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Oh those English

Oh those English! Exclaimed Bose saheeb, munching his marie biscuit and sipping his morning tea, over the days Newspaper. “Hmm, now what will happen to our eligible girls and boys, do the English think, that by making the imperial language test mandatory for selection, they can stop our eligible dames and damsels to cross the London bridge?” Mrs Bose, came onto the balcony, water dripping from her hair, taking the wet clothes of her shoulders, and one by one hanging them to dry on the balcony string, she commented: Ki  bok -bok korcho, saath sokale, “what are you mumbling early in the morning?” Bose saheeb, taking another sip from his cup, in great contemplation said, Oh The English- Bhangbe kintu mochkabena-  “The English spirit, they’ll prefer to die but will not surrender.” Mrs Bose, finally turning around and looking at him, while draining some water from her tresses, Ki holo ta ki- “What has happened?” Bose Saheeb, you can very well ask Mannu now to enroll for an MA in Englis