Answer is no. You might have already started smelling a rat here. Let me assure you that’s not the case, I am not biased nor I am prejudiced. I would try to explain my point through this essay. To give you a brief idea about the person - Santosh Mohan Dev has been elected eight times as a Member of Parliament, of that seven times he has been elected from his home turf Silchar. He has held various portfolios and ministries of Govt. of India. His political affiliation is with Indian National Congress. You may like to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santosh_Mohan_Dev for more information about him.
You might be thinking why I have picked up Mr. Dev of all Indian politicians. Well, I have a small connection and a common interest - both of us are from
People of Silchar are predominantly Sylheti, for most of the people the roots are in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh. They take lot of pride in themselves; they are good at Mathematics and English and consider themselves as intelligentsia. Every year some 10 to 20 students would make into the local
Now, in actual, how the life looks like in Silchar? All that I stated above is possible because people hardly have any work and the most enjoyable pastime there is socio-political discussions. Average office goers hardly work more than four hours a day.
Now how all these and Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev gets related? Well, the answer is it is the Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev who made Silchar to retain this form for past 10, 20, 30 years and the city would remain the same probably for another half a century. Silchar is not easily accessible, till this date it is not connected through broad gauge rail lines because the project never received the blessings of Mr. Dev. He is the Central Heavy Industries Minister but Silchar never got an industry during his tenure where masses could be employed. For long time he was Steel Minister but Silchar never got any thing. Well, it’s not correct completely though - he got highly publicized jobs for handful B.E. engineers in SAIL. He was the Central Minister for Tele-Communication - digital connectivity of Silchar is still pathetic. He was the Central minister for Home Affairs - most of the local goons grew up under his blessings and they continue to grow till this date.
Another great characteristic of people of Silchar, that I forgot to mention earlier, among them they prove their supremacy by proving the point that how close he is to Rana Dev, that’s how Mr. Dev is locally known. It’s a matter of prestige that one had been to Ranada's place or to his daughter's wedding. There are whole bunch of corrupt government officials and businessmen who become millionaires just by being close associate of Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev. And they in turn further spread out the stories of power and strengths of Ranada and have their own followers. For others, these officials and businessmen are the only way to reach to Rana Dev to take special care of their vested interest.
The success of Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev is his ability to retain this fabric of the society for the decades and their lies the roots of his success. Some of you may be thinking how it is different than rest of