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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.

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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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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