Rammohan, Vidyasagar, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Rabindranath, Rash Behari, Netaji -- what a galaxy of great leaders Bengal had when she was in bondage ! And now in free India? The posts are there but not the personalities who can fill them up. Now it is empty talk alone and nothing more. Where is the leader of substance, of character, of civility, of sympathy for the people, of self-critical stance rather than being a boorish fault-finder of others? Find me but one among the current crop of leading politicians and I will salute his / her political sanctity. My friend, give up this pretentious search for you will find none. So, where do we stand now? Why, poetry recitation, painting, playing the synthesizer et al, but surely not good governance? God bless West Bengal with a leader who can lead after all !
Written by Sugata Bose
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