They love to worship Rabindranath Tagore or Satyajit Ray. God bless my once and forever cityīengalis love to take pride in their culture, language, and identity, and it is non-negotiable. The books are priority, as they must always be in Calcutta. Later into the chat, I find out his house has also been damaged, but that’s almost an afterthought. He is distraught his book collection has been damaged. I wonder if they ever read up on the state’s poor finances and creaking infrastructure. They will never miss an opportunity to show off how much they prioritise books over everything else. Bengal’s intelligentsia or the ‘ buddhijibi’ (as they are known in Bangla) hardly ever talks about the state’s economic decay, shut industries, the unimaginable political violence during elections or lack of jobs, as for them, their favourite pastime is reminiscing about the illustrious past. Bengalis are, however, stuck in a time-warp, refusing to even talk about the state’s problems.
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