Her mother’s article ‘distorted’ in mouthpiece,official fires letter to CM

Neela,Jaya and her daughter Joyoshi studied in Presidency. Incidentally,Joyoshi cleared the all India Civil Services Examination this year and was ranked 42nd.

The I&C department had requested Jaya for permission to translate Neela’s article in English and use it in West Bengal magazine.

The article,along with two others by Jaya and Joyoshi,appeared in this year’s March edition of West Bengal. In these write-ups,the three generations of Dasguptas reminisced about their alma mater.

Jaya has now written to the CM that the translation of her mother’s article was full of mistakes. “I apologise to you for encroaching on your time but I was aghast to read the version in English. It was fully distorted and full of mistakes. I request you to look into it.”

“I cannot understand how this kind of work can come out of that department. They did major injustice to my mother. Imagine this kind of write-up can appear in the government’s mouthpiece. I feel greatly ashamed. And I did not hide my feelings to the chief minister,” Jaya told The Indian Express.

The chief editor of the magazine is Neelay Ghosh,now special secretary,I&C department. When reached,Subesh Das,principal secretary at the I&C department,said,“I have not seen the letter. So I cannot make any comment on it.”