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Tag Archives: Tapas Pal
Mind it
It’s well known how seriously the intellectual is taken in West Bengal. It’s only in this state where ‘intellectual’ – the artist, writer, poet, filmmaker – is almost a genus. Just like peasants, rickshawallahs, school teachers, you have intellectuals. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bengalis, Humour
Tagged Bengalis, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, CPI (M), Dostoevksy, Intellectuals, Kabir Suman, Tapas Pal, Trinamool Congress
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