Religion is at all unimportant in judging Bengali, particularly poet. Hasn't Nazrul penned some famous Kali songs? Is not he a devout muslim? Come out this.
Ram is a hated character in Bengal. Both Dussera & Diwali are associated with him.
Anthropologically Aryan influence is limited to so called Aryavarta. East, South & Northeast are free from it.
For your information, Chaitanya never visited any Ram temple, even during his stay in north india.
Charitamrita documents his visit to Bargabheema temple.
ISKCON is not the sole perveyor of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
Radha has no mention in writings of other Vaishnava greats.
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/1060732789643972608?s=19
But the biggest contribution of Chaitanya is removal of casteism. This was particularly difficult when Aryavarta reeled under it. Some Vibhishan Bengali also tried to enforce it by Aryavartising Bengal.
Such Vibhishans are cropping up again. Hellbent on making Bengal like Rajasthan or UP, where people are killed in the name of cow.
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/790809678649307136?s=19
Night ended with #Nazrul songs of Angur Bala, day starts with #Lalan song, now #Tagore from Kishoreda. Wah!
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/792903412786475008?s=19
Secular minded Bengalis, whose tradition came from #Chaitanya & #Lalan & modified by #Tagore & #Nazrul ,has apathy over @BJP4India But @CPIM_WESTBENGAL seems playing their second fiddle. Not asking about MC member(s) who leaked, certifying vandals as students.
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/1044437759799316480?s=19
Always. Our culture is same. Same Chaitanya, Lalan, Tagore & Nazrul guided us.
@WhirlingDervesh Lalan inspired Tagore. I believe secular culture f Bengal z th gift f Bauls lk Lalan. & it z th only antidote 2 Ssnghis.
It wudB immensely better if bjp off their hands 4m Bengal. They cant understand th culture shaped by Chaitanya, Lalan, Tagore & Nazrul.
Bt, r u abreast of th cultural tradition set up by SriChaitanya, Lalan, Tagore & Nazrul? If u try2 pulverize it, u willB pulverized.
Which one? Have you any question to self proclaimed protectors of Hinduism?
As for me, my only claim is, I follow the paths of Chaitanya, Lalan, Vidyasagar, Tagore & Nazrul. To me human is most precious & peace is necessary.
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/1060374404083957760?s=19
It is our misfortune. For it, communalism z growing throughout India. Message of love spread by Chaitanya, Lalan, Tagore, Nazrul & numerous others sud have been spread. I wrote some articles on love in the poetry of Hasan Raza in English. But there shudB concerted effort.
https://twitter.com/AvijitSinha5/status/1122566594306215936?s=19
They don't know Bengal, land of Chaitanya, Lalan, Vidyasagar, Tagore & Nazrul. Ignorance is not a bliss always.
Inferiority complex?🤣 Its a fact that there is no second Jayadeva or Chaitanya or Madhusudana Saraswati. Comparing them to Tagore, Rammohun roy or Vivekananda is ludicrous
https://twitter.com/shardula23/status/1312343471139610625?s=19
19th century Bengali society did not drop all of a sudden from the sky. What u had in 19th century was a product of the past.
Without Madhusudan Saraswati, Chaitanya, Jayadeva there wouldn't be any Tagore or Vivekananda.
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https://twitter.com/Aban__Ind/status/1312347543754297345?s=19
The leader of this Hindu revivalist movement was Shankaracharya, a great thinker and a distinguished philosopher. And this movement was propounded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Namadeva, Tukaram, Jayadeva. The movement's major achievement was its abolition of idol worship.
https://twitter.com/Koliyavanshi/status/1221691079642079232?s=19
doesn’t mention Mao,Marx or Lenin! Instead talks about Lalan Fakir,Chaitanya,Ambedkar,our Constitution,some Azimullah,Manu Smruti,corporates,blah blah blah.....
soil and is therefore bound to fail. So they are trying to usurp Indian teachers like Chaitanya Deva,Lalan Fakir,even Swami Vivekananda! But this will also fail because they are trying to exclude divinity from these greats and trying to present them as mere social reformers
https://twitter.com/tathagata2/status/1160543029326782464?s=19
Visited the akhara of the baul Lalan Fakir,but myth that Rabindranath Tagore had met him was busted. They said he died bfr Tagore was born.
https://twitter.com/tathagata2/status/674999871644958720?s=19
Bengalis must unite ag hate! we r people w heritage of Tagore, Lalan & Nazrul, we must show way forward for rest of India as we did before!
https://twitter.com/khanmfh/status/883394379922120707?s=19
To add to that, the teachings of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda and the immense following they have in Bengal, despite voting the communists and liberals for the last 50 years... you know why? Because of these pioneers, and Tagore and Najrul who taught us "humanity over everything"!
https://twitter.com/sandeeproy1/status/1296056412364132352?s=19
You think Tagore and Najrul were not religious?! They were the biggest devotees of the Supreme Lord, along with Lalan Fakir, Anthony Kabiyal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and no one taught us bongs, to demean others to feel great. They told us that many roads lead to the same God
"Joto Mot, Toto Poth". As many opinions, that many routes to the same God.
"Sobar Opor Manush Sotyo", humanity over everything
"Bamun Chini Poitey Proman, Bamni chini kemne re", I know a Brahmin through his thread, how do I know his wife?
THAT is Bengal. Over
@atlas47 pointed out about the Bauls! Absolutely! That tradition is a continuity of Bengali liberal Hinduism. They sang about the Supreme God without any malice or prejudice to other beliefs.
Bengal has always been a melting pot of Hindus & Muslims, living together for centuries
Poet Rabindranath Tagore in his 1933 London Hebart Lecture first applauded Lalan Shah as a mystic poet who... http://t.co/sfCqfJk0DT
https://twitter.com/AnubhavChatter2/status/492322514065195008?s=19
In fact many Tagore songs r influenced by baul bhaktibad (devotional philosophy). He met lalan phakir too...
https://twitter.com/KathakaliM/status/848355041304092673?s=19
@ashwinsanghi Tagore was very much influenced by Sufi thoughts, Lalan Fakir being one.
https://twitter.com/repubindia/status/385861711665713152?s=19
Now Saba Naqvi invokes Tagore, Nazrul Islam & Lalan Fakir to justify a greater Bengal identity. This is mischievous. The larger picture is gradually unfurling. A sinister plan to take away West Bengal from India. Let's resist this with our lives.
https://twitter.com/sgsura1/status/1118166161697304576?s=19
Also way to elitist/urban to only see Ray and Tagore as the only icons of Bengali "culture". For many Bangaliana, is still associated with figures such as, Ramprasad and Lalan Fakir.
https://twitter.com/ujaanghosh/status/1265396559098916864?s=19
Every missionary who worked/works in India had/has the might of either the Empire /transnational Church network behind, Srila Prabhupada was truly a penniless single man. I strongly oppose anti-Darwin component of ISKCON, which cannot diminish my veneration for Srila Prabhupada.
https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1310418725103792128?s=19
In all sects abuse is bound to happen. More cultish or/and more authoritarian more the abuse. Every Hindu sect has to do Dharmic audit in public and reduce the avenues of abuse and through secular institutions make sure the guilty are punished and victims get justice.
Criticize Gandhi. But do not give into juvenile hatred. Gandhiji is one of the great sons of Mother India. Let not pub-Gandhians and beef-Gandhians appropriate his legacy only to perpetuate his blunders while ignoring his Dharmic core.
When will we come out of our juvenile perverted hated towards Gandhiji? I have my critical views on Gandhiji but to live a fraction of a life as sublime as his, it takes tremendous inner strength. Sad.
https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1312265788598829056?s=19
His blunders are important. We should study them and analyse them so that we wouldn't fall into the same errors. But highlighting his blunders only because of the perverse pleasure of spitting at a great man for his falls, will ultimately harm us as a nation and civilization.
