Bengalis should not be represented by some clerks. I don't believe that television is taking away reading habits. It is statistically incorrect. Printing of Bengali books have increased. Reading habits have grown and I think television helps to build up reading habits because television exposes oneself to the world of nature, science and technology thus stimulating reading habit.
Television being the beginning, it triggers off the search for knowledge.
Not only the tea garden movement, I also worked among the Rajbangshi peasants and built up organisations among them from the scratch. I was involved in the movement of occupying vested lands of the landlords. I was one of the leaders in the tea garden strikes in the mid-70s. All these have influenced me immensely in my creativity and thought process. My involvement in these movements has implanted within me a sense of perspective and reality.