I have been an ardent reader of “Desh” the premier Bengali literary magazine since my childhood days. As I moved to the US I continued my subscription through the “House of Ananda” a New York based agency of ABP Ananda Bazar Publications . I could pay my subscription dues using a credit card or via Paypal through their website. I used to get the magazine regularly and in time. However recently due to some mysterious reasons the US based distribution ceased to exist and the magazine is now mailed directly from Kolkata. This resulted in two issues.  First the magazine delivery became irregular and I missed few issues which I guess was lost in the mail. The delivery is also delayed. Secondly the subscription process has become really complicated and ABP now demands the payment to be sent to their Kolkata office in the form of DD. This is totally unacceptable in current times. Technology has evolved and the days of demand drafts and money orders are long gone in the global market. I recently purchased a book from an Indian distributor who accepted credit card payment through their website and mailed me the book in less than two weeks.  Why can’t a huge publication house like ABP do this Bengalis now live all over the world and publishers and book sellers like ABP should cater to their international clientele using modern technology.  An email sent to the ABP office had no positive effect.   Publishers like ABP should learn a lesson or two from their international counter parts. Magazine publishers in USA use all kinds of methods to hold on to their subscribers. They try to make the subscription renewal  process as painless as possible. Where as publishers like ABP seem to be happy to lose a few customers. To manage the loss of readership all they can do is reduce the frequency of publication to monthly and then maybe to quarterly. That’s what they did when the reduced the frequency from weekly to fortnightly. I hope ABP comes to their senses and reinstates their foreign distribution centers and try to expand their business to the Bengalis living abroad. 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