▁of ▁the ▁second ▁cur se ▁too . ▁ ▁Liter ature , ▁culture ▁and ▁commun al ▁harm ony ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁eager ▁for ▁cultural ▁u pl ift ▁of ▁the ▁place ▁l angu ishing ▁in ▁super st itions , ▁cas te - dis c rim ination , ▁religious ▁par och ial ism ▁and ▁narrow ▁rural ▁politics . ▁Through ▁his ▁initi ative ▁drama ▁clubs , ▁public ▁libraries ▁and ▁musical ▁training ▁schools ▁were ▁established ▁at ▁Bel ak oba ▁and ▁adjacent ▁places . ▁He ▁also ▁encourag ed ▁sports ▁and ▁by ▁his ▁efforts , ▁the ▁football ▁ground ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁was ▁renov ated ▁and ▁football ▁tournament s ▁arranged . ▁Thus ▁Bel ak oba ▁became ▁a ▁prosper ous ▁place ▁with ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁liter acy ▁and ▁culture . ▁ ▁He ▁could ▁not ▁complete ▁his ▁studies ▁of ▁literature ▁at ▁college , ▁but ▁his ▁l ively ▁interest ▁in ▁literature ▁never ▁w an ed . ▁In ▁his ▁house ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁very ▁good ▁collection ▁of ▁nov els ▁and ▁short ▁stories ▁of ▁all ▁mention ▁worthy ▁Beng ali ▁authors , ▁British ▁and ▁American ▁authors ▁and ▁English ▁transl ations ▁of ▁major ▁works ▁of ▁Russian , ▁French , ▁German , ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Italian ▁literature . ▁His ▁command ▁over ▁literature ▁was ▁ast ounding . ▁He ▁could ▁discuss ▁and ▁quote ▁from ▁literary ▁works ▁for ▁hours ▁on ▁end . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁British ▁regime ▁high ▁ranking ▁British ▁officials ▁used ▁to ▁meet ▁him ▁to ▁discuss ▁literature ▁and ▁take ▁less ons ▁in ▁V edic ▁philosoph ies . ▁They ▁however , ▁avoided ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁political ▁issues , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁fully