Saturday, June 13, 2020
THE INSPIRING STORY BEHIND THE SYMBOL OF LIBERATION AND FIGHT -CHE GUEVERA
Pherhaps no revolutionary is better known than Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.
An innocent face with dreamy eyes and a hat with a star symbol on it. That is the ever-lasting image of the greatest rebel of the 20th century.
He was not born a revolutionary. He grew up in a middle-class family and lived an ordinary life until he died. No matter which corner of the world you go to, you will hear about Che Guevara. Not a lot of people however ‘know’ about him and even less know the facts that how he incranat loves leads to revolution. So, read on.
Born to an Argentine family, Che travelled extensively around South and Central America and witnessed the plight of the lower classes
Deeply moved by the poverty, illiteracy and oppression, he realised there is a need for a revolution and resolved to fight for a better world.
It was in 1955, that he was introduced to Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro and joined his war against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
He helped Castro consolidate power and arranged for the USSR to position missiles within Cuba
After the overthrow of Batista, Guevara became the head of the National Bank as well as served as Minister of Industry.
when his policies began to cause rifts with other Cuban leaders, he decided to spread revolutions in other parts of the developing world in 1965.
During his tenure, he stressed the importance of literacy.
He set up schools and educational institutes in the rural areas. He emphasized the importance of education which helped the literacy rate rise from 60% to 96%. The illiterate masses were transformed into literate ones.
He visited China and the Soviet Union and he is in a way responsible for the Soviet-Cuban relationship.
He resigned from his governmental duties to resume his work as a revolutionary abroad.
He went on an official tour of Asia, Africa and Europe to establish diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba.
He visited Havana, celebrated his birthday in Madrid and then flew to Delhi via Cairo. Prime Minister Mr Jawaharlal Nehru welcomed Che Guevara in his Teen Murti residential office.
After an ill-fated stint in the Congo, he briefly returned to Cuba before making his way to Bolivia.
Fighting against the military government was his main goal. But the superior training of the Bolivian army and poor relations with local communists saw his suffering a string of defeats.
In 1967, he was surrounded and forced to surrender to the army and was executed the next day in Bolivia.
It was only in 1997 that the Guevara’s body was found, located near a Vallegrande airstrip. After confirmation report by the forensic anthropologist, his remains were laid to rest, with military honors, in a specially built mausoleum.
We see Che Guevara everywhere in India – on posters, shirts, tattoos and frames hanging in our bedroom because we crave for something that is ‘super cool’ (without even knowing it’s legacy).
But, the fact is, he is a symbol of liberation and fight all over the world.
Not only did he inspire thousands to rise against tyranny, but eve after 53years, his vision still continues to fight many a revolutionary.
Like Nelson Mandela said, ‘Che is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom’.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
BOUNCE BACK OF BENGAL FROM:STONE AGE TO INDEPENDENCE
WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD IS
FACING A PANDEMIC SITUATION BENGAL HAVE TO SUFFER FROM BOTH THE UNFAMILIAR
CONDITION (SUPER CYCLONE&CORONA).BENGAL IS FACING THE COMBINATION OF DANGER
AND UNCERTANITY BOTH,IN SUCH CONDITION THOUSAND OF QUESTION ARRIVES what we
will do after that?how long it will last?how we can survive? BUT APART FROM THIS ONE QUESTION ALWAYS KNOCK TO MY MIND IS
THAT EVER BENGAL HAS FACE ANY UNEXPECTED CONDITION(not only pandemic or
cyclone) .IF YES THEN HOW BENGAL AGAIN BOUNCE BACK TO IT,S NORMAL STITUATION.SO
TO START THE JOURNEY OF HISTORY OF BENGAL PLEASE TIGHTEN YOUR SEAT BELT AND
ENJOY THE NEVER ENDING BOUNCE BACK OF BENGAL FROM:”STONE AGE TO INDEPENDENCE OF
BENGAL”
Ancient Bengal:
Bengal is a 4,000 year old
civilization that thrived between the banks of Ganges to Brahmaputra and
sustained itself with the riches of Gangetic Delta.
Remnants of earliest cities
in the state date back to the Vedic Period. The oldest archaeological site in
Bangladesh is Mahasthangarh, which dates back to 700 BCE. The culture and
ethnicity of Bengal was different than that of the Vedic people. The latter
referred to the people of Bengal as 'dasyus' or demons.
The Retreat of Alexander:
Greek traveler and
chronicler Megasthenes referred to Bengal as Gangaridai in his book Indica (300
BC). When Alexander invaded India and defeated Porus, he wanted to conquer all
of India and moved eastward where he came to know about the mighty forces of
the Gangaridai warriors.
Alexander read accounts of
Gangetic Delta written by Ptolemy and Diodorus. Greek historian Diodorus
Siculus (90 BC -30 BC) depicted the Gangaridai warriors in this manner:
"The river is called
the Ganges which had a width of thirty two stadia, and a greater depth than any
other Indian river. Beyond this again were situated the dominions of the nation
of the Prasioi and the Gandaridai, whose king, Xandrammes, had an army of
20,000 horses, 200,000 infantry, 2,000 chariots and 4,000 elephants trained and
equipped for war.... Now this (Ganges) river, which is 30 stadia broad, flows
from north to south, and empties its water into the ocean forming the eastern
boundary of the Gandaridai, a nation which possesses the greatest number of
elephants and the largest in size."
Arguably, it was the might
of the Gangaridai warriors that made Alexander retreat of Bengal
Mention in Mahabharata:
The Mahabharata mentions
Bengali kings Chitrasena and Sanudrasena, who were defeated by Pandav king
Bhima. It also talks about a folklore that Bhima was injured by a poisoned
arrow and he came to the southern most parts of Bengal, called Patratal, to
heal. The southern most parts of Bengal indicates towards the mangrove lands of
the Sundarbans.
In a significant
development of events, a third century civilisation has been recently
discovered beneath the surface of Gobardhanpur in Pathar Pratima Block,
Sundarbans. The place has remnants of cauldrons and pots that would have been
used to make herbal medicines.
Have you ever wondered why is it called the Bay of Bengal?
The answer is simple. The
Bengal rulers have always paid attention to naval expansion. Trade links among
Bengal, Java, Sumatra and Siam (now Thailand) can be traced even now.
Entrepot of the Silk Route:
Bengal has always been the
gateway to the eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent. It is the shortest and
easiest route from the Bay of Bengal to the Himalayas. Such a geographical
advantage made Bengal a commercial hub that connected the sea to the famous
Silk Route.
The Empires in Bengal:
1)Maurya Dynasty (324 BC -
185 BC)
2)Gauda Empire (590 CE - 626
CE)
3)Malla Dynasty
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| KALIPADA SINGHA THAKUR |
What we know as Bankura, a
western district in modern day West Bengal, was once known as Mallabhum, the
land of the Mallas. The Malla kings ruled the western provinces of Bengal from
the seventh century and their dynasty can be traced to this date. Their last
king Kalipada Singha Thakur became the king of Mallabhum in 1930 and 'ruled'
till his death in 1983
Do you know what is the rename of SHASANKA’S KARNA SUVARNA??
Murshid Quli Khan alias Ala ud-Daulah
was the last Mughal Subahdar of Bengal under the reign of Mughal emperor
Bahadur Shah I. Murshid took the throne
as the Nawab of Bengal. He renamed the region of Shashanka's Karna Suvarna as
Murshidabad.
The Maratha Invasion:
During the political
turmoil after the death of Murshid Quli Khan in the 18th century, the Maratha
Empire decided to invade Bengal. Led by Maratha Maharaja Raghuji of Nagpur, the
Maratha force was able to capture parts of Odisha and Bengal but failed to get
a hold of the entire province. The term 'Bargi', which refers to
Maratha plunderers, is still a common term used in West Bengal (It's even used
in a lullaby!)
খোকা ঘুমালো পাড়া জুড়ালো বর্গী এল দেশে
বুলবুলিতে ধান খেয়েছে খাজনা দেব কিসে?
বুলবুলিতে ধান খেয়েছে খাজনা দেব কিসে?
khoka ghumalo, paṛa juṛalo, borgi (bargi) elo deshe
bulbulite dhan kheyechhe, khajna debo kiše?
bulbulite dhan kheyechhe, khajna debo kiše?
Plassey and the British:
Being a gateway to
India, a
strong naval presence, a land full of riches and a weak ministerial cabinet --
to answer the question on how the British invaded India, one should fall back
on these four factors.
The Battle of Plassey (June
1757), which allowed the British to consolidate their hold in Bengal as rulers,
was only the curtain fall on a plot of a catastrophic betrayal.
Mirza Muhammad Sirajud-Daulah, who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, gave the British a
commercial licence to buy muslins and jute from Bengal. The British manipulated
Siraj's ministers and bribed them to stand against the Nawab.
Siraj was betrayed by his
trusted ally Mir Jafar and others ministers. He lost the Battle of Plassey and
Bengal lost itself to the western colonisers.
The last free king of Bengal
British Bengal:
The Fort William in
Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the first British stronghold in India. Although
Siraj was able to capture it, after his death, the British rebuilt it and made
it into a fortified, cannon-fitted military base.
After the fall of Mughal
Empire, the focus of Indian culture and politics shifted from Delhi to
Calcutta. The city gradually became the capital of the British India. It
remained so until 1911.
Bengal Renaissance:
The Bengal Renaissance saw the rise
of extraordinary personalities and visionaries from the Bengal province in the
19th and 20th century. Free thinking was encouraged among students, caste
discrimination was condemned, and literature and science were seen as the
agents of progress.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the 'Father of
modern India', was the pioneer of the renaissance. Pandit Ishwar Chandra
Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath
Bose, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore propelled the
movement forward and made Bengal the face of progress and culture in India.
I belive
we should Acknowledge the Situation. Sometimes people try to stay in denial
when they face a tough situation
I BELIVE IT'S THE TIME TO MAKE BOUNCE BACK OUR ETERNAL SOUL AND MAKE OUR ENVIORMENT POSITIVE AND STOP TO DENIAL THE PANIC STITUATION .IN THIS PANIC SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE GET UNCERTAINT HOW TO MADE OUR ENVIORMENT GOOD I REMEMBER THE QUOTE OF SRI SRI THAKUR ANUKUL CHANDRA
Saturday, May 9, 2020
KNOW SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BENGALIS
ITS MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
THAT PEOPLE EITHER LOVE US BENGALIS OR
HATE THEM.BUT IT HARD TO IGNORE THE
AMAZING STRING OF TALENT AND AWESOMNESS THAT WE BRING TO THE COUNTRY.ONE OF THE
MOST CULTURALLY PROSPEROUS STATE OF INDIA,WEST BENGAL IS FILLED WITH SURPRISE.
ONCE GOPAL KRISHNA GOKALE REMARKED”WHAT BENGAL THINKS TODAY ,INDIA THINKS TOMMOROW”
THERE ARE LOTS OF ELEMENTS WITH THE BENGAL CULTURE AND WE
ARE GOING TO KNOW SOME OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS ABOUT THEM
1)NOPE!NO MAACH IT’S
MANGSHO
WHILE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THINKS THAT FISH IS THE FAVROUTE
DISH AND MOST PREPARED FOOD FOR EVERY OCCASION THEN YOU ARE WRONG ONE
MATE. PATHER MANGSHO OR GOAT MEAT IS THE MOST PREPARED FOOD IN THE EVERY OCCASION. YES YOU CAN CONFIRM IT…..
2)SWEETEST LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
BENGALI LANGUAGE IS VOTED AS THE 2ND MOST BEAUTIFUL
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD BY UNESCO.
DO YOU KNOW THAT INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE IS BASED ON THE BENGALI LANGUAGE(21st FEBRUARY)?BENGALI IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD FOR IT’S LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
AND PEOPLE SACRIFICING THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR MOTHER LANGUAGE.IT’S UNBELIEVABLE ….SUCH
IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LANGUAGE THAT THE ENTIRE NATION IS NAME AFTER IT “BANGLADESH”
3)DIE HARD FOOTBALL FANS
LET US CLEAR THIS WAY.WHAT CRICKET IS TO INDIA.FOOTBALL IS TO
BENGALIS. BE IT ANY FOOTBALL LEAGUE FROM
ANY CORNER OF THE WORLD,YOU WON’T FIND A BENGALI WHO DON’T KNOW ABOUT IT TEAM
AND THE FACTS OF THE LEAGUE.THE FOOTBALL FEVER IN BENGALI IS ANCEINT,RIGHT FROM
HAVING THE OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN INDIA(MOHAN BAGHAN) TO SOURAV GANGULY PITCHING ATHLETICO DE
KOLKATA WITH A BANG!FOOTBALL IS NOT JUST SPORTS FOR BENGALIS IT’S A EMOTION.
IT’S MY CONCERN THAT DON’T
BELIVE YOUR BENGALI FRIEND WHO DON’T LOVE FOOTBALL.
4)NEVER RUN OUT OF PET NAME
IT’S AMAZING THAT WHERE THE WHOLE WORLD IS TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM THE NICK NAME,BUT IN BENGAL NO ONE IS RUNS OUT OF THE FIRST NAME. RATHER,PEOPLE
TEND TO RUN OUT OF THE PET NAME ONLY.HIDDEN PET NAME FOUND IN BENGAL ONLY
BOLAI,MONTU,TUKAI,TINKU TOTON,SHANKU AND MANY MORE.SO IF YOU WANT A PET NAME
CONCERN WITH YOUR BENGALI FRIENDS
5)BORN INTELLECTUALS,AIN’T IT?
IF YOU ARE STUCK WITH YOUR MATHEMATICS PROBLEM OR LAPLACE OR
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ENGLER,THEN YOUR BENGALI FREIND IS JUST THE PERSON YOU NEED.THEY ARE
ALWAYS PASSIONATE ABOUT LEARNING AND HAVE SOME OF THE MOST INELLECTUAL MIND IN
INDIA AND ABOARD TOO.POLITICS ,SCEINCE,PHILOSOPHY,ARTS AND EVEN COMPLEX
ASTRONOMY IS THE FAVOURITE TOPIC OF ANY BENGALI.
IT’S MY BELIEF THAT IF A BONGS ARE IN MOOD TO ARGUE AND A
CHA BY THEIR SIDE,THE ARE UNSTOPPABLE,AND I’M NOT EXAGGERATING.THEY ARE ALWAYS
UP FOR DEBATE.
6)THEATER AND FILMS
WEST BENGAL HAS LONG STANDING TRADITION OF FOLK DRAMA KNOWN
AS JATRA. WEST BENGAL HAS ITS OWN FILM INDUSTRY KNOWN AS ‘TOLLYWOOD’.BENGAL HAS
A LONG LIST OF ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER BOTH NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY,INCLUDING THE
ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM DIRECTOR SATYAJIT RAY.OTHER FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY
FILMMAKER INCLUDE RITUPARNO GHOSH ,APARNA SEN,NANDITA ROY etc.
7)EVERY BONG IS A CERTIFIED FOODIE
BE IT GRAND DURGA PUJA OR INDEPENDENCE DAY,BENGALIS NEVER FAIL TO CELEBRATE IT WITH DELICIOUS FOOD.YOU WON’T FIND A SINGLE BENGALI WHO DOESN’T LOVE TO EAT.AFTER ALL KOLKATA IS THE FOOD CAPITAL OF INDIA.OUR BENGALIS KITCHEN IS ALWAYS ROLLING THE PLATES.
THE CULTURE OF WEST BENGAL IS AN INDIAN CULTURE WHICH HAS IT’S
ROOTS IN LITREATURE,MUSIC,FINE ART,DRAMA,AND CINEMA.ITS HAS A LONG TRADITION OF
POPULAR LITREATURE,MUSIC AND DRAMA LARGELY BASED ON BENGALI FOLKLORE AND HINDU
EPICS AND PURANS.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
DEBUNKING OF 6 CORONA VIRUS MYTH THAT YOU,VE BEEN HEARING:REAL FACT
1)FACT: If you are healthy, mask will won’t keep you safe.
The disposable mask that you get in drugstore won’t keep you safe it may
get sick you. Yes, if u are diagonised
with covid-19 that it may prevent your respiratory droplets due to cough
or sneeze-says by ASHWIN VASAN M.D,PH.D and EPIDEMOLOGIST and CEO of fountain
house in NEW YORK.”I URGE PEOPLE TO STOP BUYING MASK AND LEAVE THEM
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST,THE HEALTHWORKER WHO ARE AROUND THE
SICK PATEINTS.
2)FACT: You can’t catch corona virus from your pet.
Right now the CDC says there is no such evidence that pets ,livestock or
wildlife can transmit the diseases to the human,but we are not sure whether
human can transmit it to the pets or not-says DR DASGUPTA
3)FACT: Even if you don’t have symptoms ,you can still be contagious.
It is possible that 70% to 80% people who don’t have any symptoms may be
contagious-says PETER GULICK infectious diseases expert at Michigan State
University
Keep yourself healthy by washing your
hand properly and stay inside.
4)FACT: The pandemic won’t be end once warmer weather arrive.
Rising temperature won’t bring corona virus to be a halt.”THE IDEA THIS
IS JUST GOING TO BLOW OVER ONCE SPRING AND SUMMER IS ARRIVE IS INCORRECT-wammer
temperature
Won’t kill off the virus”-says DR VASAN
That’s why social distancing is very important
5)FACT:A vaccine won’t be available to anytime soon.
Scientist are hard at work developing the antidote that can effectively
fight with the virus, but it will be long time before available to the general
public. We want a vaccine but there is a multiple stage to approval to FDA and it is important that vaccine pass through
all the steps properly .This virus is going to mutate us so we need a right
vaccine-says DR DASGUPTA.
6)FACT: You should be careful while having intercourse
This virus is not a STD since it’s not spread via contact with
gentails-but because it transmit through respiratory, kissing can spread it-be
careful during intercourse-says DR DASGUPTA
SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
#STAY HOME
#STAY SAFE
Saturday, April 25, 2020
OCEAN IS THE GLOBAL SOLUTION OF HUNGER PROBLEM
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| ALGAE |
economy.
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| SEAWEED FOOD |
So one of
the major solution to hunger problem can be the bottom of the ocean. If we have
to feed people in 2050 ,food from ocean have to play a major role. But meat and
fish is not the way to solve this problem because 90% of the world fish stocks
are already seriously depleted. Pollution and increasingly levels of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere, which makes in the ocean warmer and more acidic, are
also significant threat of marine life. As a EU report that we need to harvest the
small fish and shellfish for the purpose of our food ,but if we eat the small
fish that can break the food chain due to which big fish have to starve. So the
best solution can be we need to focus more on the harvesting of seaweed and algae. Only
35 countries commercially harvest it today spirulina and cyanobacteria already eaten as food and other
several companies are trying to turn other form of algae into a human source.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Sree Sree Thakur Anukul Chandra
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| sri sri thakur anukul chandra |
This was told by none but THAKUR ANUKULCHANDRA who was born in Himayetpur village of pabna district of undivided Bengal of British India in 1888.
His father Shivchandra Chakrovorty was know for his honesty ,sincerity and novel heart.
Anukulchandra's mother Manmohini Devi was having a majestic personality whose motherly love was not only for her own children but showered love unconditionally upon all the villagers.
Monmohini devi name her son "ANUKUL" after a poem composed by herself only-a name that will shine beyond geographical and mortal boundaries to enlighten the heart of millions.
With growing age anukul chandra become naughty and sometime unmanageable!.But his love for his mother was incomparable.The little boy was always ready to walk any length to make his mother happy.
Right from his childhood ,Anukulchandra was having a strong scientific mindset.He would not accept anything that would fail to show a logical ground to it.In school one day mathematics teacher ask him the simplest of arithmetic problem -what will be the result if we add '1'and '1'?But this simple question confused anukulchandra a lot.He answer it would be two "1" but definitely not 2.His logic being -in this world no two things are exactly same .There is little difference even between two leaves of same tree.Hence, when no two things are identical how addition is possible???
One day on his back from his school while it was raining heavily. Anukulchnadra noticed that an old blind man had fallen into a deep ditch by side of the village road!Water was flowing over the blind man as he was struggling to survive and was crying for help from Almighty....but his voice was gradually dying away .Anukulchandra rushed to spot and lifted him up on own shoulder and took to a near by home for nursing,The old man got a new life.There are numerous such kind of example performed by thakur through out his life.Even thakur can't appear for 10th standard examination as he gave his money to a fellow friend who was struggling to gather money for the same.
After school life ,Anukulchnadra took admission in 'National Medical School' at kolkata where he studied medical with great financial difficulties.Finally,he return to native land and start practicing medical .Very soon,he earned tremendous respect as a doctor among the villagers and surroundings.
While practicing medicines ,Anukulchandra realized that illness is not only in human body but heavily exist in human mind .With Love and empathy,anukulchandra transform the lives of those who were otherwise unwanted and neglected in the society.People had began regarding Anukulchandra as their philosopher and guide.
Thakur Anukulchandra started spreading his ideology of "being and becoming" which means "existence and enhancement" of life.Thousand of people accept him as living guide or Guru.
Simultaneously Thakur start giving message mainly in Bengali and English language and later hundred of books were published out of those message ,which is around 20,000 in prose and verse.His message encompass a wide range of affair like politics ,sceince ,education,
spirituality,society,literature,conjugal life,law ,administration and many more .
In 1946 thakur relocated to Deoghar from Pabna due to health problem and other reasons ;continuing with similar establishment for the welfare of mankind. Thakur believe that death is a curable disease and conceptualize the idea of a machine called " Vibrometer" which he believed infuse life into the body of a dead person.
At different point of time ,people from different fields came to pabna and deoghar satsang Ashram and interact with thakur on various aspects .Among them were MAHATMA GANDHI ,NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE, DESHBONDU CHITTARANGAN DAS ,DR RAJENDRA PRASHAD ,SHYAMAPRASHAD MUKHERJEE ,SCEINTIST SATYENDRANATH BOSE, STATISTICIAN PRASHANTHA MAHALNOBIS, LITREATURE SARAT CHANDRA CHATTERJEE, BIPIN CHANDRA PAL, FAZUL HAQUE, P.C SARKAR ,
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI.
Many of them accepted thakur anukulchandra as their living guide.
Thakur anukul chandra wanted that every person should have an ideal or guide in his or her life an we must love and follow the ideal for the betterment of life .We must live and help other to live.Simultaneously,each of us must meditate the holyname in proper way to attain supreme
consciousness within us which is final goal of human life.
THAKUR Anukulchandra breath his last at the age of 81 in 1969 at Deoghar. His Mortal life ended but Thakur continues to live in heart of millions illuminated with his ignition touch .His contribution to betterment of life and his teaching on the art of living will always be treasure by his numerous followers.
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