Change or Pain: What is it that Bengal does not want?

As usual, I try not to proceed a single inch without defining the problem statement. So, what is Change? and Where is Bengal today? These two we should analyze first.

Change and Pain
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It means modification or updation. Simply speaking, it means a set of characteristics being altered from its usual state. So, what happens when a change occurs?
Certainly, some process has to initiate it. Let it be x, y or z.
So, how do you start such process? Where does that energy come from?
That means, such energy can only come when some force is applied.
Very good, but any such force may create a deformation to the existing setup (most likely).
Right, so any such deformation would cause also pain to the existing setup.
So, we can safely assume that any change has to go through an initial pain. Please note, I am still not arguing whether such change is for good or bad. I just defined ‘what is change’ and ‘what may happen during a change?’

Now, come to my 2nd definition about Bengal in 21st century.

Bengal Today
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a) Undoubtedly it is my favorite place when it comes to cultural aspects. The language is so sweet and the warmth is so touchy, I feel relaxed whenever I walk down the streets. Right from Nandan to Belur, or even the fact that almost every kid has their own capabilities of mastering different arts makes me amazed. This was there 100 yrs ago, still it is there and it would remain like that.
b) What about professional aspects? I tell you one small Bengali story I saw in a T.V serial. I saw a manager in a small startup company in Bengal taking an interview of a lady who was desperately looking for a job. The manager accepts that the lady can do the job but explains her that she has to do a whole lot of things there as that is a small company with less resource. The lady accepts that too. The manager now tries to set her expectation about work schedule to give her example about the volume of work. “You need to do a lot of work here and you need to spend a good amount of time in office”. The lady hesitantly says “Yes, I will”. The manager then says, “You must be in the office till 6pm in the evening”.
When I heard this, then I understood what is normal working hours in Bengal (may be till 3pm) and what do they think about ‘Extra Work’ J
c) In 2006, there was one month when 5 strikes were called in Bengal.
d) The issue of Nano cars by Tata Motors and the lost opportunity – the less we talk about it is better.

I get a feeling that Bengalis want to win, but would also like to avoid the pain behind it. They want to change for a better future, but without the struggle behind it. They dream but they would like someone else to help them to implement it. Somewhere, it is the disinclination towards the self-driven approach. The same Bengali, once he crosses Bengal border, mixes with the rest of the nation in other cities, gets easily groomed to fight hard. So, it is not something impossible, it is just in the work-culture where change-management is very poorly driven.

I know and I respect the great sacrifices Bengali sons have made in pre-independence era. They had such a strong drive in their heart to change the then existing British rule. The same Bengali is so reluctant for change towards industrialization. Even if I try to believe that a group of people did not want the change, then why didn’t the whole Bengal came up lively to speak for their better future? Is this the same Bengalis of pre-independence era?

A baby, when he/she walks for the first time, stumbles. A football player who has not played for years will get muscle pain on the first 1-2 days when he comes back to field. I had pain in my fingers when I started learning Spanish Guitar. We do get cold/fever when season changes, weather changes. Any change in the eco-system or in nature or in lifestyle goes through a pain and it is a MUST. Any new initiative will have teething problems. Then why is this reluctance towards ‘change’? It may be right that someone did very little work for 25 yrs – but that does not mean that we should start finding faults when he started working. There will be mistakes, inconveniences and natural disruptions to the existing system, but that is inevitable. Once we learn from those mistakes, we know how to deal with this in future and that is where the ‘pain’ helps in subsequent changes. I hope Bengalis understand this sooner.