Only Bengal, Not West Bengal!


However i would love it to be 'Bangla' rather than 'Bengal'
Still, seeing the initiatives by 'The Times of India' I too cannot refrain myself from writing on this topic. I support the initiative whole heartedly. We now really feel that the name - 'West Bengal' does not have any real prominence. It is on the east of India. And moreover we do not have a East Bengal so why call this state West Bengal? Bengal is most cultured state of India and it carries a lot of Heritage. Bengalis have ruled and is still ruling in India and around the World. And i am really proud about that. The word Bengal or rather Bangla has time and again come in Rabindranath, Nazrul, Saratchandra's creations and not West Bengal and so keeping the heritage in mind we should take this step.

It should have been done much earlier but better late than never so if it is really done now then it would be great! We carry our heritage in foods, clothes, literature, films, music and even in our very own Royal 'Bengal' tiger. We are called Bangali (Bengali) and not Paschim bangali (West Bengali) or anything like that. Bangla is announced the sweetest language of the world by UNESCO and we need it the respect its worthy of. Many may argue that this paribaton is not for the good because now many years has passed with this state being called West Bengal and this would destroy our cultural heritage but for them i would say it would actually make everything much more relevant and why not give a nod to this paribarton too.

The Leftist Government had tried to change the name from 'West Bengal' to 'Bangla' but due to many reasons it did not happen. The previous Government was although successful in changing 'Calcutta' to 'Kolkata'. Now, lets hope our new Government will be successful in changing the name to 'Bangla'. Moreover it would also mean that we will not see the name of our sate at the end of the list of Indian states. So i just hope for the best! May our 'Bangla' be called so as it was called before partition. So we are actually going back to our roots, not away from it.


And give your vote for 'Bangla' here:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bengalvote.cms


Have a look at these two advertisements on this campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii82ZoDkYy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii82ZoDkYy8


Comments

  1. Anonymous9 August 2011 at 09:25

    Truly i support the fact that West Bengal should be called 'Bangla'

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