As I contemplate leadership in this wonderful city of Kolkata and in this intellectually vigorous land of Renaissance, Bengal, my thoughts go to the leaders from this state who have been influential and “made a difference”, not only at the national level, but at the global level too.
Let us recall some of them to see the diversity of leadership models:   Often called the “father of modern India”, Raja Ram Mohun Roy was a pioneering social reformer and a progressive thinker, certainly ahead of his time, who had the courage of conviction to challenge some egregious traditional Hindu social evils.   Swami Vivekananda was an intellectual leader par excellence.