Shobhaa De | Will Didi's dadagiri' or BJP's dhanda' win Bong hearts?
Deccan ChronicleAs I key this in on April Fool’s Day, I find I have completely run out of jokes! For a true blue Bengali, it is only other 100 per cent Bengalis who make the cut — everybody else falls into the “outsiders” classification. Playing to the galleries comes naturally to Didi — she revels in high decibel acts during which she attacks opponents using offensive, crass street language — the kind lapped up by her loyal constituency. The club “kaalture” in Kolkata is unique and specific — the members are mainly antiquated boxwallahs desperately hanging on to vestiges of the Raj, while sipping gimlets on the well-tended lawns. Besides, as the Next Gen figured ages ago, these old stodgy families who go on and on about “class” — may have their comical version of “class”, but no money!
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