Author Archives: secondsaturn

About secondsaturn

Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Steel Authority of India Limited

Posted on July 12, 2020

SAIL was set up in 1954, on the 19th of January with head quarters in Kolkata. Born out of the Industrial Committee Report of 1951 led by Subimal Dutt, SAIL was to use public money to build capital where only … Continue reading →

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Rituparna Ghosh into Eternity

Posted on July 1, 2020

Rituparna’s Eternity On the 31st of May 2020, the anniversary of Rituparna Ghosh’s cross over day from a body with a soul to just a soul in the eternity of time, I read through his writings published in two volumes … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 2, 2020

Shakespeare as a Social Scientist This is not out of boredom of the lock down, I have far too much in my schedule to find time even during these days. I have been pursuing Shakespeare for quite some time now, … Continue reading →

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The Famine of 1943 and the Partition in 1947 – Bengal Crisis

Posted on May 1, 2020

Bill Gates predicted the epidemic and during this epidemic said that the fight against the virus is uniting the whole world. While he was right on his first prediction, he went horribly wrong in his second one as the pandemic … Continue reading →

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Corona Cadaver, Notes on the Covid 19

Posted on April 1, 2020

These days I think a lot about Dida, my maternal, grandmother, especially of the day of Nabami when in her village, Nirole she tumbled down the steps of the Kamakhya mandir and broke her crown. Boromama was fortunately present there … Continue reading →

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Bura Na Mano, Holi Hai

Posted on March 12, 2020

I used to be a Holi enthusiast in school; I simply loved Holi as a sport of running, ducking, springing surprise on one another with attacks of aabir or pichkiri and then of course the coming together of the adults … Continue reading →

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Ekushe February

Posted on February 20, 2020

The development of the Bengali language into a formal self-contained written language emerged in the 12th century with the coming of the Sultanate. It was then that the territorial identity of Bengal was formed as well. Despite Islam being the … Continue reading →

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Dhaka Diary

Posted on January 15, 2020

I had resolved that never in my life will I visit Dhaka for I feared to face a city that would have been mine had the Partition not taken place. I have no idea why my mind thought that way … Continue reading →

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Music of the Muses – Brahmo Sangeet From Raja Rammohan to Tagore

Posted on December 8, 2019

Last evening I attended a lecture demonstration by Srenanda Mukherjee organized by Sohini tracing out the path of the Brahmo sangeet from Raja Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore (The vowel in Brahmo being pronounced as the O in oval). Brahmo … Continue reading →

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Ashok Kumar Ganguly alias Kumud

Posted on November 20, 2019

Ashok Kumar’s biography has been much written. By Divine Grace the actor lived long and in full alertness of the mind and in good health and spoke freely to those who sought him out for interviews and a longer engagement. … Continue reading →

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