Iam absolutely agreed with Nikhilda's topics as follows:-
Many so called humanists have not gone kolkata to make a
documentary on Noble Prize winners Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore or Amartya Sen. It is not only foreigners that spoils the good name of the city, there are unscrupulous citizen too who take part in it for their personal benefit. By making City of Joy or kolkata as a brothel, they made a lot of money. Those people were always trying to show negative attitude on Kolkata but never highlighted on positive side of Kolkata or WestBengal.
- In mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com, "nikhil mazumder" wrote:
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> Dear Partha Banerjee,
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> While you are arguing about who gets the Oscar on 'Born into Brothel', I have a different view about Kolkata. It is sentimental that explains my feeling only and I am attaching it herewith for your kind viewing. There are problems everywhere but why pick on Kolkata only!
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> It is good news for filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman that they have won the Oscar for best documentary on `Born into Brothel' ( IW March 4, 2005 ) but certainly not good news for Kolkata, a city of India's West Bengal, which had been a target for all sorts of humanists to look for the worst of all that are evil.
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> To site a few examples, Madam Theresa found Kolkata as a place of the destitute people and she worked for their welfare and spirituality to win her Nobel Prize. Film makers of `City of Joy' found this place as the home land for the lepers and thugs and earned a great fortune and fame for their film. In early 70's, the name `O Calcutta' was given to a nude Broadway show to attract people by the reputation of the exotic name.
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> It appears that there is no other place in the world where poverty, prostitution, disease exist as bad as in Kolkata. This is far from the truth; there are certainly places worse than that. Then why these humanists focus on Kolkata only? I guess this documentary is a product of spy-work and bribery by the filmmakers. They take advantage of the simple and friendly nature of the Bengali people and fulfill their motive safely. To do it in other countries, it will certainly be risky and life threatening.
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> Indian government seems to be indifferent to this kind of spy-work which has brought defamation, one after another, to this glorious city Kolkata. This city had been the birth place of two Nobel Laureates, Rabinndra Nath Tegore and Amartya Sen among many other world renowned talents in Science, Arts and Literature. But how many so called humanists have gone there to make a documentary on them! It is not only foreigners that spoils the good name of the city, there are unscrupulous citizen too who take part in it for their personal benefit.
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> It is the duty of the Indian government to scrutinize these spy-works that destroy the image of the country. Keeping it consistent with their policy of rejecting foreign aids for the tsunami victims, the government should also not allow any donation from the filmmakers for the proposed `school for the prostitutes' children'.
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> San Jose
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