can't spell, pronounce, translate or transliterate a word in English or Bangla.

What matters is whether you have the character to hold your preferred government accountable, publicly, for fraud and corruption.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Farida Majid <farida_majid@...> wrote:
>
>
> One has to learn how to read, write and spell in Bangla to know why English transliteration PADMA tries to follow the actual spelling of the word. Jiddi illiterates have too many shaytaner haddi in them that prevent them from learning.
>
>
>
>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> From: meghna1900@...
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:59:05 -0700
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] podda bridge
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Shouldn't we write PODDA bridge, instead of Padma?
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/index.php
>
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>
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> Padma Bridge in a quagmire
> WB freezes on short-listed questionable companies; govt seeks to know the names, move on without those
>
>
>
> The construction of Padma Bridge will face a long delay if the World Bank does not accept the government's proposal to start the work soon without involving the firms accused of corruption.
>





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[ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers



You always start these exchanges between us. I annoy only closet Nethrists - and you!
Nah! No spliffs me. I'd end up like so many upper middle class, hypocritical, Tagore toting closet Nethrists.
 
For you I'd recommend something that allowed you to be transparent about your politics and allowed you to engage in a discussion about politics. I have no idea what might be strong enough to do the job.   
 
And yes you should give up sarcasm because it's only effective when the target knows you are ready to wrestle. It's why the 'sarcasm' of closet Nethrists tends to be so pathetic. They don't really want to engage. Finally, when the sarcasm cuts too close to the bone (jaath gelo! jaath gelo!) they respond with reflective drivel which has nothing to do with the original subject. 
 
I know everything according to people who know nothing.  
 
 
 
 
Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers

Dude - May be you should try the spliff! It might calm you down a bit.

 

PS - Now I must really give up sarcasm because you as the all knowing have pointed it out. What should I be smoking!!!! May be you can share.......


-----Original Message-----
From: ezajur
Sent: Oct 27, 2011 3:29 PM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers

 

Where did you see us two arguing?! Its not impossible but certainly didn't happen in this thread. I think your eyes that only see AL could not see that I was arguing with AL think tank Habib.

You must have dropped your spliff mate. Pick it up and stay chilled out. Sarcasm doesn't suit you.

Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers

Whaat a jhogra between Chittaranjan Babu aka DESH Bondoo and the Angry man from Kuwait who knows everything.

How can it be ?????

-----Original Message-----
From: Desh Bondhu
Sent: Oct 26, 2011 7:10 PM
To: "alochona@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers

.......Anti-Govt ???

It's not former Libya! It's Bangladesh.

Why the ruling party does not remember the consequences of using tools of persecution against the people???

The fresh example of Gaddafi and Mubarak are in front of them.

Some loyalists always misguide the tyrant against people for Halua-Ruti.

These loyalists(chatar Dol) destroyed Sk Mujib.

Unfortunate !!

Desh-Bondhu,
'Desher Kotha Bolay'

On 26 Oct 2011, at 18:34, "Md.Hasibul Hassan Habib" <think_tank_habib@...> wrote:

I cant understand whats wrong with u Ezajur ???
what i told and for what ur shouting ....lol ..rediculas...

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From: ezajur <Ezajur@...>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:30 AM
Subjec! t: [ALOCHONA] Re: FW : urgent about consumers

Your Honourable Commerce Minister would never give any award to any criminal who supported AL. And you would not want him to. So what are you talking about? You can't imagine AL stopping corruption in the AL party and AL government but you are very keen about "counter intelligence system for a punishment of anti-gov activities." You would be very forgiving if RAW agents were exposed in Dhaka but you are very keen about "counter intelligence system for a punishment of anti-gov activities." And only under an AL government of course.
Hypocrisy knows no bounds in Bangladesh. Especially in blind party supporters.

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "Md.Hasibul Hassan Habib" <think_tank_habib@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellows
>
> I think An Award Should Declear for the
> Information about Consumer and artificial crisis creator in Ramadan to
> make a counter intelligence system for a punishment of anti-gov
> activities .
>
> what you think please ?
>
> I have send the mail to Honbl'e Commerce Minister. What is your
> view please ? If you agree then you must push it and make a voice please and
> express your support to Honbl'e commerce minister to go for a bold
> step.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Habib
>
> _ ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Honbl'e Commerce
> Minister
>
> I am pleased to
> propose you to go for a step that will find out some investors
> behind illegal consumers who specially encouraged the
> consumers to consume the
> products in Ramadan and made profit .
>
>
> Maximum consumers are
> businessman , may be its not possible to punish them all but obviously some of
> them can be punished.
> Specially the floating
> investors who has black money and secretly invest to the consumer businessman
> and financed them to consume , when banks were alert about allocating loans.
>
> You
> can declare award among public who will inform authentically Government about this kind of people
> please that will help to make a counter intelligence system countrywide, what
> you already did about adulterating in food and i think
> it was a revolutionary step and which has not been focused
> properly by AL and Media !
>
>
> You can take the idea
> in your kind consideration and also can implement with more artistically with your knowledge
> & prudency please.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Habib
> +8801914136443
>
> I am copying this mail
> to make a voice and attention to the idea
>
> 1. HPM
> 2. PS1 to HPM
> 3. Secretery of Min of
> Commerce
> 4. Aditional Secretery
> , Min of Commerce
>



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[ALOCHONA] Re: [shonar-bangla] আইভীর জয় শামীমের ভরাডুবি



Top two (in votes) Mayor candidates (Ivy & Shamim) are Awami Leaguer
Many Awami Leaguer Councillor also elected

 

On the other hand

 

 

It was ultimate & utter political failure for of Jamat-BNP

Both in short term and also in long term!!!

 

 

Other than win of a Awami Leaguer as NCC Mayor and Councillor

 

There were many definitive political win of

Awami League, on many vital aspects

 

Like

 

 (1) Successful introduction and application of EVM,

 

(2) Proof of possibilty of fair & free & peaceful election

under the political government of Awami League

 

(Defeat of main govt blessed candidate)

 

(3) Fair & free & peaceful election is possible without Army

 

(Opposition BNP candidate, Adv. Toimur also admitted this)

 

(Virtually there were no serious or big incidents) 

 
So, it was definitive political win of Awami League

 

 

Mr. Taimur is another BOLI of Khaleda Zia like Major Hafiz:

 

From the very beginning of the NCC election process BNP nominated candidate Mr. Taimur repeatedly told to media that, he will remain and contest in NCC election, in all circumstances.

 

Only his death can prevent him from not contesting in NCC election.

 

This is sure; Mr. Toimur has not died physically by this forced decision of BNP and Khaleda (See the helpless crying picture of Toimur in front of media)

 

But he has died politically, like Major Hafiz (A BNP SONGSKAR BADEE Leader and who uttered bad (but facts) word against Khaleda in parliament of 1991-1996) that is why he is crying so helplessly!

 

His 4 opponents in local Narayangonj BNP politics are very very happy!
 

Another typical lie of Jamat-BNP:

 

It is proved again.

Politics of Jamat-BNP is full of lies!

 

From the very beginning of the NCC election process BNP nominated candidate Mr. Taimur repeatedly told to media that, he will remain and contest in NCC election, in all circumstances.

 

Only his death can prevent him from not contesting in NCC election.

 

BNP forces him to withdraw from the NCC election race for the following reasons:

 

·         When they realized that BNP candidate would be in 3rd position, so they cannot gain anything politically, rather loss

·         To defeat Awami league supported candidate, Mr. Shamim Osman, it will give some political gain to BNP

·         To help rebel AL candidate Dr. Ivy to win easily, then Jamat-BNP will gain most - politically

 

 

But it was ultimate & utter political failure for of Jamat-BNP

 

 

Both in short term and also in long term!!!

 

 

 

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Abdul Mannan Azad <mannanazad@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

আইভীর জয় শামীমের ভরাডুবি
Plz follow the link:
M.A.Mannan AZAD




--
"Sustha thakon, nirapade thakon ebong valo thakon"

Shuvechhante,

Shafiqur  Rahman Anu
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman


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Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom

Chittagong Hill Tracts were included here due to geographical
convenience. Sylhet was brought in by Maulana Bhasanis campaign with
Ispahani's money, only to give the Ispahanis the tea gardens. Jogen
Mandal got rightly rewarded by the Govt. of Pakistan, he would be
hanged if he did not run away. In Pakistan, Beluchistan wanted to
remain independent, and Peshwar wanted to join India. It may be
worthwhile to remember Mountbatten's comment in 1971, "We would have
left India undivided, had we predicted the rise of China as a world
power."


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[ALOCHONA] Corridor / transit debate



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Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom--Mr Kamal Das misinterprets Quran

That proves my point that Mr. Hannan is totally ignorant of history.
When al Tawba was revealed as a part of Sura Anfal, Muslims were not
majority even in Medina. or Yatrib as it was then called. Then,
however, the Sura was split. Notice that Al Tawba does not begin with
Bismillah.

On 10/30/11, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:
> Mr Kamal Das does not know Quran or its interpretation correctly. If he
> reads a book only to find fault, none can help him. He says" According to
> Sura al-Tawba, the non -muslims are offered to chose between death or
> submission"
>
>
>
> Any body can see any Tafsir of the Quran, the context, the application of
> the verse .The fact that that about ten percent were Christians , Jews,
> Sabians in Muslim empire during the Khilafat is enough proof that Mr Das is
> not right.
>
>
>
> Shah Abdul Hannan
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Kamal Das
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:35 AM
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom
>
>
>
>
>
> This guy, q.a. rahman, may be cryptic! According to Sura al-Tawba, the non
> muslims are offered to chose between death or submission.
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> My "Personal" opinion is Islam has a solution for all people ( Even those
> who do not practice Islam). Over the history Islam has shown how they can be
> protected without sacrificing ideals of Islam. ----- Q. Rahman
>
>
>
> You have cited some good verses from the Quran and Hadith. They are all well
> and good. But, in your statement above, you said non-believers can be
> "protected" without sacrificing ideals of Islam. This statement says it all.
> Non-believers are your sacred property (Dhimmi) and you are supposed to
> protect them as you protect your other properties. This is the Quranic
> prescription for non-believers. Is this how you intend to give them their
> birth-rights?
>
>
>
> As you know - Quran and other religious scriptures are full of
> contradictions. One verse says - do this, the other verse says don't do
> that. As a result, people get opportunity to use religious scriptures to
> their advantages to justify their heinous acts. Unfortunately, that's what
> is happening in this world. But, with your naivety, you will not be able to
> fathom it. You are trying to mold your arguments to fit your belief.
> Practicality is quite different.
>
>
>
> Contradictions in the religious scriptures are quite natural phenomena, in
> my view, since these books were written over a long period by people with
> second/third/fourth/.. hand knowledge of the actual facts. As a result, they
> are not as precise as you believe them to be. I say - take these points into
> consideration as you read your religious scriptures. I take these points
> into consideration while reading my religious books. The bottom line is -
> even though these books are not written by God, there are many hidden
> treasures in those books.
>
>
>
> Jiten Roy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:43 PM
>
>
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom
>
>
>
>
>
> In any case, Jogen Mondal being foolish or not, the Hindus that he
> represented, and the other Hindus and non-Hindus that he did not necessarily
> represent, had a birthright on the land. For Bangladesh to be an honorable
> and decent nation, it necessarily has to separate Islam from the business of
> the state, and treat all religious groups with equal respect.
>
>
>
>>>>>>>> While I agree with the spirit of the statement you made ( Hindus
> have a birth right to be treated with fairness in Bangladesh). I don't think
> Islam is the problem here. Rather some greedy Muslims. It may amuse you to
> know that, Allah (SWT) even spoke about hypocrites who speak about Allah
> (SWT) and Islam but ONLY work for his/her own interest in several places.
>
> My "Personal" opinion is Islam has a solution for all people ( Even those
> who do not practice Islam). Over the history Islam has shown how they can be
> protected without sacrificing ideals of Islam. Let me share a verse from The
> noble Qur'an...
>
> And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see
> therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to
> those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say:"This is from
> Allah," to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what their
> hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby.
>
> [ Source: The noble Qur'an (English by Yusuf Ali) chapter 2:78-79
> <http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/quran/verses/002-qmt.php> ]
>
> Also Hadith Al-Qudsi spoke about hypocrites who claims to be Muslims but
> Allah (SWT) knows what is in their hearts..
>
>
>
> Hadith Qudsi 6:
>
>
>
> On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
> I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
>
>
>
> The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of
> Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah
> will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The
> Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought
> for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but
> fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said.
> Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
> into Hell-fire.
>
>
>
> [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught
> it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make
> known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will
> say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious]
> knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will
> say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might
> be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be
> said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered
> to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
>
>
>
> [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given
> all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His
> favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did
> you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like
> money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You
> have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is
> open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along
> on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
>
> It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
>
> { Source:Forty Hadith Qudsi <http://islamworld.net/docs/40.html> }
>
>
> I am only sharing these Islamic scriptures, so you understand that our Maker
> knows our nature no matter how much some of us tries to hide it from the
> mass. He also gave clear instructions about hypocrites and those who abuse
> the name Islam to promote their own interests instead of serving humankind.
>
> The bottom line is you are welcome to agree or disagree. However in order to
> judge Islam ( Or any religion for that matter), we need to study authentic
> history and scriptures of that religion. Just like we cannot study
> Christianity by looking at Hitler ( We need to study the Bible).
>
> Unfortunately most people in Bangladesh are not well educated about Islam.
> They often follow some social practices and superstitions thinking it is
> Islam but often we see there is a difference between practice and what Islam
> says.
>
> While I do understand where you are coming from ( From your experience with
> religion). I look at it a little differently. I think we (Muslims of
> Bangladesh) are often bad examples of Islam. Therefore, it would be fair to
> judge Islam based of it's authentic teaching than taking some political
> organizations as a representative of this global faith. Lastly I like to
> share what prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sanctioned for Christians of his time.
> Which will show that, even 1400 years ago Islam gave rights and privileges
> to non-Muslims along with Muslims.
>
> PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S
> CHARTER OF PRIVILEGES TO CHRISTIANS
> LETTER TO THE MONKS OF ST. CATHERINE MONASTERY
>
>
>
> In 628 C.E. Prophet Muhammad (s) granted a Charter of Privileges to the
> monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai. It consisted of several
> clauses covering all aspects of human rights including such topics as the
> protection of Christians, freedom of worship and movement, freedom to
> appoint their own judges and to own and maintain their property, exemption
> from military service, and the right to protection in war.
>
> An English translation of that document is presented below.
>
>
>
> This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who
> adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.
> Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because
> Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that
> displeases them.
> No compulsion is to be on them.
> Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from
> their monasteries.
> No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry
> anything from it to the Muslims' houses.
> Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey
> His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against
> all that they hate.
> No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.
> The Muslims are to fight for them.
> If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place
> without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to
> pray.
> Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from
> repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
> No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day
> (end of the world).
>
>
>
> This charter of privileges has been honored and faithfully applied by
> Muslims throughout the centuries in all lands they ruled.
>
>
>
> [ Source: <http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/charter1.html> TOLERANCE IN
> ISLAM ]
>
>
>
>
> Shalom!!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Oct 27, 2011 5:04 am
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom
>
>
>
> The fact that Jinnah made Jogen Mondal a cabinet minister of Pakistan is
> evidence enough for me to accept that the latter's support was important for
> a bigger East Bengal to be included in Pakistan. If Jinnah was alive for a
> bit longer, chances are that the Hindus of East Bengal would not have gotten
> marginalized in their motherland as fast as they did. Although I believe
> that Jinnah's game of using Muslim brotherhood for his personal supreme
> leadership clout in a sovereign country (Pakistan) would have ultimately led
> Pakistan to what it is today.
>
>
>
> Indeed there are reasons for Hindus, especially the so-called scheduled
> caste Hindus, to be angry with Jogen Mondal. That is why I call him Jogen
> Chandal, even when I think that the caste system is the greatest stupidity
> in the Hindu religion/culture. I denigrate him, because he was foolish
> enough to fall for the false sense of security for his people in an absurd
> country that was being formed based mostly upon hatred. His foolishness got
> proven so fast that even he himself had to flee to India.
>
>
>
> In any case, Jogen Mondal being foolish or not, the Hindus that he
> represented, and the other Hindus and non-Hindus that he did not necessarily
> represent, had a birthright on the land. For Bangladesh to be an honorable
> and decent nation, it necessarily has to separate Islam from the business of
> the state, and treat all religious groups with equal respect.
>
>
>
> Sukhamaya Bain
>
>
>
> From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
> To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom
>
> "- a major portion of Bangladesh would have been with India without Jogen
> Mondal's vote."----Jiten Roy
>
>
>
> That's what we have heard from our parents and others during our childhood.
> Was Muslim League so stupid that they would let 'major portion' of Bengal go
> with India even if Jogen Mondal did not support Jinnah? What about
> Radcliffe's scissors that decidedly cut the map of Bengal almost
> illogically. Did Radcliffe really care much about what Jogen Mondal had
> done? I need more specific information to continue to believe the myth (or
> fact) that was injected into my head in my childhood.
>
> There are reasons for Hindus to be angry with Jogen Mondal. Capitalizing on
> the tension that prevailed in the relations between caste Hindus and
> scheduled caste Hindus, Jinnah was successful in having him on his side.
> Jinnah kept his promise. He made him a central minister. But irony is that
> he had to flee Pakistan and take shelter in a country for which he had not
> voted. We know Suhrawardy faced similar fate. Even there is a complaint that
> he was responsible for Kolkata riots and he did it in support of Jinnah's
> Two-Nation Theory. New facts are emerging to challenge the traditional
> history.
>
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Re: [ALOCHONA] RE: Background of 'Amar Sonar Bangla'



Rabindranath Tagore-A Non-Contemporary Politician.

Mohammad Gani (USA)

How do we see Galileo, Newton, Einstein and Tagore as politicians or did they ever engaged, took side or participated in any politics in its real term? Well, their political lives though were not that luminous, the answer is yes and they surely did not come off with flying colors as they did in their other fields of international prides and fames.

For example, Einstein's life was "divided between politics and equations" and most of us knew his politics of nuclear bomb as well as his famous letter to President Franklin Roosevelt. Einstein's political activities started during First World War when he was a professor in Berlin and was sickened by what he saw as waste of human lives, became involved in anti-war demonstration. His post war efforts to prevent nuclear war are also well known. His advocacy of civil disobedience and post war international reconciliation efforts did not make him any popular and actually his politics later were making it difficult for him to visit/enter US, even to give lectures.

His second great cause was Zionism. Though he was Jewish by decent, Einstein rejected the biblical idea of God. However, a growing awareness of anti-Semitism during and after the First World War made him an outspoken supporter of Jewish Community. His "mind's free speech" on his theories also came under attack; an anti-Einstein organization was even set to repudiate and assault him.

At one point, a man was convicted of inciting others to murder Einstein that ended up with $6 (six dollars) fine! In 1933, Hitler came to power and Einstein was in America and decided not to return to Germany. His efforts towards peace achieved little except only few friends. However he was duly recognized in 1952 for his support for Jewish cause and was offered Presidency of Israel. He declined it, perhaps; equations were more important to him, knowing very well that "Politics is for the present but an equation is something for eternity".

Background: The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire to a complete political independence. It began with many organizations like the "Sepoy Mutiny or Rebellion" of 1857, reaching its climax with Indian National Congress, All India Muslim League, Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement (1942-1945) and Subash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army invasion of British India during World War II and culminating eventually in full freedom on August14/15, 1947.

Kabi Guru Rabindranath Tagore was not deeply or visibly involved in any Party politics but never detached himself from maneuvering actively with current political events either. His political views marked complexities to characterize when he joined "Swadeshi Movement" in 1906 with the Indian National Congress, a Hindu-dominated political organization supported by the Calcutta elite against Lord Curzon. He strongly voiced against the partition of United Bengal and fiercely and forcefully opposed the division of Bengal in his essay published in "Bangadarshan". All India Muslim League supported Lord Curzon for historical reason and voiced against "Swadeshi Movement".

Tagore was uniquely complex in his attitude towards nationalism. He inaugurated the meeting of the Congress party that took place in Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1896 by singing "Bande Mataram" to his own tune. He composed his celebrated piece "Shivaji's Utsav" at that time and was inspired by the Shivaji Festival introduced by Maharashtra's Balgangadhar Tilak. In his many articles like "Sadhana", "Bangadarshan", and "Bharati", he passed many intransigent opinions and views on many contemporary political situations.

In 1925 he stated that British imperialism was not a primary evil but only a political symptom of our social disease. He urged Indians to accept that "there can be no question of blind revolution, but of steady and purposeful education". Such views inevitably enraged many, placing his life in danger.

During his stay in a San Francisco hotel in late 1916, Tagore narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Indian expatriates; the plot failed only because the would-be assassins fell into an argument. Yet Tagore wrote songs lionizing the Indian Independence Movement and renounced his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in13 April 1919.

Tagore was also the key in resolving a Gandhi-B.R.Ambedkar dispute involving separate electorates for untouchables. Though Tagore wrote for the movement of self-rule, he never supported extreme nationalism or terrorist activities and had disputed admirations for Netaji Subash Chandra Bose as a leader of Indian Independence.

Gandhi and Tagore severely clashed over their totally different attitudes toward political philosophy, culture and science. In January 1934, Bihar was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people. Gandhi was then deeply involved in the fight against "untouchability"; and extracted a positive lesson from that tragic event. He argued, "A man like me cannot but believe this earthquake is a divine chastisement sent by God for our sins; in particular the sins of untouchability.

For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign". Tagore equally abhorred untouchability and had joined Gandhi in the movements against it, but fulminated against Gandhi's interpretation of this event that had caused suffering and death to so many innocent people including children and babies. He also hated the epistemology implicit in seeing an earthquake as caused by ethical failure. He wrote "It is all the more unfortunate because this kind of unscientific view of natural phenomena is too readily accepted by a large section of our countrymen".

Tagore was predictably hostile to communal sectarianism, such as a Hindu orthodoxy that was antagonistic to Islamic, Christian, or Sikh perspectives. Even nationalism seemed to be a suspect to him because of his attitude toward traditional Indian culture over broad cultural diversity. He wanted Indians to learn what is going on elsewhere, how others lived, what they valued, and so on, while remaining interested and involved in their own culture and heritage. Unlike Gandhi who promoted traditional Indian culture, Tagore was not dismissive to Western civilization. It could be found in his advice to Indian students abroad and in his letters wrote to his son-in-law (1907) Nagendranath Gangulee who had come to USA to study agriculture.

Rabindranath rebelled against the "strongly nationalist form" that the independence movement often took. This approach made him to refrain from taking particular active part in any contemporary politics. He wanted to assert that India's right to be independent without denying the importance of what India could learn freely and profitably from abroad would not compromise traditional Indian culture.

Tagore's criticism of patriotism is a persistent theme in his writings. In 1908, he expressed his position clearly in a letter replying to the criticism of Abala Bose, the wife of a great Indian scientist, Jagadish Chandra Bose, "Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity.

I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live". His novel "Ghare Baire" (The Home and the World) has much to say about this theme. In this novel, Nikhil, who is keen on social reform including women's liberation, but cool toward nationalism, gradually loses the esteem of his spirited wife, Bimala, because of his failure to be enthusiastic about anti-British agitations, which she sees as a lack of patriotic commitment. Bimala becomes fascinated with Nikhil's nationalist friend Sandip, who speaks brilliantly and acts with patriotic militancy and she falls in love with him……….

Tagore also was not invariably well-informed about international politics. He allowed himself to be entertained by Mussolini in a short visit to Italy in May-June 1926. It was arranged by Carlo Formichi, a Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Rome. During that visit Tagore wished to meet Benedetto Croce, an Italian Philosopher/ politician, but Prof. Formichi called it "Impossible"! Mussolini told Tagore that Croce was "not in Rome". As Tagore continued insisting and said, "I would go wherever he is". Mussolini then said to him that Croce's whereabouts were unknown!!

Warnings from Romain Rolland, a French writer and Nobel Prize in literature in 1915 and other friends should have ended Tagore's brief involvement with Mussolini more quickly than it did. But only after he received graphic accounts of the brutality of Italian fascism from two exiles, Gaetano Salvemini and Gaetano Salvadori and learned more of what was happening in Italy. Tagore did publicly denounce the regime and published a letter to the "Manchester Guardian" in August 1926. The following month "Popolo d'Italia" a magazine edited by Mussolini's brother, replied: "Who cares? Italy laughs at Tagore anyway and also at those who brought this unctuous and insupportable fellow in our midst."

(Thanks to Prof. Amartya Sen, Swedish Nobel Academy and some periodicals).
Mohammad Gani (USA).

http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidDate=2006-04-28&hidType=OPT&hidRecord=0000000000000000103575


On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Desh Bondhu <desh_bondhu@ymail.com> wrote:
 
Dear Miss,
You missed the point,

It was not about the beauty of the song, it was the context or background of the song. 

It was Robi Thakur who opposed actively against a university for the then children of East Bengal. 

He was cruel Zamidar who oppressed the farmer. 
He was a tool of British oppression against us. 

The beauty of his songs or poetry or literature do attract us not his political stance. 

Desh-Bondhu,
'Desher Kotha Bolay'

On 28 Oct 2011, at 22:07, Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com> wrote:

 

      The exhibition of naked communalism, in both the article and the comments, is appalling! Communalism is a product of British colonial administration in India as is abundantly evident from the article's information about the division of Bengal in 1905. Any indulgence in communalism today is therefore a form of licking the boot of foreign Colonial Masters of pre-Independence, 1947.

     There is so much more to our National Anthem than this silly discussion about the political background of the song being written by Rabindranath, and not by a Muslim author. By the way, Kazi Nazrul Islam's song for the motherland begins: 'namo namo namo, Bangladesh momo, chiro-monoromo chiro-modhur' which is a lovely song, but no one dares sing that song these days for fear of arousing even more communal wrath with our Islam-pasandwallahs.
 
        For the Rabindranath-haters it should be solace to know that the National Anthem is only half a Rabindra-sangeet, since its tune is not composed by the poet.
 
     'Amar Sonar Bangla' is set to a traditional baul tune -- 'ami kothaye pabo tare, amar moner manush je re' --  very popular to both Muslim and Hindu bauls at the time and was commonly sung by ordinary people of East Bengal. Tagore heard the tune in the voice of Gagan Harkara in Silaidoho, which is in Bangladesh. Besides the sheer enticement of the tune, he might have chosen it for the ease of making it popular in people's voices across Bengal.
 
     It is written in simple language without the use of a consonant conjunct in any word, so even a 5-yr old literate can read the lyrics.
 
    Because it is set to a Bengali folk tune, there is no need of Scottish bagpipe or kettle drums to accompany the singing of it (as was necessary for singing 'Pak shar zameen shaad baad').  Local dugdugi, mandira, khol, ektara, dotara, or even a broken harmonium could accompany the singing of this Bangladeshi anthem any time anywhere.
  
     The magic of the tune of 'amar sonar Bangla' is so fabulous that it has touched other people's hearts for over a hundred years. It has been judged one of the 10 best National Anthems in the world by a music journalist in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The journalist felt that the wonderful tune "sounded like it was written for a stroll along the bank of the river Seine." It is astounding how he understood " ki anchol bichhayechho boter mule nodir kule kule" just by hearing the tune!  He had listened to the anthems of 205 countries, and those that seemed to him written by a band leader of Royal Navy, or a military marching band, were considered 'lifeless' and perfunctory.
 
   This traditional, spiritual baul tune is composed by an unknown. Its charm and magic will never fade and will continue to inspire love of the land in the the hearts of generations of Bangladeshis to come.  We should thank Rabindranath's musical genius for choosing this pure, authentic Bangladeshi tune for his song in praise of Mother Bengal.
 
                Farida Majid
 

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From: desh_bondhu@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:39:45 +0100
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Background of 'Amar Sonar Bangla'

 
'আমার সোনার বাংলা' মানে অবিভক্ত বাংলা, নিউ ইয়র্ক টাইমসের মতে ইতিহাসের পরিহাস
 

মঙ্গলবার, ১১ অক্টোবর ২০১১,

স্টাফ রিপোর্টার: 'আমার সোনার বাংলা আমি তোমায় ভালোবাসি' রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের এই বাংলা কোনবাংলাবাংলাদেশের ১৬ কোটি মানুষ বিশেষ করে স্কুল-কলেজের ছেলেমেয়েরা প্রতিদিন আসলে কোনবাংলার গান গাইছে। এই প্রশ্নটি অনেকের মনে বিশেষ করে বর্তমান ৫৮ হাজার বর্গমাইলের স্বাধীন সার্বভৌম বাংলাদেশের নতুন প্রজন্মের মনে একটা আন্দোলন তৈরি করতে পারে। কারণ বিশ্বের অন্যতমশীর্ষস্থানীয় প্রভাবশালী দৈনিক দি নিউ ইয়র্ক টাইমস এবিষয়ে একটি চমকপ্রদ তথ্য প্রকাশ করেছে।     
পত্রিকাটির গত ৩রা অক্টোবর সংখ্যায় সামন্ত সুব্রামনিয়াম 'দেশ ভাগের আগে দেশভাগশীর্ষক নিবন্ধেতথ্য দেন যেপশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা ব্যানার্জি সম্প্রতি ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গলকে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ করেছেন। এখনথেকে আর বাংলা পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে ইংরেজিতে ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গল লেখা যাবে না। পশ্চিমবঙ্গের নাম ইংরেজিতেওপশ্চিমবঙ্গ লিখতে হবে। ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গল লেখার রীতি আসলে ঔপনিবেশিক শাসনের ধারাবাহিকতা। বৃটিশভারত ছেড়েছে ১৯৪৭ সালে। তবে অবিভক্ত বাংলা দু'ভাগ হয়েছিল আরও আগে১৯০৫ সালে। ওই সময়েঅবিভক্ত বাংলার মোট জনসংখ্যা ছিল প্রায় ৮৪ মিলিয়ন। সেই বাংলা আয়তনে ছিল বর্তমান ফ্রান্সের সমান।১৮৯৮ থেকে ১৯০৫ পর্যন্ত ভারতে বৃটিশ ভাইসরয় ছিলেন লর্ড কার্জন। তিনি ভেবেছিলেন এতবড় বাংলাকেশাসন করা  সামলানো বেশ কঠিন তিনিই তাই বাংলা ভাগের পরিকল্পনা করেন। বৃটিশদের যে মূল নীতি'ভাগ করো  শাসন করোতার সঙ্গে কার্জনের পরিকল্পনা বেশ খাপ খায়। ১৯০৪ সালে ভারত সরকারেরস্বরাষ্ট্র সচিব এইচএইচ রিজলি লিখলেন, 'যুক্ত বেঙ্গল একটি শক্তি। এটা ভাগ করলে আমাদের শাসনেরবিরুদ্ধে চ্যালেঞ্জ সৃষ্টিকারী প্রতিপক্ষকে ভাগ করা হলে তারা দুর্বল হবে।লর্ড কার্জনের মনে এই সুপারিশবিরাট প্রভাব ফেলেছিল। 
১৯০৫ সালের ফেব্রুয়ারিতে ভাইসরয় কার্জন সেক্রেটারি ফর স্টেট অব ইন্ডিয়া জন ব্রডনিকের কাছে লিখলেন, 'কলকাতা হলো কংগ্রেসের ঘাঁটি। এখান থেকে তারা সমগ্র বাংলা এমনকি গোটা ভারত পরিচালনা করেথাকে। আইনজীবী শ্রেণী খুবই শক্তিশালী। এখন যদি বাংলা ভাগ করা হয় তাহলে তাদের দাপট কমে যাবে।এটা করলে প্রচণ্ড চিৎকার-চেঁচামেচি হবে। তবে আমাকে একজন বাঙাল ভদ্রলোক বলেছেনআমার দেশেরলোক কোন কিছু নিষ্পত্তি না হওয়া পর্যন্ত অনেক হৈচৈ করে। এরপর তারা থেমে যায়। এবং মেনেও নেয়।'এরপরই বাংলা ভাগ হলো। 
সুব্রামনিয়াম এরপর লিখেছেনবাংলাকে এভাবে ভাগ করা হলো যাতে ইস্ট বেঙ্গলে উল্লেখযোগ্য সংখ্যকমুসলিমরা একত্রিত হতে পারে। তারা ভাগ হয়ে প্রথমেই তাদের শোষণ-বঞ্চনার বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার হলো।বৃটিশরা দরিদ্র মুসলিমদের অনুভূতি নিয়ে খেললো। ১৯০৪ সালের ফেব্রুয়ারিতে কার্জন ঢাকায় বলেছিলেন, 'ইস্ট বেঙ্গল হওয়ার ফলে মুসলমানরা এমন এক ঐক্যের স্বাদ পাবে যেটা তারা বহু আগে যখন মুসলমানরাজা-বাদশার আমলে পেয়েছিলেন।
১৯০৫ সালের ১৬ই অক্টোবর বাংলা আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে ভাগ হলো। আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা পরদিন সম্পাদকীয়লিখেছিলকলকাতার জনগণ এদিনটিকে শোক দিবস হিসেবে পালন করবে। এই দেশভাগ বিশেষ করেরবীন্দ্রনাথের জাতীয়তাবাদী চেতনাকে নাড়া দিয়েছিল। এর আগে সেপ্টেম্বরের মাঝামাঝি তিনি লিখেছিলেন, 'বাংলার মাটিবাংলার জল এবং 'আমার সোনার বাংলা' তখনও বাংলা ভাগের ঘোষণা আসেনি।
কলকাতা শহরে প্রথম বাংলা ভাগের প্রতিবাদ হিসেবে 'আমার সোনার বাংলাগানটি গাওয়া হয়েছিল।১৯১১ সালে দুই বাংলা পুনরায় একত্রিত হয়েছিল তবে তা ১৯৪৭ সালে পুনরায় ভাগ হওয়ার জন্য। নিউইয়র্ক টাইমসের ওই নিবন্ধের শেষ বাক্যইতিহাসের অনেক পরিহাস। তবে বঙ্গের অন্যতম পরিহাস হলো-১৯৭১ সালে ইস্ট বেঙ্গল স্বাধীনতা পেল আর তারা কিনা তাদের জাতীয় সংগীত হিসেবে বেছে নিলো 'আমারসোনার বাংলা' প্রথম দশ লাইন। সেটি ছিল রবীন্দ্রনাথের এমন একটি কবিতাযা অবিভক্ত বাংলারচেতনায় অনুপ্রাণিত। 

 






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