Defence minister & senior BJP leader argues his party’s mission is to restore the greatness of true Bengali heritage

“Hey nuton, dekha dik aarbaar, jonmero prothomo shubhokshon ” – O new one, show yourself once more, in the auspicious first moment of birth.

Rabindranath Tagore wrote these words as an invocation – a prayer to the perpetually renewing spirit of Bengal. It’s traditionally sung on his birth anniversary, honouring him and the joy of a renewal, an awakening that a birthday signifies.

Tagore understood that this land does not simply change. It is continually reborn.

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