“Arise and never give way to despair. Success is sure to come.” ~ Masterda Surjo Sen

18 th April ,1930 - Chittagong armoury raid that shook the mighty British empire

বাংলায় পুজো হয় ফুল , ফল ,ধূপ ,ধুনো ,চন্দন ও সঙ্খ দিয়ে
ছোটবেলা থেকে দেখে আসছি

কিন্তু
অস্ত্র হাথে
ডিজে বাজিয়ে
লোকেদের ভয় দেখিয়ে
কোথাও দাঙ্গা বাধিয়ে
এটা কেমন পুজো ?

এইটা পুজো নয়
সাংস্কৃতিক ও রাজনৈতিক আগ্রাসন

I'm a #Bengali . I'm a #Hindu . I'm well aware of my culture, my festival and my cuisine.

Thank u TMC for giving legitimacy to BJP’s cultural aggression in Bengal .
Soon coming generation will forget Bengals own festivities like Poila Boisakh & Basonti pujo

রামনবমী ঘিরে এমন আস্ফালন কোন দিন বাংলায় ছিল না। এই উগ্র সংস্কৃতি বিজেপির হাত ধরেই রাজ্যে এসেছে বলে মনে করে শান্তিনিকেতনের শিক্ষিত সমাজ।
তথ্য সূত্র : বর্তমান পত্রিকা

The surya tilak is basically using periscope principle to direct light . School level science which is vowing people
Rather Konark temple has actually high level of architecture engineering which directs light towards the divinity as per the sun’s direction

Last year ABP Hindi Journalist said “There are 1 cr Hindi speaking people in Bengal who have majorly come from Bihar,UP & due to this sheer number Might is Right & hence politics of using Ram & Hanuman will be thrust on Bengal & that Bengalis will have to live with this”

Trivia : Unknown to many the Telegu movie “Shyam Singha Roy” released in 2021 - the wedding sequence of the lead actor & actress was shot at Annapurna Temple in Barrackpore for cinematic authenticity.

বাংলার রাম
বাঙালির রাম

This is Siddharth Chatterjee an ex-Indian Army officer & UN diplomat .
Born in Kolkata & NDA graduate
Has post grad from Princeton university,USA
Currently heads 26 UN offices in China .
His Yoga pictures & videos in Sub Zero condition are going viral in Chinese Social Media

জয় মোহনবাগান ❤️

The glitzy Surat Diamond Bourse — inaugurated last year by PM Modi with much fanfare & was described as the ‘world’s biggest workplace’ is becoming “ghost building” as it fails to attract diamond traders

indianexpress.com/article/cities…

Hope the learnings are documented,
India need such case studies to find affordable & workable solutions to urban issues

On the pious occasion of Poila Boisakh know your Bengali Business & Entrepreneurs

Its a MYTH that Bengalis can’t do Business or they are not into Business & enterprises

Know their Business & Brands in this 🧵& support them
শুভ নববর্ষ 🌺

Pic credit : Journalist Abhijit Roy

14th April ,1944 ~ 🇮🇳was 1st hoisted on Indian soil by INA led by Netaji Subhas Bose ,which is commemorated by Manipur every year ,which rest of India has forgotten.
Today as Manipur is engulfed in ethinc strife ,Do read this 🧵to know how Netaji united all ethnicity under INA

মুছে যাক গ্লানি, ঘুচে যাক জরা
অগ্নিস্নানে শুচি হোক ধরা...

শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪৩১!

Even Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose faced discrimination because he was a Fish eating Bengali
That was 110 years ago !
Has anything changed ?
Will the cow belt of India ever change ?

Swami Vivekananda was a fierce opponent of Forced Vegetarianism
For him it was “one of the causes for the loss of our national freedom”