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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Aye Dil Hai Mushkil

Posted on October 29, 2016 by secondsaturn

Dil Vakei Hai Mushkil … The exact wordings of the song are Aye Dil hail Muskhkil, jeena Yahaan, Zara hatke, Zara Bachke, Yeh hai Bombay Meri Jaan insisting that your heart is indeed in deep trouble since the city in … Continue reading →

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Amitabh’s Feminism

Posted on September 27, 2016 by secondsaturn

Amitabh Bachchan’s letter to his granddaughters is important in more ways than one. Firstly, it is a letter. Letter writing is an art of which the cultural elite know very well across the world; the intellectual pariahs who abound the … Continue reading →

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Murder ? The Abesh Dasgupta Death

Posted on August 2, 2016 by secondsaturn

Of course Abesh Dasgupta has been murdered in cold blood and in a planned manner whether the police finds evidence or not. Kishore Bhimani and his gang will tend to turn the episode into one of an accidental death, an … Continue reading →

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India Calling China To War

Posted on July 25, 2016 by secondsaturn

Its not very serious really but one does get some ideas, stray thoughts here and there, some notions, some vague presumptions, some kind of a gut feeling that India is war mongering with China. There are movements of military tanks … Continue reading →

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UCLA Shooter Mainak Sarkar

Posted on June 21, 2016 by secondsaturn

I remember this incident distinctly. A nephew was once, some four decades ago, being presented with the smallest bar of Cadbury Milk Chocolate and the presenter of the gift insisted that my nephew and he alone will have the chocolate … Continue reading →

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Shammi Kapoor by Rauf Ahmed

Posted on May 10, 2016 by secondsaturn

I knew of Rauf Ahmed as Amitabh Bachchan’s biographer. He used to write about Amitabh Bachchan in the 1970’s when he was just rising as a star and in those days, Rauf analyzed both the persona and the phenomenon of … Continue reading →

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Manipur – The Heart Chakra of India

Posted on April 13, 2016 by secondsaturn

This time I make an exception to my preference and which is that instead of the aisle seat I opt for the window seat on the plane. Yes I am flying from Kolkata to Imphal to attend an industrial meet … Continue reading →

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The Banishment of Spring

Posted on March 25, 2016 by secondsaturn

I heard of a poem which began like Phul Phutuk Na Phutuk Aaaj Bosonto from my classmate Madhubani Ghosh of UG I in Jadavpur University. Madhubani was discussing this poem written by Subhas Mukhopadhyay with another classmate of ours, who, … Continue reading →

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In Adda With A RSS Scholar

Posted on February 22, 2016 by secondsaturn

Madhusree and I are part of a Bengali adda which takes place once a month on a Sunday. Like all Bengali addas, it is the adda which is important and while pretending to be only a group for pure conversation, … Continue reading →

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Nehru’s Legacy Public vs Private Sector

Posted on January 20, 2016 by secondsaturn

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