Biplab Deb and Garga Chatterjee on the same page

Biplab Deb and Garge Chatterjee are on the same page. The fact is that three Bengalis won the Nobel Prize. We adore them! They are the pride of the country. But that does not mean that all Bengalis are intelligent. There are also people like Biplab Deb and Garga Chatterjee, who often than not try to undermine others by making obnoxious remarks on communities. The recent remarks by Biplab Deb against Jats and Punjabis are condemnable and reprehensible as well. By such remarks Biplab's mindset has come to the fore. Such superiority complex must be kept within himself.

How, one can dare to undermine the Punjabis and Jats. Both the communities have immense contributions in nation building. Punjabis are great entrepreneurs, hard working, courageous and big hearted too. Army platoons are not complete without Sikhs. In this contest I want to elaborate by stating the following: It would be wrong to suggest that the country is built by engineers and planners alone. The salient point here is that we always tend to forget the contributions of millions of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers who toiled hard to build this nation brick by brick. Without their active participation no road, no building, no bridge, no industry would have been completed. They are the unknown heroes! But, we neglect them the most! The inhuman treatment meted out to migrant workers during initial period of lockdown had shown our blatant disregard for the safety and wellbeing of our workers.

It is for sure that nobody can survive alone. We are dependent on each other. Our day-to-day lives are the glaring examples. A scientist/Nobel Prize winner also needs the help of his assistants, driver, cook, cleaner, and housemaid and others to concentrate his mind on research work. Politicians like Biplab Deb and his ilk have the habit of creating disharmony among various communities living peacefully. It is obvious, they can't think big.

Prafulla Dowarah,

Guwahati