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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay : Unparallel Feminist

Posted on January 17, 2013 by secondsaturn

As we observe the 75th death anniversary of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (15th September 1876 to 16th January 1938), he is a mythical figure like Valmiki or Ved Vyas rather than a novelist of popular fiction. The values he propagated, the … Continue reading →

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Towards A Theory of the Indian Popular Cinema

Posted on January 4, 2013 by secondsaturn

Introduction: The present paper attempts to place in perspective the Indian popular cinema in the backdrop of film theories and shows that the cinema in India has a distinct historical context and social reality which makes it difficult for film … Continue reading →

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The Hate In The Gang Rape

Posted on December 19, 2012 by secondsaturn

As per reports of a citizen journalist in Hindustan Times of 18th December 2012 front page headlines, a 23 year old physiotherapy student who was returning from a movie in the Select City Walk in Saket in the evening was … Continue reading →

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Habermasian Public Sphere and Cinema

Posted on November 24, 2012 by secondsaturn

For Sanil 23rd November 2012   Looking for Habermas in Cinema as Popular Entertainment – Cinema as Public Sphere with special reference to India Susmita Dasgupta (references to be inserted)   Introduction: The idea of public sphere as constituent of … Continue reading →

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Sandy, Nilam and Obama

Posted on November 9, 2012 by secondsaturn

It was only on Pritha Sen’s satus which asked of us that while we were so concerned with Sandy in the US, we seemed to be less bothered about our own Andhra coast, ravaged by the storm Nilam. There was … Continue reading →

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Rajat Gupta

Posted on October 27, 2012 by secondsaturn

For Rajat Gupta, the worldwide head of McKinsey Group, all good things in life has ended with his sentencing by the US courts. His crime has been insider trading, a crime which to an Indian is no crime at all. … Continue reading →

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ebaar Uma ele….

Posted on October 22, 2012 by secondsaturn

Purna Chowdhury’s status on Mahalaya day, ‘ebaar Uma ele” makes me think why Bengalis invariably organize the Durga Puja? One has to be a Bengali by birth to be able to organize this enormous event called the Durga Puja. It … Continue reading →

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Bodoland via the Brahmaputra Assam 1/4

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

Rakesh dropped in at my office in Delhi and put forth an interesting proposal. He was going on behalf of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, henceforth the NCPCR to Kokrajhar, one of India’s nine most disturbed districts … Continue reading →

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Travelling in Bodoland – Sham Called School Assam 2/4

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

We set out early in the morning with a hearty breakfast of luchi and ghoogni cooked by a family of Bengali speaking Assamese staff in the Circuit House despite Shobhan, one of our resource persons fearing indigestion after the lavish … Continue reading →

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Assam’s Multiculturalism 3/4

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

Assam’s Multiculturism   Assam is multicultural but not plural. No one culture dominates over others here; no one’s culture dominates here. People pursue a soulless alienating modernity. These were only words for me from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed … Continue reading →

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