It has come down to this: No one really knows what he is talking about, and yet everyone WANTS to cite the rotten history of Bengal to support his or her personal negative opinion on the current state of affairs. This 'Fakirer jaat' deserves the kind of low level governace since it has been elected in place.
I have been steadfastly doing the opposite. I want to reach out to the HISTORY in order to show how brilliantly sagacious the pre-colonial administrations of Bengal were. Please read my column published in the New Nation during the days of CTG:
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/03/14/news0129.htm
Hope you find the comments and factual elements mentioned in the piece still accurate and relevant.
Farida Majid
The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy.
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