Between Kolkata and Dhaka, where do the better Bengalis live?
Now that the Land Boundary Agreement has been signed between India and Bangladesh, how about an agreement on the culture boundary? Mamata Banerjee and Sheikh Hasina were seen embracing and laughing together in photo ops recently, but things always get fishy when two Bengalis meet. Besides, never were two peoples more divided by a common language.
When Curzon divided Bengal in 1905, he thought he was striking a blow at the “seditious baboos” because a “united Bengal was a power” and a divided Bengal would pull different ways. Even a century later, fierce battle reigns on who is the better repository of Bengali-ness, Dhaka or Kolkata? Some argue that the Hilsa fish Read More
