Good piece

Hats off to Mohammad Badrul Ahsan! He has written a brilliant piece on Tagore's analysis of the Bengali psyche in Friday's DS under the heading "Take it from Tagore". He has put into perspective what Tagore in his interview said about his observation of the character of Bengalees. We have to honestly admit that our negative traits have kept us divided, despite our many positive qualities and potentialities as a people and a nation. No one could have written a better description of the nature of our fellowmen than Tagore who traversed the world in search of treasures and found it right in the heart of his golden Bengal; "a single dewdrop on a single blade of grass". No one could have analysed Tagore's observation better than the writer who went into the very heart and soul of our national character!