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Independent Scholar. Polymath.

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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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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