I belong to the land of "bandhs".
As a child, in my growing years, I had this concept that, "bandh" was a festival, that came over, again and again, ten-fifteen times a year!!!
It was only in my adolescence, that, I realised, Bengalis were born rebels!!! It's like, every goddamn Bengali had a Subhash Chandra Bose, within!!!
Bandhs, marches, with or without a candle, hunger strikes came to us, spontaneously!!!
That too, to such an extent, that, even if a group of students simply felt, they had been awarded less marks in an exam, they would straight away go for a hunger strike, and organise protest rallies!!!
Strikes against price hike, corrupt Government, for justice, marches for student rights, gender equality, and protest rallies, they have all been simply ways of killing time, like a martyr!!!
In my entire life span so far, I've realised one big truth.
Bengal is too lazy, even for a change!!!
For the worst part, half the people never know, why on earth are they protesting!!!
For some, it's cool. For some, it's intellectual!
And.
For the rest, it's PROTEST!!!
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