To progress is to understand. The Bengali community, sophisticated as it is, always has changed, is currently absorbing new changes and will continue to be one of the most hot seat of change in the Indian sub-continent. Ideas, priciples and philosophy that were once vital to the mainstream Bengali society are becoming old-fashiond, conservative and downright inappropripriate in the current context of economic, social and moral value systems. New problems are being faced everyday, new opportunities are knocking on the door every moment. Conflicts of the old and the new are not new or peculiar to our society alone. It's all around us. Shutting the eyes and hoping that they'll resolve themslves somehow automaticall is not the way to handle change. Understanding what's happening today is not as easy as working out what happened fifty or hundred years ago. Changes are deceptively difficult to identify and measure. We can recognise revolution in a minute, but recognising evolutionary changes take a lifetime. It is this reason and belief which prompted us to gather information about our community through opinion polls. An individual's perception of a change is biased by his or her own specific situation - environment, education, social status, income and political power or lack thereof. Therefore, its usefulness in predicting social behaviour is at best very limited. Collective perception, is not just the sum of indiduals' understanding; it's much more powerful in deducting salient features of social or economic groups that comprise a society. We invite our guests to please contribute their valuable time to help us understand our social change, current norms of socio-ecomic behaviour, moral and pragmatic solutions to day-to-day predicaments. You do not have to rely on our own perception of poll subjects, nor are we capaable of discerning all that is happening with or around us. That's exactly why we gave everybody the opportunity to propose or initiate a new poll. You should spare a moment to cast your vote on issues identified by others and see accumulated poll outcomes and thus draw your own conclusions. You may also wish to contribute articles for publication in this section for the benefit of us all. Best wishes! As we always say, make the most of it ... O P I N I O N Propose a Poll ... description of the issue: poll type:            boolean descriptive polling language:       english bengali Note: currently only boolean and English language supported. your opinion:       vote no yes undecided P O L L I N G Cast Your Vote ... Issue Considering the current school workload as it is, should prabashi Bengalees burden youngsters with Bengali language classes? your opinion:       vote no yes undecided O U T C O M E Listing outcome ... Select a listing option:     1. list all opinion polls         2. find one specific poll to cast vote -         enter poll id.:      Tip: first, list all polls and take note of poll Id's. Then select the specific poll to cast vote.