Let me begin by apologizing to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar for the tremendous insult he has been made to undergo on behalf of all the Bengalis who have failed to protect his statue from being vandalized by some miscreants.
Being a Bengali, I feel burying myself deep into the earth. This is a massive insult to our 'Bangaliyana'. In my worst nightmare, I couldn't think of the incident which already has grabbed the eyeballs of the country drawing sharp reaction from the intellectuals. Meanwhile the blame game has already started with TMC supremo blaming the BJP supporters for this heinous act. On the other hand, BJP president Amit Shah has pinned blame on the TMC supporters for the vandalization.
A motorcycle was burnt at the gates of the Vidyasagar college, stones thrown and most surprisingly the statue of Vidyasagar was vandalised brutally during BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday evening.
Bengal Renaissance played an important role to construct a new social structure. It was initiated by Raja Rammohan Roy but Vidyasagar gave a smooth, final touch to it. He actively campaigned for the women education and fought for the equal rights for the women. He with his own money and resources founded a number of schools, colleges, educational institutions for women to empower them, to free them from the shackles of this patriarchal society. On one occasion, some social activists went to meet him and one among them asked him about his views on how to educate this society. He without giving a second thought replied 'give proper education to women, by means of which you can achieve an educated society'. He fight against the Brahminical aggression. He was noted for his philanthropist activities and was a key figure in Bengal Renaissance. He forced the British to introduce Widow Remarriage Bill. Born to poor parents, his quench for knowledge was immense so much so that he used to study under a street light, the fact almost all the Bengalis are well aware of. He reconstructed the Bengali alphabet and simplified Bengali typography. He fought against all the societal viles including untouchability, child marriage, illiteracy and so on. In short, his contribution to the making of modern Bengal is immense which can't be written down in just one go.
The loss we have suffered by letting the goons commit the crime is unbearable. Just think of those people who follow him at every step of their lives. Whoever has committed this crime must be brought to law and stringent actions must be taken against them without any sort of concession.
Masidur Rahaman.
15th May, 2019.
Being a Bengali, I feel burying myself deep into the earth. This is a massive insult to our 'Bangaliyana'. In my worst nightmare, I couldn't think of the incident which already has grabbed the eyeballs of the country drawing sharp reaction from the intellectuals. Meanwhile the blame game has already started with TMC supremo blaming the BJP supporters for this heinous act. On the other hand, BJP president Amit Shah has pinned blame on the TMC supporters for the vandalization.
Bengal Renaissance played an important role to construct a new social structure. It was initiated by Raja Rammohan Roy but Vidyasagar gave a smooth, final touch to it. He actively campaigned for the women education and fought for the equal rights for the women. He with his own money and resources founded a number of schools, colleges, educational institutions for women to empower them, to free them from the shackles of this patriarchal society. On one occasion, some social activists went to meet him and one among them asked him about his views on how to educate this society. He without giving a second thought replied 'give proper education to women, by means of which you can achieve an educated society'. He fight against the Brahminical aggression. He was noted for his philanthropist activities and was a key figure in Bengal Renaissance. He forced the British to introduce Widow Remarriage Bill. Born to poor parents, his quench for knowledge was immense so much so that he used to study under a street light, the fact almost all the Bengalis are well aware of. He reconstructed the Bengali alphabet and simplified Bengali typography. He fought against all the societal viles including untouchability, child marriage, illiteracy and so on. In short, his contribution to the making of modern Bengal is immense which can't be written down in just one go.
The loss we have suffered by letting the goons commit the crime is unbearable. Just think of those people who follow him at every step of their lives. Whoever has committed this crime must be brought to law and stringent actions must be taken against them without any sort of concession.
Masidur Rahaman.
15th May, 2019.
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