Wednesday, May 9, 2007

If you've got rid of it..criticize it!!!

For 12 long years ive had to study bangla.Its been one long meaningless struggle.Now that i'm rid of it , i can look back on it with memories...extremely unpleasant memories!!!So,to vent my feelings i decided to blog about it...and so i present my review of ISC bangla 2007!!!

Nishkriti(Saratchandra something or the other)-I
have no idea why this book is in the present syllabus..it reads like a Balaji TeleFilms production for God's sake!!!!Whatever else old man Saratchandra was,he was certainly no human. This man is twisted..twisted like a rubberband!!!Only a base and sick mind could get itself to write about petty feuds like the ones in nishkriti.And it takes an even sicker mind to prescribe it to class 12 students..the ISC council seriously needs to revamp itself.....or in a few years time, students might just be forced to watch" Kyunki Kkusum Bhi Kabhi LAdki Thi (Operation ke pehle)"!!!!(And i practice what i preach......i havent read the book past 5 pages)


Stories-well atleast they dont have too many hidden meanings..heres a look at the worst of them:-
Swapnadarshan-
I couldnt make head or tail of it..couldnt even figure out which laguage its written in.If any of u tortured yourself into reading it , post a comment....i'm way out of my depth on this one!!!!
Alaler Ghore Dulal-lame story, not at all original..and why the hell are all gurus calls Prashanna?????
Babu-Would be a nice satire if it were written in bangla instead of a lame attempt at blank verse!!
Shabek Manushatta(Haraprasad Shastri)-Well hasnt he lost touch with reality...dont help yourself he says....help others.Dont strive for perfection..stay mediocre with the rest of your mediocre friends.Well Mr Haraprasad we wont...we dont want to end up like you..writing crappy stories for a living and getting criticized on some natty blog!!
Shekaler Shukh Dukkho(Akshaykumar)-The only thing that sets this story apart is that its written by a bollywood actors namesake!!!APart form this, its complete and utter nonsense !! This guy actually thinks that days of yore were better than the mordern period.He even condones public lynching!!!Now call me a yuppie but id rather not live in a day and age where betel juice was considered makeup and a small bird coupled with a comb in ones hair was considered the ultimate status symbol!!!
Bartaman Bharat(Vivekananda) Call me an upstart but i just have to say that the swami is out of his mind !!!He (probably in a state of intoxication) actually pokes fun at Indians of his age for following Western ideals and trying to abolish things like sati and campaighning to give women their due rights!!!Theyre part of our culture he says , and we shouldnt give them up just because the Britishers says theyre wrong!!How it actualy never occurs to him that they are wrong, is anyones guess.Be proud to be backward he says ,for backward is who we are!!!I read this story once...and was overwhelmed by nausea afterwards!!
Bangla Shahitya....Nations succeed because of theirl iterature???Really??I always though that the arts (even non military science) were a byproduct of progress and rich warlords and merchants, not the cause of it!!!

Writing about this has made me feel all nauseous again..ill comment on the poems later if ever!!I realize that the topic is relevant to only a select group of people but the next post will more relevant to the masses on the whole!!!




Sunday, May 6, 2007

The first post......again!!??

Yes..after a long hiatus punctuated by boordom and exams i'm back to blogging!!!Why you may ask..because i want to, i answer.
However my loyal readers (fine i dont have any but it feels nice to write it anyway!!) must wait till 9 th may for my first post. Till then heres something to keep u occupied:-


SMS...from theCPM!


Just a few short months after Amit Sana and gang resorted to Smsing people in an attempt to get them to vote on the rip-off of Indian Idol, an entire different group of people are doing the same thing to popularize their ideas.And they are not contestants on some music show ,neither are the stakes as low as on Idol!
These people are the CPM and the stake is the throne of Bengal.
Let me explain
What the CPM is essentially doing is using clever means to get around the campaighning restrictions on the upcoming elections,which for those of you who dont know,bans the use of mikes and grafiti.
What the have done is brilliant.They are SMSing people with their logo and the words (ei chinhe bhot din) wrapped aroung it .
The psychological aspect is mind -boggling!
All they have to do is send it to a few people and wait for it to spread,which it surely will,even if it is just for the novelty of the whole thing.
One can almost hear the thought of people as they push the appropriate buttons on their cells
The supporters must be thinking"Look how mordern the party has become..i MUST SHOW xyz...he must vote for them!"
The non-supporters must be thinking"Look at what the b****ds are doing now to get their votes...I must warn XYZ!"
However it all boils down to the spreading of the Marxist message,which is exactly what the CPM wants.
So in the end....love 'em or hate 'em....noone but the very poor and mobileless can ignore them!

Btw...my old blog (soumyamukherjee.blogspot.com is missing from my profile and i cant retreive it...so im stuck with this one)