Bengalis have always taken great pride in their rich culture of ideas, poetry, language, lyricism and intellectual output. Hence it is not surprising that they have unique word for everything un-Bengali. The word apasanskriti is a Bengali word which means debased culture or low/crass/hedonistic/ mass culture.

From the greatbong:

Thanda lege jaabe. Translation: You will catch a cold. Bengalis love Nature. After all, about 36.4% of their rhymeless poems, scribbled on the back of cigarette cartons and paper napkins, are about its assorted glories. (The rest are about Prem or love). But Nature, the heartless seductress, remains cold to them. Literally. Wise men have not been able to find out what exactly it is about the Bengali genetic structure that makes them as susceptible to the common cold as Raina is to the short ball. Whatever be the reason, Bengalis are mortally afraid of catching the chill. And for good reason. Which is why when the mercury dips oh-so-slightly, you will find them wandering about in gear that would look excessive at the North Pole—brown monkey caps, grey sweaters (typically called “pullovers”) yards of mufflers and woolen socks. The Bengali might keep the windows of his mind open (like the legendary Sidhu-jyatha of Feluda lore) but, come spring, will definitely keep the windows of his room closed. Because the first breeze of spring, as his grandmother used to tell them, is deadly (praanghati).

From the greatbong:

Bokachoda: Moronic Fornicator.If there is one Bengali word a non-Bengali knows, it is this. The iconic swear-word is the Bong F-word. Depending on the context and the way in which you say it, it can convey anger, wonderment, sadness, disappointment, arousal, excitement or joy. As an added advantage, you can take out the “Boka” and attach different pre-fixes (“pagla” mad, “chagol” goat, “chomchom” a sweet) behind the “Choda” and each combination becomes a lethal swear-word, a perfect example of code reuse. So great has been the influence of this word that one of the first websites in India to be banned (the owner was also arrested) was bokachoda.com (around 1999) for its anti-CPM and sometimes anti-Bengali vitriol

Absolutely, mind-blowingly, brain-scramblingly super duper uh-may-zing!

Pejorative phrase meaning "damaged goods". Also referred to as Painted and Dented by those unfamiliar with gujjris.

Apparently a way of describing any woman who is not a sati savitri and who therefore must be a ultra-fast POMO chick of some sort. Though why one would compare ladice of any type to used goods is beyond comprehension.

The term is perhaps derived from the "make-up" that needs to be applied before selling a "banged-up" gaddi on the second-hand market. Imagine buying a "lightly used" Yezdi for sale in a chor bazaar. The chalu seller hides the dent with the paint and with a straight face say it's first class and jugaad-free. Such must be the attitude of any woman standing up against the excessive bandobast in Delhi today. Whattey naansense, I say!

Popularized by our very own Pranab da's very own Bangla son: Abhijit Mukherjee, one can also say it refers to the anachronistic and chauvinistic Uncleji ideologies that passes off as cultural leadership in India today.

With specimens like this as prominent netas and law makers, it may just be time for aam aadmi put on a monkey cap and pray to Hey Bhagwan for this world to end.

For more action-oriented junta types, kindly do the needful and join up with like-minded types like Society of Painted Dented Ladies of India, one of whom has responded to the cant and rubbish.

Arnab Goswami is a TV repoter from a "leading news channel" in India. He yells at guests on his talk show, takes the unrequited burden of speaking for everyone and insists on a nightly basis that "THE NATION WANTS TO KNOW!" and seems like the only TV host on his channel excepting that rather metrosexual tall guy who may take over soon. He is the leading figure in "breathless journalism."

Expat Bangaldeshi word for native land.

It is how you refer to someone from Bengal, or even the Bengali language, using the Bengali language. "A" sounds become soft "O" sounds.

This bongla babu, a famous physicist (1884-1974), lends his name to the type of particles known as bosons, of which one is the Higgs' Boson.

A famous scientist and contemporary of Einstein, he also gets credit for Bose-Einstein statistics, and expressed an interest in Bengali literature, biochemistry, and many other things. He was also a friend of Tagore.

The act or the process of being Nyaka.