Have a few thoughts on this.
There's no denying the fact that Ray expected his audience to be "intelligent" - intelligent here does not imply high education or cultural background, but the ability to comprehend objectively.

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What he deserved was an intelligent audience that would watch his art or atleast an engage in constructive criticism. He often got none from the masses beyond Bengal but received plenty from the masses in Bengal & globally. Other parts of India, was majorly averse to his art.

Lots of people hating on Bose for his alleged Nazi connections.
In J.H. Voigt's (noted German writer) words, Netaji made a distinction between the Nazi regime and the German nation. His joining hands with Hitler was not an expression of his support of the Nazi ideology.
+ "It was nothing but the abortive attempt to rally German support, and later also Japanese, to gain independence for India."
He specifically mentions that Bose was impressed with the German military success but unhappy about Hitler's policy.
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Read about another Bengali wrestler of the colonial period. Bhabendra Mohan Saha, better known as Bheem Bhabani for his wrestling prowess, was connected to the akhada of another eminent wrestler family of his time, the Gohos of North Calcutta.
+ A physically weak child, Saha was often bullied by other kids. Moreover, he contracted malaria frequently causing his physical strength to deteriorate. This is when he decided to join akhada and build his body.
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This year marks the completion of Satyajit Ray's centenary, yet the ghosts of poverty porn & exoticization allegations have not stopped lurking around. Routinely attacked by the Indian RW, here's why some of his most criticized works have little to do with these allegations.
+ Ray's 1st & India's 1st film that received international acclaim, was more of Bibhutibhushan Bandapadhyay's creation than Ray's. It was a bildungsroman novel set in rural Bengal, an emerging genre then, where the author traces the moral and psychological growth of a character.
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Masculine nationalism was not limited to the 19/20th ce Bengali men, but was also propagated by prominent women of the Bengali society. One such woman was Sarala Debi, who comes from the Tagore family, a Brahmo family that has been constantly accused of promoting effeteness.
+ Sarala Debi Ghosal was Gurudev's niece and had close ties with Swami Vivekananda. She was introduced to militant nationalism through Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Anandamath & Aurobindo Ghosh. She felt that the Bengali society needed to regain manhood through martial training
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Colonial Bengal's muscular nationalism gave rise to the wrestling and akhada culture in Bengal, which in turn, placed India on the globe's wrestling map. The Guho family and their disciples are credited for establishing & popularizing the art of wrestling in Bengal.
+ Starting with Gobor Guho (Jatindra Charan Guho), born into the family of wrestlers, he is the best known wrestler of his time from Bengal or even India. On reaching adulthood, he was 6'1" and weighed around 130 kgs. His expanded chest measured 48 inches.
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