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Several letters to the editor are presented in response to previous articles including "Denial of the present" in the January 24, 2016 issue, "The lie of change" in the January 8, 2016 issue and Indians desperate for a face-saving win at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)" in the January 23, 2016 issue.

The article offers the author's insights on the obsession of Bengalis with the trivialities of the past then with the travails of the present. Topics discussed include disappearance of political leader Subhas Chandra Bose, the plight of the state of West Bengal, India, and industrial development in the state.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to previous articles including the fondness of Bengalis for pithas served with khejur gur such as chitou pitha, comments about how the Pakistan-India talks can move forward and contractors exploiting temporary workers in Odisha.

The author discusses the way Bengalis use the name-suffix to show respect. He agrees that adding the courtesy suffix "dada" leading to "babu" and to "dadu" remind him about becoming an older adult. Also discussed are the way Bengalis use the suffix only to fellow Bengalis, the affection-suffixes used by Gujaratis and the way saheb is used as a respect-suffix in Maharastra.

The article discusses the highlights of the Raas Garba workshop which aimed to bring together the 40,000-odd Gujaratis who have made the city their home and culminates with a pre-Navratri garba competition to be held at Mahalakshmi Temple in Goonj, New Delhi, India. Bengalis and Marwaris also participated in the workshop where a flashmob that featured boys and girls in colourful kedia-dhoti and ghagra-choli saw high-voltage garba moves.

The article focuses on the similarity of the intellectual pursuits of the Bengalis and French such as their involvement in violent anticolonial movements and mentions the book "How The French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People," by Sudhir Hazareesingh.

The article focuses on the practice of Bengali culture by Bengali families in Singapore, focusing on the little Bengal that has developed in the country that makes it presence felt through cultural, educational and gastronomic manifestations. It mentions topics including Nikhilesh Gupta of the Bengali Association of Singapore, the Bangla Language and Literacy and Literacy Society (BLSS), and a Bengali restaurant started in Little India by Deepali Roy.