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Independent Scholar. Polymath. Thinks ahead of time. Insights go spaces human minds are yet to explore. Innovator. Imaginator. Problem Solver. Enterprise Developer.

Bollywood and Diaspora

Posted on April 5, 2014 by secondsaturn

Ritwik Mallik, India’s youngest published author, called up to gather some inputs from me for an essay which his friend was writing on Bollywood and Diaspora. These questions put me in a bind especially when suddenly asked out of the … Continue reading →

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PRDG At Shantiniketan

Posted on April 5, 2014 by secondsaturn

My father, who had never had to build his own house, having inherited a largish mansion from his father, my grandfather, decided that he indeed needed to have his own space and built a tiny but a picturesque cottage off … Continue reading →

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Holi Hyay….

Posted on March 18, 2014 by secondsaturn

Holi Hyay… Holi is unique to North India and has no parallel anywhere else in the world. This uniqueness is indeed an anthropological wonder, unfortunately never studied by anthropologists. Equally unfortunate is the fact that no historian of India has … Continue reading →

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Muddleheaded Middle Class

Posted on February 9, 2014 by secondsaturn

The Khirkee episode reminds me of a similar incident about seven years ago in Dayalbagh. In those days Dayalbagh was only a fifth as full as it is today and with new buildings coming up the neighbourhood was upbeat about … Continue reading →

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The Life Trajectory of Krishna Dasgupta a.k.a Suchitra Sen

Posted on January 19, 2014 by secondsaturn

I did not know till I heard it on television on the reminiscences of her biographer that Roma Dasgupta was enrolled as Krishna Dasgupta in school. I also had no idea that during her wedding ceremony, Roma refused to wear … Continue reading →

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Politics of Sexuality – Article 377

Posted on January 9, 2014 by secondsaturn

India’s is the world’s longest written Constitution that way back in 1950 assured equality and liberty to women, poor, illiterate, homeless, orphans, oppressed and the marginalized . Yet, as is revealed, a core of repressive conservatism remained in the form … Continue reading →

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Social Class In Delhi Elections

Posted on December 18, 2013 by secondsaturn

Facebook sites are agog with slogans, Nikalo aaj makaano se, jung ladho beimano se..exhorting citizens to vote for the candidates in the Delhi elections. The mainstay of the present elections seems to be corruption, thanks to the presence of the … Continue reading →

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Chhath Puja, The Trail of the Sun Salutation

Posted on November 10, 2013 by secondsaturn

Four decades ago I went into the den of a famous Bhrigu astrologer in Kolkata with my grandfather and marvelled at a wall full of calendar art images of the various Gods of the raashi chakra. I was especially intrigued … Continue reading →

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Terracotta Jewellery

Posted on November 1, 2013 by secondsaturn

Mahalakshmi Ramakrishnan, Associate Professor, Ancient History (specialities, ancient societies and art), JNU has invited the Aadhaar Mahila.. to display their wares at Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas for Diwali. The Aadhar is an initiative by one Ms Reshma, an alumnus of … Continue reading →

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Secret History of Sikhism

Posted on November 1, 2013 by secondsaturn

I am travelling to Ludhiana in a car arranged for my colleague and me to attend a conference organised by Oreteam. I have started from my home in Faridabad, situated at the south east fringe of Delhi to pick up … Continue reading →

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