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About secondsaturn

Independent Scholar. Polymath.

Corona Cadaver, Notes on the Covid 19

Posted on April 1, 2020 by secondsaturn

These days I think a lot about Dida, my maternal, grandmother, especially of the day of Nabami when in her village, Nirole she tumbled down the steps of the Kamakhya mandir and broke her crown. Boromama was fortunately present there … Continue reading →

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Bura Na Mano, Holi Hai

Posted on March 12, 2020 by secondsaturn

I used to be a Holi enthusiast in school; I simply loved Holi as a sport of running, ducking, springing surprise on one another with attacks of aabir or pichkiri and then of course the coming together of the adults … Continue reading →

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Ekushe February

Posted on February 20, 2020 by secondsaturn

The development of the Bengali language into a formal self-contained written language emerged in the 12th century with the coming of the Sultanate. It was then that the territorial identity of Bengal was formed as well. Despite Islam being the … Continue reading →

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Dhaka Diary

Posted on January 15, 2020 by secondsaturn

I had resolved that never in my life will I visit Dhaka for I feared to face a city that would have been mine had the Partition not taken place. I have no idea why my mind thought that way … Continue reading →

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Music of the Muses – Brahmo Sangeet From Raja Rammohan to Tagore

Posted on December 8, 2019 by secondsaturn

Last evening I attended a lecture demonstration by Srenanda Mukherjee organized by Sohini tracing out the path of the Brahmo sangeet from Raja Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore (The vowel in Brahmo being pronounced as the O in oval). Brahmo … Continue reading →

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Ashok Kumar Ganguly alias Kumud

Posted on November 20, 2019 by secondsaturn

Ashok Kumar’s biography has been much written. By Divine Grace the actor lived long and in full alertness of the mind and in good health and spoke freely to those who sought him out for interviews and a longer engagement. … Continue reading →

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The Sister and Her Brother

Posted on October 9, 2019 by secondsaturn

This is the story of the sister and her brother, both superstars, one the highest awardee in India and the other of Pakistan. The sister is known as Lata Mangeshkar and her brother, though born as Yousuf Khan is better … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the Dipping Auto Sales

Posted on September 9, 2019 by secondsaturn

Most of us, who have been born well and belonged to well endowed families often look upon the consumption of stuff by the less endowed as being aspirational. We imagine that they are imitating us when they buy their refrigerators … Continue reading →

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Sociology of Winning Societies, Losing Societies

Posted on August 13, 2019 by secondsaturn

I am visiting Chennai with mother in what is likely to become an annual affair from now on. My cousin and her family are dedicated doctors to say the least, fantastic in diagnosis and peerless in commitments to patients. Besides, … Continue reading →

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Kashi Viswanath

Posted on July 18, 2019 by secondsaturn

It was getting a bit too much that Madhusree was yet to see the Viswanath Temple of Benaras. So, braving the hot and humid weather, we set afoot in the city, booked a day taxi travelled across its lanes and … Continue reading →

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