An unusual feature of this article is that the language is referred to as both 'Bengali' and 'Bangla' in the text, perhaps to please all sides! Anthea * * * * * Anthea Fraser Gupta (Dr) School of English, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT <www.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/afg> NB: Reply to a.f.gupta at leeds.ac.uk * * * * *