Bengal

resist the invasion of a ‘foreign’ army. Certainly Bengalis do not have any Subhas Chandra Bose in the early years of 20th century and even the most orthodox of Bengali nationalists’ would hesitate to acknowledge Lakshmansena, the last Sena ruler of Bengal as a hero who fled away at the first sight of Bakhtiyar Khalji’s army in his capital. However, there are some instances to project Siraz-ud-Daulah as a tragic hero by some Bengali intellectuals such as Nabin Chandra Sen. But; in general, Siraj…

FOOD POLICY Bangladesh is the world 's seventh-most-populous country in the world (Bangladesh Country study guide). The demand for efficient food production, distribution and consumption for this population will be increasing especially for rice as a staple food grain. As food security continues to emerge, the government has put top most priority to the agriculture sector. The government of Bangladesh designed and approved the National Food Policy (2006) and National Food Policy Plan of Action…

must share his lifeboat with an orangutan, hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a Bengal tiger, named Richard Parker. The hyena dispatches the zebra and the orangutan. Consequently, Richard Parker kills the hyena. After the slaughtering concludes, Pi and Richard Parker are the only ones who have survived. Pi realizes he must train Richard Parker, in order to remain alive. Miraculously, Pi succeeds in training the Bengal tiger, but he and Richard Parker constantly are on the…

This also represents what is keeping him safe. Pi acknowledges this and begins to look at the bengal tiger in another light. As his hopes become dimmer, Pi’s fear grows, becoming a dominating force. He takes a step back to observe the situation at hand and comes up with several plans to kill or get away from the tiger. Pi sees this won’t work and…

something to warm us up to the idea of belief“The Life of Pi”, by Yann Martel is a creative story depicting the journey of a boy named Pi stranded on a lifeboat, somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, for seven long months, with an adult male Bengal Tiger. In this story, Yann Martel gives his readers a choice to make. That choice, is the choice to believe, or not believe. The choice the reader makes alters the entire perspective of the story in question. ThisIt alters the entire…

make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; or to put somebody in a powerless position”. Mahasweta empathetically restates her commitment to the rural and urban poor, particularly children, in Bihar, West Bengal, Gujarat and Jharkhand in her first picture book titled “The Why-Why Girl”. It is a heart warming tale of the ten-year old Moyna who belongs to the Shabar tribe, an exploited and marginalized hill people. Moyna is burdened with the triple…

So one is stranded in the middle of the ocean on a lifeboat with a vicious Bengal tiger. Does one jump off the boat, kill the tiger, or try to create peace? One doesn’t have much time. It is a tough question because all of the options are life threatening. Has one decided yet? Act fast! Many people would try to kill the tiger, but one doesn’t have any weapons. Jump off the boat, then one would drown. Piscine Patel evaluated all of these options in the novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Pi, short…

not negatively impact “himself or his dependents” (Cahn, 508), and that the refusal of this prescribed human duty makes him morally incompetent. The extended example that Singer uses as the basis of his argument is the mass famine that struck East Bengal in the 1970s, an issue that received much media coverage, yet—despite its fame—received little help from affluent countries and their constituents. In using this example, Singer exemplifies the ignorance of the prosperous bodies as they chose to…

Within the text of “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” Peter Singer delves into the topic of famine; and more specifically, the moral obligations people have to those who are suffering. For example, Singer focuses on the population of East Bengal, and their struggle with famine and extreme poverty. Singer proposes that with enough aid from both individuals and various governments poverty can be eradicated. Therefore the question he presents is why some people are dying, while other people are…

In particular, Bandyopadhyay explores the failure of widow remarriage reform in Bengal. The reform efforts of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar were successful in legalizing widow remarriage, however this legalization did not lead to social acceptance of widow remarriage. The taboo on widow remarriage was not maintained by the British colonial…