Comments on: The Jews of Calcutta http://www.bongbuzz.net/the-jews-of-calcutta/ A Bongo-centric View of The World Wed, 09 May 2012 23:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Trina http://www.bongbuzz.net/the-jews-of-calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-109282 Trina Sun, 16 May 2010 03:30:38 +0000 http://www.bongbuzz.net/?p=1071#comment-109282 usually i can never get through historical articles, but this one was a breeze! and the picture is beautiful :D I do agree with Amartya though that it's not fair to patronize the marwaris, or subtly imply that they are synonymous with "mediocre"...or else we'll soon enough be pulling off a raj thackeray and claiming only bangalis should stay in paschim bangla ;) usually i can never get through historical articles, but this one was a breeze! and the picture is beautiful :D

I do agree with Amartya though that it’s not fair to patronize the marwaris, or subtly imply that they are synonymous with “mediocre”…or else we’ll soon enough be pulling off a raj thackeray and claiming only bangalis should stay in paschim bangla ;)

]]> By: Amartya Ghosh http://www.bongbuzz.net/the-jews-of-calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-109270 Amartya Ghosh Sat, 15 May 2010 17:42:17 +0000 http://www.bongbuzz.net/?p=1071#comment-109270 Well madam Dutta, are you keeping any biasness against marwaris/mediocre a such? But yes it's true, Calcutta is a bit rather more than a bit messed up, the development is fine with open market etc still we could have kept our cultures more firm and not just dance into anyone's tune every moment. Well madam Dutta, are you keeping any biasness against marwaris/mediocre a such?
But yes it’s true, Calcutta is a bit rather more than a bit messed up, the development is fine with open market etc still we could have kept our cultures more firm and not just dance into anyone’s tune every moment.

]]> By: Susmita Dutta http://www.bongbuzz.net/the-jews-of-calcutta/comment-page-1/#comment-109233 Susmita Dutta Wed, 12 May 2010 03:03:52 +0000 http://www.bongbuzz.net/?p=1071#comment-109233 It is sad but true, everybody who made Calcutta what it was have left. Left are the left, old, Marwaris and mediocre. It is sad but true, everybody who made Calcutta what it was have left. Left are the left,
old, Marwaris and mediocre.

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