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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Awakening With Ahalya

Posted on May 1, 2022 by secondsaturn

Ahalya’s Awakening. Kavita Kane Kavita Kane writes like an expert Sanskritist. She seems to have read stories and scriptures with an eye that is rarely trained to grasp metaphors and meanings hidden in the heavily coded Sanskrit texts. But here … Continue reading →

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English Medium, Bengali Medium

Posted on April 12, 2022 by secondsaturn

It appears that a storm is raging in Bengal over a recent controversy stoked by one RJ called Ayanatika who perhaps made some comments or observations around the inferiority of Bengali medium schools. Naturally, apologists for the Bengali medium rallied … Continue reading →

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Kerala History Congress – Time Spent Well

Posted on March 19, 2022 by secondsaturn

Just back from the Kerala History Congress of 2022 where it was the sheer magnanimity of Dr Joe Sebastian, the Secretary of the Congress to invite me as a panel speaker on films and history. The Congress was organized many … Continue reading →

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Lata Mangeshkar Dies At 92

Posted on February 7, 2022 by secondsaturn

Today is the day after the Basant Panchami, the day of the immersion of Goddess Saraswati. Today is Lata Mangeshkar’s bisarjan. It happened in the morning while the Panchami tithi had not yet turned intothe sashthi that her body fell … Continue reading →

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Netaji 125 years old and Never Died

Posted on January 24, 2022 by secondsaturn

Netaji is a man who never died, not even as we celebrate his 125th birthday because if we suspend our reason for a while then in the heart of every Indian, there is hope that he would return to take … Continue reading →

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Resistance to Being Taught Parenting

Posted on December 19, 2021 by secondsaturn

One of my post retirement creative flings is a course for parents to raise topper kids. The purpose of this short training in two modules, the second one of which I don’t intend to start off in a hurry, is … Continue reading →

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Cafes Up My Street

Posted on November 26, 2021 by secondsaturn

There are two cafes up my street: one Barista and the other CCD. I used both for my meetings. If I had to sit quietly in a corner and record something in my voice recorder, I would choose the CCD … Continue reading →

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Bengal’s Vegetarianism

Posted on October 4, 2021 by secondsaturn

It seems from a piece published in the literary supplement of Ananda Bazar Patrika on the 3rd of October 2021 by Debashis Bhowmick that Bengal has traditionally and historically been a land of vegetarian food and it was not before … Continue reading →

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The Three Impressionists

Posted on September 14, 2021 by secondsaturn

I love the threesome, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet. I don’t think that they were a trio, but nonetheless I always thought of them together. They were born around the middle of the 19th century and lived … Continue reading →

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The White Winged Horse Called Pegasus

Posted on August 11, 2021 by secondsaturn

Memories of Pegasus returned to me after so many years with the snooping activities of the government. The present Pegasus is however a software that can tap into mobile phone conversations. The BJP government has been using this software to … Continue reading →

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