Home in the World

Why does one read this book?- May be to know a first rate thinker in his own words.Why does most of the Indians buy the book?- May be not to read but to boast of an 'Indian' Nobel Laureate.Why does most of the Bengalis buy the book?- May be not to read but to boast of a 'Bengali' Nobel Laureate.Why does an English muttering English medium Bengali student read the book?- May be to learn the kind of English to earn a Nobel prize.Why does a Bengali babbling English managing Bengali student read the book?- May be to sneer that there is nothing called outer Bengal, outer India, outer World.Why does a mono-lingual non-English speaking buy the book?- May be to see a book, see a language, see a man of power, never to achieve, never to reach, never to share.