"When a woman is violated I won't bracket men in general as potential abusers and tormentors. How can I forget my father, my dada (elder brother) also happen to be males, can every man harm a girl It is more the beast within human soul getting uncaged which happens when all human ethos go for a toss and conscience is raped. And isn't violence common to both male and female species!" Rabindrasangeet exponent Dasgupta told PTI on the sidelines of 'Ratnagarbha' tribute to Mothers.
"But yes if our society respects women that equals to showing reverence to all Mothers. The society which cannot respect its women will retard and never progress far," Swagatalakshmi said after reminiscing about her late mother in Ratnagarbha - a tribute to the proud moms of Bengal.
Alik Sukh and Ichhe actor Sohini Sengupta, an acclaimed stage personality, said while "We are happy to felicitate our moms who have made us what we are today," everyday incidents of attacks and abuses haunt "Me and everybody else."
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Felicitating mother with Ratnagarbha title, Sohini recalled how despite her busy theatre schedules Swatilekha made her a self-dependent, strong-willed woman.
"My mother made me metamorph into whatever she was - powerful, irrational, passionate and fiercely equal.," she said.
Eminent Manipuri danceuse Kalavati Devi was felicitated as 'Ratnagarbha' by daughter Bimbavati with the daughter sharing how her mom once smashed the cellphone miffed over her longish conversations with a friend. "Genetically I am as temperamental as my mom," Bimbavati said.
Chairman of Sports Development Committee of BCC & I Subrata Datta said, " Celebrating the achievement of mothers and daughters are very significant for a forward-looking society."
"Mothering doesn't end with just giving birth to the child," Rupak Saha, of the erstwhile Dhaka-based heritage jewellery chain SWhyamsundar, said.