Where is the Bengali Bhadralok...

The Adda - haunt of the Bhadralok

Truly as the famous saying, "what Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow!"

The word 'Bengali' evokes lot of emotions and is synonymous with art, culture, food, music, cinema and everything connected to finer aspects of life. Truly as the famous saying, "what Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow!" a Bengali was an intellectual leader once upon a time. But soon decay set in and Bengali Bhadralok is still stuck with reminiscing in the retrospective!

It is sad that the erstwhile cultural flag bearer of India is today, nothing but isms - communism, faction-alism, marxism, naxalism, fatalism, capitalism, etc. As the renowned Nirad Chaudhuri said, "No one can deny that in the 19th century, the Bengali people created a new life, not only for themselves, but for the entire Indian people, by their intellectual and moral effort.... But for present day Bengalis, all that is now a thing of the past, except for retrospective, senseless and unmanly bragging..."

Here is a serious take on the state of Bengali culture -

Bhadralok’s last sigh in Bengal

Death Of The Bhadralok

Here is a taaungue-in-cheek take on the state of Bengali culture -

Olphaabets in Bangalee Deekshinary

Bengalis -- the pride of Bengal. What makes them tick?

The Dying Traits of the Bangali