सेनाआ बेखौबो जुक्थि होदोंमोन दि बंग'नि आंखाला सोहोरनि रांखान्थियारि दावखोनायनि थाखाय जादोंमोन, जाय जाग्रा आदारनि बेसेनखौ बांहोदोंमोन, जायजों लाखसो गामियारि मावसाफोरा रसानांना थैयो, जेब्ला बेसोरनि मुजिराया थायाखैमोन।
Sen also argued that the Bengal famine was caused by an urban economic boom that raised food prices, thereby causing millions of rural workers to starve to death when their wages did not keep up.