tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367506432776930657.post821211210110814731..comments2023-11-20T19:11:24.418+05:30Comments on DiploLife: Kolkata: The City of ProtestsNatalie Buda Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619472877535500690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367506432776930657.post-82327300199701037232008-09-02T14:42:00.000+05:302008-09-02T14:42:00.000+05:30Thank you for the enlightening and insightful pers...Thank you for the enlightening and insightful perspective.Natalie Buda Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619472877535500690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367506432776930657.post-27341542547205968452008-08-31T23:45:00.000+05:302008-08-31T23:45:00.000+05:30While your observation on the city is partly corre...While your observation on the city is partly correct, you missed the hidden agenda of these bandhs. Tagore, who continues to be correct in understanding bengali mood even after a century, observed: Bengali's have never grown up. <BR/><BR/>Thus, a mere 500 greedy farmers hankering for more money for their land can hold the state for a ransom and strangulate development attempt, while rest of the people remain a mute spectator of the whine, some even join the bandwagon without really understanding why they are in it.<BR/><BR/>It is not a city of protest, but a city of whining. If you try to organize a handful to work 4hrs extra to reduce the inflation, you will understand where the protest lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com