Rajib: Yes I was born in Naxalbari …show more content…
And these people are not academics but are ordinary people from various occupations. And would then elaborate that such and such babu who helped that sahib for that survey, he himself wrote another book later…and they will come and say, do you want a photocopy of this? And he will happily give you a photocopy as …show more content…
It’s like a far away distant land which is exotic and its not only the scenic beauty that attracts Bengalis but it is that unknown exotic past that attracts them most…you fear it and at the same time you love it as well. Fear and Love both enmeshed into one another. This is something, which I see reflected in the people of North Bengal themselves. So when they discuss and write…they are in a way trying to rediscover themselves by rewriting the past. And while engaging and rewriting the past; the colonial archives play a central