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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Rituparno Ghosh, My Preparatory Notes

Posted on July 20, 2013 by secondsaturn

Rituparna Rituparna Ghosh was a maverick film director who heralded a new age in the Bengali avant garde cinema. Ritu, as he is known in his close circles, revived the sombreness of the classical renascent Bengali culture. His dense and … Continue reading →

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Obituary Rituparno Ghosh

Posted on June 2, 2013 by secondsaturn

I was drawn to Rituparna Ghosh  for his craft; he had magic with his camera, he could weave poetry with his lens. He followed several styles; I think that he began with Ogo Bodhu Shundori of Salil Dutta in his … Continue reading →

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Lunch With A Prostitute

Posted on May 3, 2013 by secondsaturn

Of the many kinds of people I wanted to meet in my life, one was a prostitute. The others would include a convict on a death row, a hangman, a magician, and a Supreme Court judge who just upheld a … Continue reading →

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Strange Sariska, Ghostly Bhangarh

Posted on April 1, 2013 by secondsaturn

Madhusree and I have a thing about forests; both of us seem to become one with the verdant wilderness. We love sitting inside the foliage, listening to the sound of silence. This silence left unbroken soon becomes as loud as … Continue reading →

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Lincoln The Movie

Posted on March 15, 2013 by secondsaturn

I have more relatives living in the USA than I have in India, I think. I also have some friends living in America. They are not recent emigrants; many are there for the second generation now. Thanks to the Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Ganesh Pyne

Posted on March 13, 2013 by secondsaturn

Ever since my family has suffered a downward social mobility, there is hardly any celebrity that we have among our everyday interactions. Many years ago we had celebrities in our family circles; but since then we seem to have dropped … Continue reading →

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Ashis Nandy’s Angst

Posted on February 12, 2013 by secondsaturn

Ashis Nandy has been perhaps India’s most prolific and readable social science writer. His style, his perceptions, his inferences are so endearing that one is attracted to his writing as one would do for a top of the list popular … Continue reading →

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Afzal Guru’s Case

Posted on February 12, 2013 by secondsaturn

I am against death penalty when it is Afzal Guru; I am for death penalty when it is a rapist; depends on the degree of hurt I feel. Afzal Guru has not offended me and so I am sad that … Continue reading →

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A Hundred Years Since…Phalke and Digital Cinema

Posted on February 5, 2013 by secondsaturn

I As we celebrate one hundred years of filmmaking since the release of Raja Harishchandra in 1913, the Indian film industry seems to be in a déjà vu of sorts. Just as cinema during Phalke was breaking fresh technological grounds, … Continue reading →

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Sheermal or Sweet Milk Bread

Posted on January 18, 2013 by secondsaturn

Sheermal, literally means sweet milk, is a kind of bread made out of flour, ghee, milk, cream, and other condiments many of which are closely guarded by the sentient of Lucknowi cuisine. Except for the Mughals and the Bengalis, Indians … Continue reading →

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