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Monday, November 14, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Green tea confirmed as a weight loss nutrient and heart health antioxidant



Green tea confirmed as a weight loss nutrient and heart health antioxidant

Green tea (and its less refined cousin, white tea) has been a part of the ancient Chinese tradition for countless generations, in large part due to its rich endowment of bioactive catechins. Many studies over the past decade have shown that green tea is a powerful tool to improve metabolism in a way that is supportive of weight loss.

Scientists publishing in the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry demonstrate that it activates genes associated with fat burning while also helping to reduce absorption of fat from the digestive tract. Further evidence on the gene-altering activity of green tea is reported in the International Journal of Cardiology, as polyphenols from the drink lower free radical damage to help maintain telomere length in heart cells. Drinking several cups of green tea each day may hold the key to effective weight management and cardiac health.

Researchers from the Departments of Chemical Biology and Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University in New Jersey examined the effect of green tea supplementation on obese mice, known to exhibit similar metabolic characteristics to humans. The animals were broken into two groups and both were fed a traditional high fat/Western style diet. One group received water supplemented with the green tea bioactive catechin EGCG, while the second group acted as a non-supplemented control.

The study determined that EGCG supplementation significantly reduced body weight gain, associated with increased fecal lipids and decreased blood glucose levels, compared to those of the control group. Scientists further found that fatty liver incidence, associated liver damage and liver triglyceride levels were also decreased by the EGCG treatment. Treated animals also experienced improved insulin response as well as lowered C-reactive protein (CRP) and interlukin-6 (IL-6) levels, both strong indicators of systemic inflammation and immune response.

The study authors concluded "Our results demonstrate that the high fat/Western diet produces more severe symptoms of metabolic syndrome and that the EGCG treatment can alleviate these symptoms and body fat accumulation. The beneficial effects of EGCG are associated with decreased lipid absorption and reduced levels of inflammatory cytokines." Green tea helps our cellular engines (mitochondria) to better metabolize calories more efficiently, providing a significant weight management tool.

Additionally, supporting research documents the effect of green tea catechins on extending the lifespan of heart muscle cells. Scientists found that EGCG supplementation exerted a potent antioxidant effect that lowered free radical damage to preserve telomere length and reduce heart cell death. Nutrition experts recommend two to four cups of fresh brewed green tea daily or an organically compounded and standardized EGCG supplement (300 to 500 mg daily) to assist weight management goals and improve cardiovascular health.

About the author:
John Phillip is a Health Researcher and Author who writes regularly on the cutting edge use of diet, lifestyle modifications and targeted supplementation to enhance and improve the quality and length of life. John is the author of 'Your Healthy Weight Loss Plan', a comprehensive EBook explaining how to use Diet, Exercise, Mind and Targeted Supplementation to achieve your weight loss goal. Visit My Optimal Health Resource to continue reading the latest health news updates, and to download your Free 48 page copy of 'Your Healthy Weight Loss Plan'.

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[mukto-mona] WHAT CAUSED THE BIRTH OF BANGLADESH?

Pakistan was created following the formal proposal for the creation of the states of Pakistan, drafted and moved by the Bengal's politician A.K. Fazlul Huq in 1940. The Pakistan movement was speeded up by the killing of more than 20,000 persons in the "Great Calcutta Riot of 1946", which was adopted as a tactical method by the high value non-Bengalee leaders of the All-India Muslim League, for achieving Pakistan.

After the 1965 India-Pakistan War, the jute export from the then East Pakistan fell down drastically and the tea export earning was quite scanty. The non-Bengalee rulers of Pakistan started looking at the area as a deficit zone and, therefore, a burden for the United Pakistan

The then West Pakistanis never liked or accepted the then East Pakistanis due to their racial, economic, and language background. By 1970 it became obvious that the democratic Bengalee population may go further in taking over the administration of the United Pakistan through a democratic process. It was never acceptable to the then West Pakistanis. Their high value non-Bengalee leaders again decided to abandon the area causing "Great Calcutta Riot of 1946" type of killing and destruction in the whole of the then East Pakistan. The result was absolute separation in 1971.

Since 1971, as far as I know there never was any demand for the return of Bangladesh into Pakistan by the people of the present day Pakistan.

Yes, it is true that to-day Bangladesh and Pakistan are now two separate sovereign states. Today they stand in a more natural status. Of course, Pakistan of 21st century is no more a homeland for the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent within the meaning of the concept of Pakistan as expounded by the All-India Muslim League from 1940 to 1947. Naturally, there are new problems and issues before Pakistan today.


A.B.M. Shamsud Doulah
Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court
G.P.O. Box 351, Dhaka-1000
Email: shamsuddoulah@yahoo.com


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[ALOCHONA] Re: Chatra League




http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/11/15/117390

http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/11/15/117422

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-11-15/news/201039

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Chatra League


http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/10/22/113262






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Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?



Religion does not improve the moral and ethical standard of the common people.  In the ancient times, priests ate roasted meat of the first born children, lived on ten per cent of the income, and did next to nothing to serve the society.  Religion and politics are synonymous, or inseparable twins. The former is coated with God, the later is apparently secular occasionally.  To conclude that uneducated and simple minded God fearing people will refrain from committing crimes, educated and rich people will not, one needs to conduct a statistical survey.  Proper education can not lower the moral of anybody.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:53 AM, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Uneducated and simple minded God fearing people will refrain from committing crimes. Educated and rich people will not. They will commit all the crimes as will be required for personal benefits and they will  use a part of that money to perform religious activities. That is why fear factor is not effective for this kind of people. If you are comparing religion with corporate law or the law of the state, then you are really undermining it---spiritual people will not agree with you. They do not need the fear factor to be on the right track. To them religion has a higher purpose which for them serves the needs beyond basic needs like physiological-, safety- or security-, ego,  or social- needs. Probably this need can be compared to self-actualization need that is felt by creative people. And this role of religion is really harmless. I wish that could be the only role to be played by religion. This does not mean that I do not appreciate the role of religion in raising moral and ethical standards of a person and motivationg him to learn and practice virtues. These are definitely important. But these can be well handled by sound education system, arts and literature. The danger lies in making a religion too poweful. The sole agents of religion tend to overpower you. It tends to politicize a religion. It makes a religion divisive. It tends to obstruct the progress of science and society. It helps the vested interest groups to perpetuate the exploitative system and so on.   

From: MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN <mustafiz84@hotmail.com>
To: Mukto-mona Mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 1:32 AM

Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Governments and corporations - man made systems -  also use the fear factor. Or the carrot and stick method, to keep general people on the track. So it is not so low level a purpose. It is universal. You have to have a prize and punishment system in any organisation. Doesn't it work for the educated section? I contest the notion that religion works well for mostly uneducated people. It works for any one who believes in one. His wealth does not matter. Rather it works even better for the wealthier section - or else why would they give away significant portions of their life time earnings for philanthropic causes near the end of their lives? I agree that some of these so called sole agents of religions cause problems. But challenging them have caused more unrests leading to deaths of innocents. And challenging them leads to mudslinging which is uncalled for. For example, in this Forum some who are educated, have attributed atrocious character traits to the Prophet of Islam, whom millions revere. Is this what you call 'challenge these sole agents

Mustafizur Rahman
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.comFrom: subimal@yahoo.comDate: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:28:31 -0800Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?  
For Dr. Roy
  • We do not have to resort to the concept of a "higher power" to explain the diversity of religions. We see diversity in other areas also. Some examples are political ideologies, arts and literature, cultures, human race, language, and many more. Of all these, religions, arts and literature, political ideologies etc. were created by man----sometimes by the most gifted among them. If you want, you may ascribe the presence of a divine power behind these creativities.   
For Mr. Rahman
  • I fully agree that religions use fear factor in an attempt to keep one on the "right" track. I also agree that because of this many "would be" criminals have turned into angels. Without going into the debate of how effective this is, I must add that this is a low level purpose That a religion serves. It however and works well for mostly uneducated people. Religion has a higher purpose. On the one hand it satisfies the spiritual thirst of a person, and on the other it promises to bring peace and justice in this world. The problem is that the "sole agents" of a religion have extremely narrow vision of it or they use it as a tool to exploit people. And because of the latter purpose is not yet visible as much as we expected. The thing has become worse because because of inter-faith or inter-religious clashes as has been pointed out by Roy. That's why I reiterare that we should challenge these sole agents.       

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Thanks for expressing your views also. I had no idea what you were telling in you last post. Now, I understand your views, and agree that – religions have saved many souls. My problem is not the idea of a divine religion, but - the existence of too many religions, which has divided human race into so many religious clans. I tend to believe in the existence of a higher power, just like you. What I have hard time to believe is that the same higher power will ever introduce so many religious views to divide us. Something does not add up, and there has to be something wrong in that picture. Everybody believes that theirs' is the right way. This sentiment will forever keep the interfaith competition and hatred alive. There is no way out.
 
You seem to be a peace loving man, who wants religious harmony in the society. We all want that. Most religious people in the society also want that. In spite of all good intentions, peace is eloping from us every day. If you analyze all recent conflicts in the world, the root cause is the existence of multiple religions, which leads me to conclude that there is an inherent fault in our belief systems. How else we can explain this fallacy. I think you will agree with me on this point. I don't think that without open discussions of this issue we will ever be able to get out of this vicious cycle.
 
I know religion is a sentimental issue for many, but - why? Why do we have so much touchy feelings about religion? Have we ever thought about that point? I cannot find a valid reason or justification for this, except to say that we are psychologically conditioned to feel that way. This is how I see – let's say someone criticizes my faith, and I believe that my faith is the right one, then - he is wrong in my view.  Why should I mind or be angry at someone when I know I am right, and he is wrong? It may be because of the fact that we are not so sure of our faith, and we want to protect it. Your participation in this regard will be highly appreciated.
 
Jiten Roy

From: MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN <mustafiz84@hotmail.com>
To: Mukto-mona Mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 1:25 AM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Mr Jiten Roy,

Thanks for your view points. Religion is a sensitive issue for those who believe in one. As such it should not be criticized in a manner that it makes the believer angry. So I agree with you that 'one should not throw stones at others if one is living in a glass house'. Let us not turn this Forum into a 'Hindu-Muslim Hate Forum'. We have seen the effects of stoking this hate (Hindus versus Muslims in the Indian sub continent) during 1940s. Now we should not start it again, albeit through this (internet) media. You have the right to stick to your opinion that 'all religions are the same, and none of them are any good'. I for one, believe that religion is essential when answers to many questions cannot be given with the help of science.  I hold the view that religions have turned many would be beasts into angels in our societies. When the fear of law, prisons, solitary confinements etc. does not deter, the fear of burning in hell for ever works. Thanks.

Mustafizur Rahman

To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com From: jnrsr53@yahoo.com Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:29:11 -0800 Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society? 
Mr. Mustafizur Rahman,
 
I knew that this is coming. That's why - about a month back, I asked a particular member of this forum not to quote from his religious scripture. My argument was that – if you bring your religion for discussion, others will criticize it, and you have to have the stomach for that situation. Many of you were upset and said that - he has the right to bring any topic for discussion in this forum. After all it is the Mukto-mona forum. Some opined that - I have no power to stop anything in this forum. You were all right. I have no power to stop anything.
 
My intention for this particular discussion thread was to discuss 'religion' in general, not a particular one. Someone introduced Islam into the discussion to show that Islam has solution for everything, and the cascade followed. Snce, I did not bring Islam into the discussion, you cannot say that I have targeted Islam. My personal opinion is – all religions are the same, and none of them are any good. I also do not like politics-with-religion, be that Islam or Hiduism or Christianity or any other religions. I hope - I have explained myself clearly. If not, let me know.
 
Again, I reiterate, do not bring your religion for discussion here if you cannot handle criticism of it. I sometime bring Hinduism into the discussion, an I am mature enough to handle the criticism.
 
Thank you.
 
Jiten Roy


From: MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN <mustafiz84@hotmail.com>
To: Mukto-mona Mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:47 AM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Kamal Das, Jiten Roy etc,

Will you STOP taking advantage of this Forum and refrain from spreading your venom against Islam?

Mustafizur Rahman
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com From: kamalctgu@gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:07:31 +0600 Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society? 
The core message was not convincing enough even to Abu Talib, the mentor and the protector of the prophet.  The mesage is to obtain 72 houries and 28 gillmans in the afterlife with an everlasting erection.  Even Ibn Sina wondered, how the prophet, being the intelligent man that he was, spread such rubbish.  Then he came up with his own intelligent solution!  Consider the intelligence of the average people of medieval times, and you have the answer. About the animal sacrifice, it is the practice in many cultures.  The poor animal dies to serve the religion.  In the primitive times, the first  child was to be sacrificed as an expiation to the cardinal sin from which every child is born.  Abraham himself was a butcher in the temple of Melech.  As he was not sure of his fatherhood of his children, given his age and inability to sire any during his life, he exiled Ismael and Hagar to Mecca, and took Isaac to sacrifice as burnt offering to Moloch.  But he changed his mind later and told the Canaanites that God intervened in the last moment.  Abraham was used to telling lies.  Earlier he passed Sarah as his sister to gain material advantages.  Animal sacrifice has been a common practice across the world. There was no cheaper way to feed people in feasts.  Cow sacrifice by Indian Muslims are intended only to anoy the local Hindus.  Such practice is not the Arabian norm.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:48 PM, sentu tikadar <sentu92003@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
You are right these were acts of half educated idiots who do not understand the core message of Islam.
 
What is the core message ?

 What is the core message of Islam?
 
Tolerance to other Faiths? 
 
Deny others' Faiths and indirectly condemn others' Faiths five times a day? And  brain washing five times per day (like advertisement) later the uncivilised indisciplined Beduin forget  Mohammad ?  So much endeavour to be remembered by ppeople just like a politician sex maniac.
 
What is the teaching? Killing people who would not accept his Faith and used the women of the defeated people. Told something good in Mecca and the same thing told in a reversed way in Medina.  He had written( actually by other) a Book copied from other Book (Bible) because he knew he could not write a completely new  Book out of nothing.So he had taken the easiest and ready- made way. Just Copy and relate him with taht Book's men. So intelligent he was. 
 
Just see the Qurbani in Idd? How people can cut throat the cow which he garlanded with flowers? Giving flowers garland means showing respect to it? After showing respect and / or love it is cut. Desert culture has ruined us. It had divided us. It had killed us. It had made us animals from human. That's why Saudi never allows other to follow their religions in open? In Kashmir, In Pakistan, in Bangladesh , even in India (Deganga of West Bengal) temples' deities demolition is a noble job.
 
They don't feel any pity to that cow? In Pakistan some children stay night with the cow or goat putting flower garlands around its neck. In the morning that animal is cut throat? Height of cruelty !!!  This is the culture mid east had given to us. We borrowed the hard religion from desert while we were not the desert people. 
Is this the teaching of real Allah? Giving pain to a living being Allah feels happy? Don't believe that Allah who is biased. Allah is not a democratic fellow? So the believers of that Allah can not be democratic. That's why most of the Allah believers democratic country are failed country. Who will accept Allah he must be ruled with iron hand otherwise he will loose faiths. So many trics Mahammad had understood and apllied. A real dictator of 1400 years ago. 











     
 
 
--- On Thu, 11/10/11, qar <qrahman@netscape.net> wrote:

From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 5:47 AM
 
Killing of the Ahmediyas by the followers of Mowdoodi in Pakistan, killing and raping of freedom loving Bengalis in 1971, bombing of mosques to kill innocent Shiites in Pakistan and Iraq and somewhere else----are all these the acts by the secularists?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are right these were acts of half educated idiots who do not understand the core message of Islam. However atheist people have done more murdering of innocents than any religious people. Stalin, Mao (Of china) etc done their part in killing anyone who had a different point of view.
-----Original Message----- From: subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 6:37 am Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Killing of the Ahmediyas by the followers of Mowdoodi in Pakistan, killing and raping of freedom loving Bengalis in 1971, bombing of mosques to kill innocent Shiites in Pakistan and Iraq and somewhere else----are all these the acts by the secularists?
From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 2:16 AM
Subject: RE: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
Respected all,
Atheists and secularists (who believe in naturalism and rationalism only and who deny role of religion in public life) are more menace to humanity, morality, civilization as history shows. Most of the wars including first and second great wars were waged by them.
Most of the people of religions are good people. Many of them are misguided by secular political leaders or some ignorant and aggressive religious bigots.
Religious people of all religions should fight these exploiters and stand for humanity, morality and social welfare.
 
Shah Abdul Hannan
 
From: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jiten Roy
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:42 AM
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
 
@Nihar Singh:
 
The true religious people - who are they? Whether they bother anybody or not - is not the issue. The issue is how much is their contribution towards the advancement of the modern society? Are people, who take part in the communal riots or blowup innocent people in the name of religion, any less religious? You may think so - but they don't.
 
@Kamal Das:
The New Testaments does not contain many of the violent verses of the Old Testament means these are not absolute truth. This is the point I am trying to make.
 
Thanks.
 
 
From: nihar singh <nihar_singh786@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?

 
Truely religious people dont disturb anyone. On the other hand atheists try to make everyone atheists. That is true menace. Look at darwin he made everyone think that they eveolved from apes. Many jokers believe this to be true.



--- On Mon, 11/7/11, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?
To: "Mukto-mona" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011, 7:12 PM
Are some religious people menaces in the society?
 
I have been asking this question lately to myself. I tried to find the roles and contributions (I mean, real contributions) of religious people in the society that brought us here from the beginning of time. What I envisioned is that - religion played a very insignificant role towards our social, moral, and scientific developments in this world. Most of these developments are made by religiously indifferent people. The religious people mostly deal with and talk about things that are out of this world. As a result, many of these religious people are misfits and menaces in the society.
 
Many argue that religion builds our moral character, and we learn good and bad from religion, etc. etc. I, on the other hand, think – good and bad we learn from our ancestors, and from our own experiences; religion has nothing to do with it. You might ask where our ancestors learned them from, in the first place. They learned good and bad from their ancestors' experiences, so on, and so forth. Most Chinese do not have any religion. When I asked a Chinese man - how most people there learn about good and bad without religion, he told me - they learn them from their elders' wisdoms. That's right; our ancestors transferred their knowledge and wisdom to us. Therefore, I truly believe – this world would have been a much better place without religion. Religions have divided us into many sectarian hateful clans, which are constantly fighting with one another.
 
Many of us believe that religious doctrines and dogmas are heavenly absolute entities. They forget that - many of those doctrines, dogmas, and interpretations have already been modified from the original preaching during emancipation. For example, Old Testament has been replaced by the New Testament, many Quranic interpretations have been changed, and many Vedic/Puranic practices and interpretations have been changed, etc., etc. That means - religious teachings and practices are subject to change with the time, which means they are not so heavenly endowments as we believe them to be. This is a critical point to remember. Those who think otherwise are the menaces in the society.
 
Jiten Roy




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Re: [ALOCHONA] RE: Background of 'Amar Sonar Bangla'



Bangladesh National Anthem

Mohammad Abdullah, U.S.A.

Most recently revered contributor Mr. Mohammad Gani has given an interesting songkshipto biboron (brief) about the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Anyone will be carried away emotionally with the National Anthem. Why not? National Anthem is a sort of national pride. Thus, any Bangladeshi will be udbuddho (encouraged) with the National Anthem as what we have today. This is because of the potovumi (introduction) of the National Anthem.

The National Anthem of Bangladesh is written by a diehard Hindu inward but having a visible innocent feature outside. This Hindu is known as Rabindranath Tagore, the infamous Hindu Samrat (King) Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru and the member of the great Brahma Samaj. Mr. Gani expressed his innocence about how this song became the National Anthem. Like Mr. Gani many Bangladeshis are facing this surprise on a day-to-day basis.

This song was used intermittently during 1971 without knowing whether it will be the National Anthem of Bangladesh as Bangladesh then was up in the air. In fact, there was no Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro on March 26, 1971 as Mr. Gani noted. Fabricated dates are available like dime a dozen by the emotional scribbler. This name of the radio center was not heard until at a later time in May 1971 as a regular channel.

Until then the clandestine radio center was discrete and arbitrary names were used from various corners as the center was broadcasting in short wave as well as medium wave using irregular operational times. When regular program started twice a day (once in the morning and once in the evening) without definite timing it appeared that such a radio center was unstable but continued until achieving Victory Day on December 16, 1971. Thereafter this radio center continued until Su-Sree Tajuddin Aamed gang came back from Mujibnagar by the Indian Airlines' propelled twin-engine Fokker Friendship on December 22, 1971.

The then Dacca radio center was kept off the air since December 18, 1971 until further order from the puppet of India Su-Sree Tajuddin Aamed issuing from Mujibnagar through the Aakash Baani. During 1971 the Swadhi Bangla Betar Kendro used play a song at the beginning of each program in the morning and in the evening. This song was taken from the film named JOY BANGLA sang by a group of the then singers and recorded in early 1970. During 1972 this film was released but did not attract viewers.

Many individuals noted that this film was released during 1971 but the viewers of Dacca missed it. Many distinguished people noted this song belonged to the leftist corner as it propagated equality. Though the underlying concept of this film was great but did not attract public at all except for the song during 1971 through the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro. Any way, one can see how we pay tribute to a well thought film.

Let us examine the prescribed posthumous certificate to Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru given by Mr. Gani. Of course he has described Kobi-Raj-Guru as a superb patriot as if he liked Bengal and Bengali-speaking people. This Kobi-Raj-Guru favored Hindi as the official language of liberated undivided Hindustan or India in 1936 when he met Hinduder miniaturized Debota Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. His meeting with Gandhi did not hesitate to bow down to the scoundrel bastardized language known as HINDI.

Well, Gandhi had Gujrati as the mother tongue but favored Hindi as the Hindu majority dominated post-independent India. This poet laureate was a great chamcha not only of the British but also to the Western Regional Hindu leaders of the then British India. He had passion for Gokhle, Balgangadhar Tilak, M. K. Gandhi, dead Shivaji, dead Shambhuji, and many other non-Bengali-speaking Hindus. Subhas Bose or Sher-e-Bangla Fazlul Huq was no leader for him.

Concurrently he had no value of M. A. Jinnah while belonging to Congress party (i.e., until 1929) or Congress believer Abul Kalam Azad. Bishwa Kobindranth accepted M. K. Gandhi, Moti Lal Nehru, and Jawarher Lal Nehru as the only leader of British India as he maintained liaisons with them. Of course he had no room for one-third non-Hindus of the same soil. His patriotism extends to the puppet philosophy toward the British and, thus, coined novels like Ghorey Bairey posing controversial characters of the freedom fighters. Any reader would be in a dilemma for a while.

Such controversy indicates that he was a confusing character until his death in 1941 whether freedom could be achieved from the British. He would be the first British loving person on the soil if measured by the patriotic scale based on chronological history of that time.

If Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru had true love for united Bengal then he would act directly for the unity. Does he have any example of such an act? Did he talk against the British rule or did he point out what British were doing wrong to the people of the soil? Rather he enjoyed KNIGHT profoundly using a jacket loose enough to give up easily. He said that he gave this up KNIGHT tile after the Jalianwalabagh killing but his books published after that date were seen with SIR title in front of Rabindranath Tagore.

This is the hypocrisy that is visible publicly. In disguise he used it but publicly he gave up as utterance only. This means he preferred to use the tile but felt ashamed at given times. In his mind he had dual character of hypocrisy and became one of the greatest hypocrites of the twentieth century.

At one hand he was a great Bengali language lover and on another hand he used to advocate Hindi language surrounding him as well as on the Bengali-speaking lands. He did not see anything wrong in that. Will Bangladeshis like Hindi environment in Bangladesh? Seeing or watching Hindi films are not the same as visualizing Hindi environment around the Bangladeshis. He never wanted or advocated for the Bengali-speaking land as a single entity or as a single independent nation. He had no Bengali nationalism in his dictionary. He understood chamchagiri of the non-Bengali speaking Hindu Congress leaders. He echoed with them by hook or by crook.

This poet laureate had never supported freedom struggle from the British. He was rather a sarcastic critique and never documented such utterances to individuals in public. He expressed doubt to achieve freedom from the British. He was fascinated by the supremacy of the British and paid tribute to the British Raj. He exploited poor Muslim peasants of Kushtia and Pabna (former districts) and enhanced estate revenue by three-fold. His MAHARSHI father was very happy seeing child's success with the Money-Collection-Box. Maharshi had boundless joy for this success.

This laureate was very much after penny collection so that his pocket remains warm for years (generations) to come. There is no record that shows humanity from him for the Muslim peasants of those two districts. He was the blood-sucker ZAMINDAR BABU served as a butcher during under the British shelter.

That is why he preferred British Raj to exist. Further he paid money to the poor Muslim peasants to collect the works of LALAN SHAH (FAKIR). His rampant search for Lalan's work was marvelous. Later Kobi-Raj-Guru colored those and published as his original work. No one realizes such work whether originated from Lalan or Kobi-Raj-Guru. Of course this success goes as his credit.

After Sheiklh Mujibur Rahman came back from the Pakistani custody he captured the Premiership position from Su-Sree Tajuddin Aamed. Shortly after installing his cabinet by putting Abu Sayed Chowdhury in the President's chair on January 12, 1971 Mujib got engaged in choosing NATIONAL ANTHEM. He set a drama for about couple of days in the media to choose the National Anthem.

This was only a show. On the eventual day in mid-January 1972 he declared unilaterally Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru's song as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. On the same day Aakash Baani proclaimed joy with Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru stating single writer laureate for two countries. There was no voting or selection or election process. Briefly many leaders named Dwijendralal Roy's song. Before debate started Mujib hurriedly adopted his desired national anthem per pre-cooked prescription from his Guru in New Delhi. This is the way present National Anthem was adopted or chosen.

Mr. Gani recapped Mujib's 160 seats and Bhutto's 81 seats and portrayed Mujib party had the electoral victory. This misunderstanding still exists as Mujib and his diehard followers never clarified the impact of the LEGAL FRAME-WORK ORDER (LFO) of Yahya Khan coined by Punjabi bottle-khor Justice A. R. Cornelius. Even today the people of Bangladesh understand that Mujib was the absolute winner in the Pakistani National Assembly which is completely untrue per Legal Frame-work Order as Mujib signed and agreed to the content of this document.

Mujib was never been a leading or majority party leader in the Pakistan National Assembly per the result of the December 7th 1970 election. He became a Provincial majority leader just like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in Punjab and Sindh. Mujib never had the mandate to frame the constitution of Pakistan. Neither had he earned to establish 6-point formula of AL and 11-point formula of the students.

Mujib remained as good leader as Bhutto having deficiency of earning majority in another province of Pakistan which Bhutto had. If Mujib would have not signed Legal Frame-Work Order then he was not eligible to participate in the election. By introducing that LFO Mujib was trapped and made a scapegoat of the election result. He was fooled enough by Yahya gang which Mujib overlooked as his advisors remained stupid in actions. One such advisor is still alive and known a famous guy by the name Kamal Hossain. This tout leader knows everything about Mujib's role during 1970 through 1975. He must be arrested immediately and quizzed for the sake of developing true history of Bangladesh. This quizzing process will eliminate any ambiguity that exists in the Bangladeshi political playground.

Overall we have a taste of freedom and independence since 1947. The freedom in Bangladesh is a total freedom as a nation. This is indeed a great achievement for us which the Indians don't have at all except for their Hinduism as a unity vehicle despite caste system. The fragile Indians were never been united in the history of mankind.

Coming back to the National Anthem I must note that this song is hardly remembered or used by the Bangladeshis as nearly everyone breaks the tongue to get to the pronunciation. The language used in fabricating this song is not used by us in any corner of Bangladesh. This sort of language is Hindu Audhyushito (washed by Hindus) and dominated by them. It is hard for Bangladeshis to comprehend the meaning of this song too. Common people of Bangladesh do not remember such a song.

This is very impractical for a nation of 150 million people. I doubt whether any President or Prime Minister of Bangladesh could recite first ten lines of this song which is the National Anthem. This kind of foolish song needs to be abolished as the National Anthem. It must be written by a Bangladeshi.

Such a song must not be imported from another country. We should have our own for the soil and the people as we use our language on a day-to-day basis in our news item, song, natak (drama), speech, verbal program, etc. in the media like newspapers, TV channels, Radio, etc.

Today Bangladesh has many talents and they can fabricate more popular songs as they demonstrate regularly in many cultural events both at home and in abroad. Bangladesh must delete an obsolete imported song and adopt a new song as the National Anthem. Biushwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru is not the National Poet of Bangladesh. He is not even National Poet of India. Everyone in the sub-continent understands this poet laureate as a controversial character. If the song is produced by a Bangladeshi only then the song will be an own product. Pride will be achieved this way for the Bangladeshi nation and not by using a borrowed song from the Indian Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru.

Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru opposed the creation of the University of Dacca during 1910 through 1920 and echoed with Ashutosh Mukerjee. Had Kobi-Raj-Guru believed in united Bengal then how could he differentiate one part of Bengal versus another part of the same Bengal? Didn't he differentiate between Eastern Bengal and Western Bengal in those days and took side with Western Bengal in the name of Hindu supremacy and believed in subduing Muslims of Eastern Bengal? Do we need to evaluate further his hypocrisy? The major problem is that present young Bangladeshis do not know the history perfectly of this scoundrel laureate. If little was known then Mr. Gani could avert singing about Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru. I urge Mr. Gani to go through the communal act of 1935 and see his role in that. I suppose more worms will come out if the can is properly adjudged.

Finally, I would like to ask Mr. Gani if a Swiss speaks German does that mean the Swiss can be called a German. Similarly if an Austrian speaks German then would that Austrian be called as a German? Similarly if an Indian speaks or writes or cultures Bengali language deeply should that person be called as Bangladeshi? I hope Mr. Gani will comprehend the difference and stop dreaming about united Bengal. If united Bengal comes as a wave let it come from the Indian secessionists. Let them realize the meaning of freedom. Only then such a welcome would be meaningful.

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Factual Perspective on Sonar Bangla

Mohammad Abdullah ,U.S.A.

I thank both Mr. Abid Bahar (Canada) and Mr. Saleh Ahmad (Bangladesh) for their deliveries at NFB concerning the present National Anthem of Bangladesh. I would add further information to their notes. Their observations and perspectives are highly valued.

Regarding Bengali culture, let us get back for a moment to Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. In his wonderful writing we found "Bangalee Chhelera Musholmaan Chheleyder Sathey Khelchhey …football(?).. " What does "Bangalee Chheley" or "Musholmaan Chheley" mean while the game was going on presumably in the Hooghly Mohsin College playground? There must be a clear distinction between the two groups that Sarat Chandra Chatterjee observed. This infamous writing is very famous to the Hindus, in particular. Of course there are some blind supporters of this infamous text and those who are the Bengali-speaking Muslims. Sarat Chatterjee has defined the Bengali culture in this way.

Further he has written: "…….. Nerhrey Holey Ki Hobey, Ra(n)dhey Valo …." From where Nerhey came in Sarat Chatterjee's text? We know clearly that Sarat Chatterjee coined GAFOOR wherein he enjoyed the hearts of the Muslim readers. This is how diehard Hindus had observed the Muslims though both speak the same language. The irony is that a Hindu eats "Hindu Mangsho" while a Muslim eats "Gosto (or Gos-t)" or simply "Gosh." The difference remains between the PANI and the JOL.

In the same way if one observes Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru's writing the same trickery will be visible. Rahamat Kabuliwala is a murderer, a character of a Muslim. Is this true that each Afghan Pathan is a murderer? As we know from the history, Emperor Asoka captured power by superseding his brother almost the same way nearly two thousand years later as Aurangazeb. The same Emperor was involved in mass killing from day one in the throne. Ultimately circa 262 B.C. he wanted Kalinga (present Orissa and adjoining southern areas) by hook or by crook.

The battle did cost him a total of nearly 40,000 lives. This number is similar to that of nearly 1800 years later Babur observed in Panipath. After that Babur was dismayed with battles but he had to take cannons again when Sangram Singh and a few other miniaturized Hindu and Muslim opponents did not leave him in peace. Seeing the dead bodies Asoka was very much disheartened and ultimately changed the religion to find peace. In the human history killing is a normal observation regardless of religious bias of the leader.

Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru ignored such historical facts but decided to portray a Muslim character as a murderer. This mean writer also enjoyed the hearts of the Hindus and Muslims alike regarding Rahamat Kabuliwala as the loving father and heart-breaking affection for a daughter. This baloney logic is no where nearer to viewing Rahamat as a murderer.

No one finds Muslim characters in the massive production machine of Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru except for Rahamat and in Musholmaani Didi. A Hindu pronounces Musolmaan as Musholmaan as found in Oi-ishlamic instead of Islamic. Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru had the same problem and deliberately ignored 57% Bengali-speaking Muslims. No wonder that the Bengali-speaking land was eventually divided. Such a scoundrel laureate was one of the responsible fellows for the partition because of his Hindu-oriented role being a member of the Brahma Samaj.

If he had any sense of humanity as a laureate then he would not have pursued to stop establishing the University in Dacca. Ashutosh Mukerjee initially opposed with his lawyer group members. His main instrumental was infamous communal Jadu Nath Sarkar. In order to strengthen the team against the establishment of the University in Dacca these communal despots gathered to include Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru.

The amazing thing is this laureate Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru accepted such an invitation and worked against the establishment of the University to be located in Dacca. As a trade Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru tried to install his son-in-law (husband of Myra Devi) Mr. Gangopadhaya (of Barisal origin; 1889 - 1956) as a Faculty member in Soil Science (basically Soil Chemistry and Geology) at the University of Calcutta. This 21-year old son-in-law had a Bachelor's degree then from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Somehow hiring committee did not approve a Bachelor's holder to be a Faculty at the University of Calcutta. Even then Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru continued tuning his focus on damaging the approval of the new University. At that time he was already a Nobel Laureate.

This shameless laureate fought shoulder to shoulder with the management by shaking hands with the communal group members of the University of Calcutta as well as the lawyers of the Calcutta Court. HOW MANY BANGLADESHIS ARE PROUD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DACCA? These sons of the soil must speak loudly that they are the products of that institution. HOW MANY BANGLADESHIS KNOW THAT Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru OPPOSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAME UNIVERSITY BETWEEN 1910 AND 1920?

Why the Bangladeshis need to honor such a scoundrel laureate? If there was no University in Dacca then the entire population would face a situation like Nepal or Bhutan or Afghanistan. What was the prime reason for Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru to oppose this University? Do we have answer? Indeed Bishwa-Kobi-Raj-Guru was communally motivated

Evidence shows that when Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman died in 1970, at that time no scholarly people attended his funeral. Almost every Indian knew this despotic character as a great CHEAT of the science and technology arena. Poor Krishnan ultimately died as a madcap. If Raman could be honored in this way in India then why Bangladeshis are hesitant to abolish a communal laureate from the political and literal playground pf Bangladesh? A bill must be taken by the Parliament to approve the change of the National Anthem of Bangladesh.

A Bangladeshi must be the writer of such a National Anthem that nation can sing better without breaking tongue. Furthermore, the compatriots will not have to come across a communal any more. The nation will look perfect as filled with Bangladeshi citizens.

Finally, Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru had no connection with Bangladesh before 1947 and after 1947. His no family member or relatives belong to Bangladesh. His son-in-law was a British citizen and died there. His situation is not the same as Kazi Nazrul Islam. Again, Bishwa Kobi-Raj-Guru is not the National Poet of Bangladesh. Such a laureate has no room in India as well as a National Poet.

The prime reason for that he regarded as a scoundrel tout writer who had no fame in any branch of literature. Name any branch – he has touched, but never acquired championship. He has no parallel work compared to the champions in other languages. He was a mere reproducer and copier of old works of some less known people such as Lalan Fakir. He also stole many concepts from the Persian literature beside English competitors. Why Bangladeshis need to bother about such a stupid garbage copier? Since his ashes were thrown in Bhagirathi then we need to throw his legacies in the Bay of Bengal.

Mohammad Abdullah ,U.S.A.
mabdullah51@hotmail.com

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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
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).

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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
 
'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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