<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092878.post114854028975974583..comments</id><updated>2010-07-29T18:43:20.965+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Musings ...  (J'y pense): Bengali Ghetto-ism: A non-resident bengali's persp...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/feeds/114854028975974583/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/114854028975974583/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/2006/05/bengali-ghetto-ism-non-resident.html'/><author><name>Suddhasheel Bharatiya GHOSH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06802349879359586561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092878.post-114916399344087283</id><published>2006-06-01T17:43:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-01T17:43:00.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>well written, but not fully well-conceived."i will...</title><content type='html'>well written, but not fully well-conceived.&lt;BR/&gt;"i will try to reason it out" - where is the reason? what was the pt you arrived at in the whole para?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. birds of a feather flock together -- so ghetto is okay.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2.we bengalis practice adda and discuss a lot--with or without sufficient knowledge. &lt;BR/&gt;so what about it? if the adda is for bengalis only, then the point is surely not *discussing intellectual stuff*, its *discussing in bengali*. because if they let other interested people join their group by discussing in hindi or english (if they hate hindi), then surely the group will have a higher probability of having a nicer discussion.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;3.the incident abt the resident-bengali gentleman. what was the point you tried to make there?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;4.it forms reason enough to be ignorant about other people and form a group -- there can be a group without being ignorant about other people. or being exclusive.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;5.forced to adapt to the language -- okay, one might end up learning bengali which sure is a good thing...but does that practice make sense to you? (because in the end you yourself say, that you have been taught to talk in hindi while with non-bengali ppl).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So, apart from the fact tht it was a candid gesture to write this, i failed to detect any conclusion in the whole post. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;expecting an explanation and some more good posts!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/114854028975974583/comments/default/114916399344087283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/114854028975974583/comments/default/114916399344087283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/2006/05/bengali-ghetto-ism-non-resident.html?showComment=1149163980000#c114916399344087283' title=''/><author><name>Charu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17795714708566527267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/2006/05/bengali-ghetto-ism-non-resident.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092878.post-114854028975974583' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/posts/default/114854028975974583' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092878.post-114866131345523525</id><published>2006-05-26T22:05:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-26T22:05:00.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ghosh,Great post.</title><content type='html'>Dear Ghosh,&lt;BR/&gt;Great post.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/114854028975974583/comments/default/114866131345523525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/114854028975974583/comments/default/114866131345523525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/2006/05/bengali-ghetto-ism-non-resident.html?showComment=1148661300000#c114866131345523525' title=''/><author><name>Rahul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08217826764689621603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.suddhasheel.com/2006/05/bengali-ghetto-ism-non-resident.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092878.post-114854028975974583' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20092878/posts/default/114854028975974583' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>