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I was born in the city and spent my 22 years there. I am really eager to answer the question, but I cannot agree to the premises of the question, I would like to come to the points mentioned by you, one by one,"Bengalis do not have a very ancient history or culture, most of what constitutes Bengali culture is hardly two centuries old."Are you really sure about the data? Four principal racial elements came together to merge as the Bengalee ethnic entity. The original settlers in Bengal were of the Austric stock (called Vedic or Kobli ethnically) and were present in Bengal well before the Aryan invasions from the north=west around 2000-1500 BC.The earliest Aryan settlers referred to these tribes in Vedic Literature as Kikitas, Vratyas or Nishada. The racial strains of these original inhabitants of this land survive in the communities, which are known asSabara, Dom, Chandala, Pulinda, Kola and Hadi. There were three other major racial elements which also came together to form Bengalee race: the Drividians, theMongolian tribes and finally the Aryans.There was substantial intermarriage between the Dravidians from the south-west and the Mongolian races from the north-eastern Himalayas and the Chittagong Hills. Later a relatively small scale migration of Aryans took place from the west. (To get further information about habitation in Bengal please refer my previous answer Why do the faces of Bengali people tend to be more circular?)Bengal has a good old history, if you want to trace history of Bengal "Stone age tools dating back 20,000 years have been excavated in the state.Remnants of Copper Age settlements in the Bengal region date back 4,000 years. The original settlers spoke non-Aryan languages— they may have spoken Austric or Austro-Asiatic languages like the languages of the present-day Kola, Bhil, Santal, Shabara, and Pulinda peoples. At a subsequent age, peoples speaking languages from two other language families— Dravidian and Tibeto-Burman—seem to have settled in Bengal. Archaeological discoveries during the 1960s furnished evidence of a degree of civilisation in certain parts of Bengal as far back as the first millennium BC."(ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bengal)If you are interested in history of Bengal, I am going to provide some keywords which can act as teasers for you explorations (as I cannot illustrate about all of them). Here they are,Ancient age: Pundra Kingdom, Gangaridai, Harikela, Vanga Kingdom, Suhma Kingdom, Vijay Singha et al.Middle age: Gauda, Pala and Sen kingdoms, Ilyas Shahi, Hussain Shahi.Then there comes the modern age, which I guess you have mentioned i.e. last two centuries, so I am not going to discuss about modern history of Bengal.Now, I am not sure about how you define a culture. I guess it consists of Language, Literature, Food habit, Attire, Festival and many others. So please tell me in which field you found Bengal a newbie?Coming to your next presumption,"Business and entrepreneurship is on the decline with little participation by the people"To our (most of us) surprise, the capital Kolkata has a GDP of $150bn. (Mumbai has $203bn and Delhi has $167bn, Bengaluru comes at fourth with $84bn) [ref:http://in.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-1348807591-slideshow/the-top-15-indian-cities-by-gdp-photo-1348807055.html]West Bengal contributes 6.48% of Indian GDP (followed by Gujarat 6.14%) and comes at 5th among the Indian states. [ref:http://unidow.com/india%20home%20eng/statewise_gdp.html]Kolkata boasts of best public transport system in the India. [ref:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kolkata-tops-Indian-cities-in-public-transport-Study/articleshow/27553749.cms]Now, please mention on which basis you assumed the (declining) condition of Bengal? and what do you mean by dying out? 250 million Bengali speakes are prevalent across the world (3.75% of world population). It is the 7th most spoken language in the world. [ref:http://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/size].International Mother Language Day is an observance held annually on 21 Februaryworldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It was first announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.[1]"International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since 2000 February to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The date represents the day in 1952 when students from different educational institutions such as Dhaka University, Jagannath University, Dhaka Medical College demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bengali, as one of the two national languages of the then Pakistan, were shot and killed by police in Dhaka (near High Court), which is the capital of present day Bangladesh." [ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day]Are you still apprehensive about the Bengali Culture?

Hi there!I do realize it’s too late to answer your question and figure out that there is no dedicated ‘Indian National Brain Bee’ topic (platform) to discuss and share the knowledge and hence the delay, so I took the liberty to create one.I want to take part in the Indian brain bee selections in Bangalore. How do I do that?Answer: Indian Brain Bee is an annual event conducted in 2 rounds:1) Regional Level (Nov - Jan)2) National Level (Apr -May)Winner of national level will represent India at International (July -Sept) event.Regional Brain Bee Contest:Conducted at various centers across India and the list is growing every year:AhmedabadAllahabadAmaravatiBangaloreChennaiChandigarhCochinDelhiHyderabadKolkataMumbaiPuneEligibility:11th standard (10+1) or Junior Inter Biological Science students.Excellent credentials in biology.Seeking career in health sciences.Nominated by the Principal of the participant’s school or college.Contest is for individual and not for team representing the school.Month of Contest: Between November and February.Day of Contest: Saturday or Sunday.Time of Contest: 8:30 AM - 1:30 PMVenue of Contest: Narayana Hrudayalaya (for Bangalore)Contest Format:Screening written testOral Quiz competitionContest Preparation:All questions asked are from a book called “Brain Facts” published by the Society for Neuroscience (SFN).High quality Ebook can be freely downloaded here at sfn’s official website.Above given is the nomination form to be forwarded by the principal of respective schools. Only 1 nomination/school will be accepted.Sorry for the poor quality. Since Quora do not allow document upload, I converted it into image before uploading it.Recognition1st, 2nd and 3rd rankers will receive a trophy and a certificateWinner and the 1st runner-up will be eligible to participate in the Indian National Brain Bee Championship.Venue for Nationals is usually announced at the end of regional contest.Adarsh Reddy (Hyderabad Public School, Hyd) won the 13th edition of Hyderabad Regional Brain Bee, 2018.Image source: Telengana Today

Oaten was a School Teacher of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He is said to be a racial person, following apartheid policy. Once, when he offended the students and refused to apologise, a group of students under Subhas Chandra Bose thrashed him one day in School. It is not known as to whether Bose thrashed his Teacher; but what is known is that he refused to name those who thrashed him. That almost put an end to his education career. This thrashing created a new word in English – Oatenize – meaning to thrash your teacher.Oaten was a school teacher of Subhas Chandra Bose. This thrashing created a new word in English – oatenize, meaning to thrash your teacher. He is said to be a racial person. Once when he offended the students and when he refused to apologise, a group of students under Subhas Bose thrashed him one day in school. It is not known whether Bose thrashed his teacher, but what is known is that he refused to name those who thrashed him. That almost ended his education career. This thrashing created a new word in English – oatenize, meaning to thrash your teacher. Let us have a brief conspectus of the factors leading to this unsavoury scenario.In retrospect: On February 15, 1916, E F Oaten was heckled by the students. When the authorities could not find any student after a thorough search, the next day, the students were paraded in the ante-chamber of Principal Henry Rosher James's office and an office employee was asked to identify the students through a hole in the wall of the Principal's office.Subhas Chandra Bose was one of the student-leaders who organized the Strike in the Presidency College on January 11 and 12, 1916, and actively participated in making the ‘strike’ a success. However, while Subhas said to the authorities that he was an eyewitness of the assault incident and described his subsequent expulsion from the college to be the defining moment in his life, whether he actually took part in the assault on the Professor continues to remain an enigma to some people. There are two major opinions – one held by a few people who believe that Subhas did actually take part in the assault on Prof. Oaten (as postulated by late Mr. Bhola Nath Ray in his monograph, “The Oaten Incident 1916 : A Chapter in the Life of Netaji Subhas Bose)” and the other opinion widely held by most others, according to which though Subhas took active part in the planning of the assault and witnessed its execution, he did not participate in the actual assault. Late Prof. Sankari Prasad Basu in Volume One of his well-researched two-volume book titled “Samakalin Bharate Subhaschandra” (‘Subhas Chandra in the context of contemporary India’) had also come to this conclusion.While it is extremely difficult after 104 years to accurately narrate the happenings, we shall analyse the sequence of events that led to the strike and assault and also both the versions about Netaji’s involvement in these incidents and discuss the statements of the various ‘so-called’ eyewitnesses including the statements recorded by both the protagonists viz. Prof. Edward Farley Oaten and Subhas Chandra Bose.THE OATEN INCIDENT,1916 : INTRODUCTION Edward Farley Oaten (b. October 24, 1884, at Tunbridge Wells, and died on April 17, 1973, at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK) was a member of the Indian Educational Service who served in India from October 18, 1909, to March-end, 1928. He was a Professor of History at the Presidency College, Calcutta, on his first assignment. According to his ex-students, he possessed an overbearing temper and indulged in anti-Indian diatribes. He got entangled in a series of infamous incidents that first led to a ‘strike’ in the Presidency College in January 1916 and subsequently an assault on him by some students of that premier institution on February 15, 1916. This was for making derogatory remarks on Indians and manhandling a few students. Obviously Prof. Oaten never admitted these misdemeanours. The assault resulted in the expulsion of Subhas Chandra Bose, a third year (i.e. first year B.A. Philosophy-Honours) student from the elite Presidency College in February 1916 for being “the most troublesome man in the college”. Subhas Chandra Bose was later rusticated from the Calcutta University in March 1916. This resulted in the loss of two academic years for Subhas but shaped his future careerOn 16th Feb. 1916, two students – viz., Ananda Mohan Dam and Subhas Chandra Bose – were expelled from the prestigious Presidency College, Calcutta (now Kolkata) on charges of assaulting a Teacher, Mr. E.F. Oaten, who was the Professor of History there. Head of the Political Science department of the college, Professor Nandalal Chakraborty, said: "When the principal told Subhas Chandra Bose that he had been expelled, his reply was —“ Thank you very much.’ And he left the college.Bose was the first representative of the Students Consultative Committee of the College set up by James, according to Prof. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay, a former Principal of the College.Professor Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay, a former Principal of the College who has done extensive research on Netaji's stay at the college (July 1913 — February 1916), claimed there have been a number of attempts to give Netaji the recognition that he deserved but the college failed to do so in the past."In 1952, when the students wanted to celebrate Netaji's birthday, the college administration refused to give them the permission," said Mukhopadhyay.It was Mukhopadhyay who revoked the suspension on Bose in 1996, when he was the Principal, despite strong opposition from a section of historians.Ninety four years after he was expelled from the college, Subhas Chandra Bose returned to Presidency College on Friday, the 9th April, 2020 — as a statue.Subash Bose, after completing his studies at Ravenshaw Collegiate School at Cuttack, joined the prestigious Presidency College at Calcutta for a brief spell, when in the interregnum, he was expelled. His nationalistic temperament came to light when he assaulted Prof. Oaten, an officer of the Indian Educational Service and Professor of History, for his anti-India comments. Please see the picture of Mr. Oaten hereunder:-Mr. Bose passed his B.A. in Philosophy from the renowned Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta in the year 1918.Mr. Oaten has composed a poem on Mr. Bose which is reproduced hereunder:=E F Oaten On Subhas BoseDid I once suffer, Subhas, at your hands?Your patriot heart is stilled, I would forget!Let me recall but this, that while as yetThe Raj that you once challenged in your landWas mighty; Icarus-like your courage plannedTo mount the skies, and storm in battle setThe ramparts of High Heaven, to claim the debtOf freedom owed, on plain and rude demand.High Heaven yielded, but in dignityLike Icarus, you sped towards the sea.We don’t know why Oaten wrote this poem on Bose and what was the chemistry between them, but this poem saw light years after the incident.If there is a degree of ambiguity about the Oaten incident, there is none about what Subhas Bose did in Cambridge. After he stood fourth in the ICS examination, he decided, for patriotic reasons, to reject the offer of being one of the “heaven born”. He returned to India to devote himself to what became the only calling he ever knew — the freedom of India from British rule.It is from this point that both — Subhas and Sugata — take off. In the case of one, it is the political career and in the case of the other it is the narrative of that career. Immediately on landing in Bombay on July 16, 1921, Subhas Bose rushed to see Mahatma Gandhi. On the latter’s advice, he hastened to Calcutta and engaged himself in Congress work and non-co-operation as a protégé of Chittaranjan Das. This led in December 1921 to Subhas Bose’s first of the 11 spells in British Indian prisons. Out of prison, Subhas Bose became the Chief Executive Officer of the Calcutta Corporation. Later, he was to become Mayor of Calcutta. Sugata Bose does not devote too much attention to Bose’s career in Calcutta Corporation even though it was the one area of Subhas Bose’s many activities that was not marked by success. He tried to clean up the organization but fell victim to the faction fighting that plagued the Corporation.Calcutta Corporation was too small an arena for Subhas Bose. He emerged on the scene of national and Congress politics as an able organiser, a rousing speaker and an astute observer of international affairs. Sugata Bose’s skills as a historian and as a weaver of narratives are at their best when he links his subject’s career to three distinct layers: one is events at the national level, especially the movements that Gandhi launched, the Congress participation in provincial ministries, the complex problems relating to Hindu-Muslim relations; second is developments in Bengal politics in which his elder brother, Sarat Bose, whose financial and emotional support to Subhas was crucial, was a key player; and third, and very importantly, Subhas Bose’s personal life and intellectual development. The narrative of this book moves almost seamlessly among these three different and complicated levels. In terms of sheer craftsmanship and mastery over material, this is an achievement that will evoke the admiration and envy of any historian-biographer.Subhas Bose, never short of courage, challenged the dominance of Gandhi within the Congress and in Indian politics. He was unique in doing so but he never lost his respect for Gandhi who in turn referred to Subhas Bose as his “rebellious son”. Sugata Bose analyses the growing rift between the two and notes correctly that “Bose was comprehensively outwitted and outmanoeuvred by Gandhi…during the spring of 1939.” Unwittingly, Gandhi may have done the rebel a good turn. He freed Subhas Bose to pursue his own vision and embark upon the most heroic phase of his life.WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST AND HAVE A NICE DAY!