Happy Birthday… Bengal Boys!!!
Bengal has produced many a famous names with many firsts to their credit. The first Indian Nobel Laureate, the first Indian to get an Oscar, the first Indian man and woman to cross the English Channel, the first Dada Saheb Phalke award recipient – all are Bengalis. Today happens to be the birthday of two eminent Bengalis who have made an impression on the world stage.
But unfortunately we use the past tense to describe their achievements. One of them is Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian Cricket Team and the other happens to be the former Chief Minister of Bengal, Mr. Jyoti Basu who turned 92 today.
India marched into uncharted seas and attained dizzying heights under Sourav Ganguly. He is the most successful Indian captain in both Tests and ODIs. It remains to be seen if his successor, Rahul Dravid, with a recent overseas Test series victory under his belt, will emulate Ganguly’s heroics as skipper.
Mr. Jyoti Basu still holds the record for the longest serving Chief Minister of India and his communist government was the longest serving democratically elected communist government world over. Though his successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has continued the good work done by him, it will be a tough ask to emulate Mr. Basu.
I wish them both a very happy birthday and hope Mr. Basu hits a century and Ganguly scores many more centuries!
PS: I really don’t know if a 92 year old qualifies to be called a boy. But for sure, Mr. Basu wouldn’t mind it.
But unfortunately we use the past tense to describe their achievements. One of them is Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian Cricket Team and the other happens to be the former Chief Minister of Bengal, Mr. Jyoti Basu who turned 92 today.
India marched into uncharted seas and attained dizzying heights under Sourav Ganguly. He is the most successful Indian captain in both Tests and ODIs. It remains to be seen if his successor, Rahul Dravid, with a recent overseas Test series victory under his belt, will emulate Ganguly’s heroics as skipper.
Mr. Jyoti Basu still holds the record for the longest serving Chief Minister of India and his communist government was the longest serving democratically elected communist government world over. Though his successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has continued the good work done by him, it will be a tough ask to emulate Mr. Basu.
I wish them both a very happy birthday and hope Mr. Basu hits a century and Ganguly scores many more centuries!
PS: I really don’t know if a 92 year old qualifies to be called a boy. But for sure, Mr. Basu wouldn’t mind it.
posted by VAC | 9:46 AM
4 Comments:
i think buddhadheb will soon surpass the achievements of basu... he has more modernist outlook for a communist... ill be writing a post on him soon
realistic blog but for the last para. Basu might live upto 100yrs but its too much to expect a ton from the dead bengal tiger..
@Mars: I also appreciate the modernistic outlook of Buddhadeb. He has adapted to the changing times and allowed foreign funds into Bengal and showed that he could be a communist as well as a reformer.
@Useless Fella: Man, wait for some time.. The Bengal Tiger isnt Dead. Its just Hibernating. And for sure, he will be back with a bang. Realistically speaking, if the Rainas and Raos perform as badly as they ve been in the recent past, then the day isnt too far when Dada will again don India Colors.
I love your website. It has a lot of great pictures and is very informative.
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