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“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”

Love Inspirational Giving Doe Sad Claims Possession Being Alone Nephew Bengali Outward Beauty

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India

“I would say the film world has stopped operating as one. We have divided it into Hindi movies, Bengali movies, Tamil movies and so on. Earlier, there was only one channel and we all knew what was going on. Today, it is hard to keep track of programmes due to the advent of regional channels.”

World Hard Today Film Acting Television India Track Dues Movie Regions Divided Stopping Programmes Dividing Advent Hindi Bengali Hindi Movie

Author:Mithun Chakraborty

“In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I a pliant daughter. The neighborhood I'd grown up in was homogeneously Hindu, Bengali-speaking, and middle-class. I didn't expect myself to ever disobey or disappoint my father by setting my own goals and taking charge of my future.”

Men Mother Father Goal My Own Class Middle Daughter Setting Traditional Settings Middle Class Neighborhood My Future Disappoint Bengali Taking Charge Patriarch

Author:Bharati Mukherjee

“In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom!”

World Today School Song Speak Around The World Reaching Village Toms Calcutta Speak English Bengali Small Villages

Author:Tom Paxton

“I used to crack A joke when Sourav Ganguly is upset and make him happy , i usually speak in bengali which would make him laugh”

Used Speak Laughing Jokes Upset Cracks Bengali Ganguly

Author:Sachin Tendulkar

“The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.”

Worst Soldier Rebellion Uprising Bengali

Author:Iris Chang