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Bloomers in Hillary's gift raises hackles
Wednesday May 09, 2012 08:30:54 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: A mat
presented by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with two lines from a song of
Rabindranath Tagore printed on it has led to howls of protest for
the spelling bloomers and wrong word usage.
The mat in "Kantha" stitch with Tagore's face and part of the
Bengali song "Aguner Poroshmoni Choyao Prane" (touch the heart
with the magicstone of fire), was handed over by Clinton to
Banerjee during their meeting at the state secretariat Writers'
Buildings Monday.
A visibly happy Banerjee proudly displayed the gift to the
mediapersons after the meeting.
However, on close scrutiny it was found that the word "Poroshmoni"
was wrongly spelt. What was worse, in the second line of the song
which reads "He Jiban Purno koro", "Purno" was replaced by "Rinyo"
and "Jiban" was misspelt.
"When it concerns Tagore and international diplomacy the US should
have been more careful", said Sahitya Academy president and noted
writer Sunil Gangopahdyay.
A spokesperson of the US consulate refused to comment on the
matter.
However, sources said the mat was purchased in Kolkata from a
local designer's collection.
"Whatever it be, the US should have been more sensitive to the
sentiments of the Indians, particularly Bengalis, as Tagore
occupies a monumental position in the heart and mind of the
public," said a banker T.P. Dutta.
"It was an extremely immature artwork. As for the mistakes,
Hillary and her delegation should have got the quality of the
artwork evaluated by knowledgeable people. Nobody will talk about
the designer's flaws. It will go down that the US, in its
carelessness, has given such a gift that so glaringly lacks
aestheticism," said writer Abul Bashar.
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