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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Assam 4/4 Ma Kamakhya

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

Ma Kamakhya…. Assam 4/4 by Susmita Dasguptaon Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 9:26pm · Ma Kamakhya is one of the prime pilgrim attractions of Assam. Kamakhya is the name of the peetha, which means a place where parts of Sati … Continue reading →

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Amitabh @ Prateeksha

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

This is the full version of my published piece in Crest, TOI on the 6th of October 2012.     I was being a Great Gambler when I cast all prospects of my academic career into the winds and decided … Continue reading →

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X and Y

Posted on October 16, 2012 by secondsaturn

X and Y. by Susmita Dasgupta on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 8:52am · . We referred to this gentleman as Y..da. The only thing I recall about him is that in the past thirty years that I have occasionally … Continue reading →

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Zindagi Badi Honi Chahiye, Lambi Nahin…

Posted on July 19, 2012 by secondsaturn

The first Hindi film I saw which I also happened to follow and recall was Aradhana. It was in a large group of uncles and aunts and cousins that we went to watch the film in a modest theatre in … Continue reading →

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Theory of Art, A Reply to Charles Broys

Posted on May 21, 2012 by secondsaturn

Anita Vasudev posts a link on my wall on an article from e-flux by Mr Charles Broys which talks of this compulsive need for modern art to theorize itself. After a rather longish attendance of art as religion and then … Continue reading →

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Kamla Does A Slut Walk

Posted on May 19, 2012 by secondsaturn

I don’t have much to do with sluts as I don’t have to do much with shaving cream. I am not a man and I have no use for either. I also don’t quite buy the argument that sluts are … Continue reading →

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My Many Eids

Posted on May 18, 2012 by secondsaturn

I have been upon this earth and in a secular, plural and multicultural India now for half a century. I have known many Eids. Eid, is usually a national holiday for one to relax, have a nice breakfast, kachuri and … Continue reading →

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My 50 Years

Posted on May 18, 2012 by secondsaturn

In the year 1960, when Mughal-e-Azam released in India and the Challenger depth was explored off the US coast as the deepest point that man has been able to dive till then, on the day of the Autumn equinox, I … Continue reading →

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Nirmohi Akhra – Ramlala Virajaman

Posted on May 18, 2012 by secondsaturn

Archaeologists are divided over the issue of whether a Ram Temple at all existed under the dome of the Babri Masjid and the Muslim theologicians are divided over whether the Babri is a legitimate mosque at all because in Islam … Continue reading →

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Facebook – For Sarvani

Posted on May 18, 2012 by secondsaturn

This note is for my friends Sarvani Gooptu and Morihiro Ogasahara, both of whom I met through Rakesh Batabyal, also on my friend’s list in the facebook. Rakesh is a maverick adacemicians who believes that good minds must mingle as … Continue reading →

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