Ā̃tel () is
Bengali term referring to a person who is proficient in academic practice but lacks practical knowledge,
or someone who pretends to be intelligent.
Use
According to Indian author Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, winner of the
Sahitya Akademi Award,
In the May 2017, the
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her ...
said in the session of parliament pointing towards the rescued social activist and author
Farhad Mazhar after the disappearance:
Former chairman of the Department of Language Studies of
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, abbreviated as SUST, is a Public university, public research university in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Established in 1986, it is one of the leading universities in pioneering research and education ...
, Shafiuddin Ahmed said in response to the question of "how much our generation is progressive":
Indian film director
Raj Chakraborty
Raj Chakraborty (born 21 February 1975) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and politician. He is one of the most commercially successful film-makers in Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood. Before directing his debut film, he was busy in Be ...
, in his interview, mentioned the word in the answer of "what types of films will you use to choose to make as a producer", he said,
See also
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Egghead
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Obrazovanshchina
Obrazovanshchina (, 'educationdom', 'educaties', 'smatterers') is a Russian ironical, derogatory term for a category of people with superficial education who lack the higher ethics of an educated person.
The term was introduced by Alexander Solz ...
References
{{Wiktionary, আঁতেল
Anti-intellectualism
Pejorative terms for people
Bengali words and phrases