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āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, March 4th, 2015 ] [ View PDF ]

āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ ‘āϏāĻĢā§â€Œāϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°â€™ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāχ āϏāĻĢā§â€Œāϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧇āχ, āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϕ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇? āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻžāϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻĢāϤāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āĻŦ⧌āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ, āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāĻžāϰ āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĨ¤

  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Buddha Purnima | āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž

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āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, February 17th, 2015 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĨ¤ āωāĻĒā§‹āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϜāϞ āĻĸ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃āϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāϜāĻŋāĨ¤

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Shivaratri| āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ

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āĻŽāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, January 15th, 2015 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ ‘āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āϐāĻ•ā§āĻ¯â€™ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ, āĻāĻŽāύ āύāĻžāύāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§â€ŒāϏāĻŦ āφāϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§â€ŒāϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ, āĻ…āĻĨāϚ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϜāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžāϤ⧇āχ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āχ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Makar Sangkranti | āĻŽāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ

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Colourful Tales About Christmas

[ Originally published in The Telegraph, December 25th, 2014 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]
Well, Christmas was not jingling all the way, as early Christians were a persecuted lot who were literally thrown before hungry lions. Such poor souls were just too preoccupied to think in any celebration, not even of the Lord's birthday.
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Christmas āĨ¤ āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŽāĻžāϏ āĨ¤ āĻŦ⧜āĻĻāĻŋāύ
  • Christianity āĨ¤ āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Christian Festival | āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ

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āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ? āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻŋ āύāĻžāϰāĻŋ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, December 3rd, 2014 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϤāĻŋāύ āϜāύ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇, āϝ⧋āϜāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻ• āϚāĻŸā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ āϏāĻŋ. āφāχ. āφāχ.-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāϏāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ āύāύ- āφāχ.āĻ.āĻāϏ. āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧇ — āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ⧇āϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇, āφāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāύ āϏāĻŋ.āĻāϏ.āφāχ.āφāϰ-āĻāĨ¤

  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ

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Laxmi Puja: Lighting Up The Darkest Night

[ Published October 26th, 2014 ][ View PDF ]

The first mention that one gets is about the celebration of shining lights is when Ramachandra returned victorious to Ayodhya, though Lakshmi does not feature here. The Kamasutra of Vatsyana, whose final product also appears like the Ramayana in the 3rd or 4th century AD mentions Yaksha's night, when houses should be illuminated with numerous tiny earthen lamps. ‘Yaksha’ were usually short pot-bellied indigenous creatures who stood outside temples as dwaar-paals. The Jain acharyas, Hemchandra and Yashodhara, describe this ‘Yaksha night of lights’ and this point to the Brahmanic adoption of a popular local observance.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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āφāϗ⧇āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϞ

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, October 23rd, 2014 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻāχ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻĒāĻžāχ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāϪ⧇, āϰāĻžāĻŽāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϝāĻ–āύ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāϜ⧟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧀āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āφāϞ⧋ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āϚāϤ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻžāĻŽā§āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽā§ŸāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤ā§â€ŒāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϝāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āφāϛ⧇, āϝ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§€āĻĒ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϜāύāĻĒāĻĻ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻžāϚāĻžāϰ, āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āϝāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻļ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āĻ“ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āϐāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāϤāĻž āϕ⧁āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāϞ⧇āύ, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧇āĻŽāύāχ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύ, āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āχ āϝ⧇, āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϝāĻ•ā§āώāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āύāĨ¤

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60 Years Of An Iconic Festival: Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan

[ Originally published in The Hindu, October 18th, 2014 ] [ View PDF ]

B V Keskar was Pandit Nehru’s Information Minister for a decade, from 1952 to 1962. For him, Hindi film songs were a strict ‘no-no’ where Akashvani was concerned, as in his opinion, it should be the mission of the public broadcaster, to encourage only classical music. He had to face a lot of pressure and ridicule for this rather obdurate stand, but there is no doubt that had it not been for him, Indian classical music may have never reached and enthralled the common man,because classical music by its very nature was meant primarily for the elite.

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  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
  • Akashvani Sangeet SammelanāĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ

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Remembering Father Gilson

[ Originally published in Ananda Bazar Patrika, September 5th, 2014 ] [ View PDF ]

The year was 1967. I had joined Class X, in the Humanities Section, with an enviable track record of standing last or second last in every class from VI onward. The crowning glory was my failure to pass Class VIII, followed by my close shaves in my second year in the same class as well as in the next class, when I studied Science in the ‘Higher Secondary’ stream, where one had to fight all the time. The other ‘feathers’ in my cap were the several warnings received for ‘poor conduct’, mischief and misbehavior. In other words, I was declared an ideal bad student when I joined, not without trepidation, the first day in my new class.

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  • Father Gilson āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŋāϞāϏāύ

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The Covert Control Raj

[ Originally published in India Today, May 19th, 2014 ] [ View PDF ]

Every major nation in the world has a public broadcaster and there must be some reason why they do. Before we can discuss the shortcomings of Prasar Bharati, the autonomous body that supervises Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR), we may recall that even as its Act was passed by Parliament in 1990, its spirit of autonomy was vitiated by two sections, 32 and 33, which took away with the left hand what the right gave. They ensured that all its major decisions like manpower, recruitment, service conditions, salaries and critical issues would be decided only by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B).

  • Prasar Bharati āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
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  • Narendra Modi āĨ¤ āύāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§€

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Gitanjali, Tagore & London

[ Originally published in Tagore At The House Of Commons, April 3rd, 2014 ] [ View PDF ]

On the 16 th June 1912, Rabindranath Tagore reached London aftersailing for three weeks. He had utilized the journey to complete the last lotof his translations and was relieved that he had finally made it. His disappointment for not being permitted to travel in March of that year, on health grounds was thus overcome.

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  • Rathindranath Tagore āĨ¤ āϰāĻĨā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
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āĻ‹āϤ⧁āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āφāϰ āĻ›āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, August 8th, 2013 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āφāϜ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ āϏāĻžā§œā§‡ āĻĻāĻļāϟāĻžā§Ÿ ‘āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ: āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āĻŽā§‡āĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻœā§â€™ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ‹āϤ⧁āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ˜ā§‹āώ⧇āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāχ āχāĻ‚āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ — āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϜāĻŋā§Ž āϰāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āχāĨ¤ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ — āϕ⧀ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“āĨ¤ āĻ‹āϤ⧁āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϝāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϰāχ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϤ āĻāχ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻĄā§āĻĄ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻāϤāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ“ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϜ āĻ‹āϤ⧁ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϤāĨ¤ āĻ“āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āĻāχāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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  • Rabindranath Tagore āĨ¤ āϰāĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
  • Satyajit Ray āĨ¤ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϜāĻŋā§Ž āϰāĻžā§Ÿ
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Prasar Bharati at the cross roads

[ Originally published in The Yojna, (English Version), June 20th, 2013 ] [ View PDF ]

Prasar Bharati came into being on 28 th November 1997 after Prasar Bharati Act of 1990 was finally implemented by the Government and the Directorates of All India Radio (Akashvani) and Doordarshan were separated from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and placed under an ‘autonomous body’. It was a momentous decision that came some seven years after Parliament had taken pains to conceive of a Public Service Broadcaster, whose character was eloquently worded in the Statement of Objects and Reasons.

  • Prasar Bharati āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
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  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€

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āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžā§Ÿ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ• āϤ⧋ āĻšāϤ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇

[ Originally published in Aaajkal, April 13th, 2013 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§ŸāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻ‚āϚāϙ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻĒ⧁āϰ āϰ⧋āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāχ āϧāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āφāύāĻžāĻšā§‡ - āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§‡ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ—āĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ˜ā§‹ā§œāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋ⧜ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāϟ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āϧ⧀āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻĒ⧁āϰ āϰ⧋āĻĄ āϧāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϟāĻž āύāĻŋāσāϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧁āύ⧀āϞāĻĻāĻž

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, October 28th, 2012 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

āϏ⧁āύ⧀āϞ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽāύ⧇ āφāϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āϰāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ“āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ• āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻœā§‹ā§œāĻž āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧀ āĻšā§‹āĻ–āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧁ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āϏāϰāϏ āφāϰ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻžāχāύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇āύ, āϏ⧁āύ⧀āϞāĻĻāĻž āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϚ, āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āχāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āύ⧇āχ āϤāĻžāρāϰāĨ¤ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āϪ⧇, āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĻ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›Â¨, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāσāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻĸāĻ™āχ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϏ, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§ŸāϤāĻžāĨ¤

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • People | āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ
  • Sunil Gangopadhyay

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Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s Thoughts in the 21st Century

[ Speech at the Vivekananda Institute, 10 February 2012 ][ View PDF ]

Swami Vivekananda was one of the greatest patriots, thinkers, philosophers and spiritual leaders, India has ever produced. He lived only for thirty nine and a half years, of which he devoted the last nine and half years totally to the service of humanity. Though he left the world well over a century ago, Swamiji’s teachings remains very relevant to us in the twenty-first 21st Century. This is more so because mankind is struggling more now to adjust to more frequent socioeconomic changes. The very rapid pace at which developments are overtaking us is surely leading to a transitory segment of social confusion, unrest, and apprehension. This produces a very demanding and stressful life style.

  • Swami Vivekananda āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
  • Sister Nivedita āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŋāύ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

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Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish and Short - (1971) — Presidency College & Naxalite Movement in 1971

[ Published January 20th, 2012 ][ View PDF ]

“Life was solitary, poor, nasty,” droned the professor on a hot, lazy afternoon when the body clocks of most students signalled that it was time for a lovely surreptitious siesta, without actually dozing off on to the next guy’s shoulder. This was sometime in my first year at Presidency, when I was being introduced to the wondrous possibilities of how the State had emerged in history.

  • MemoirāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Presidency College (University) āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧀ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϜ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟)
  • College Street āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϜ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϟ
  • Naxalite Movement āĨ¤ āύāĻ•ā§â€ŒāĻļāĻžāϞ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ

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Rome over the Weekend

[ Originally published in Financial Express (Travel), February 11th, 2011 ] [ View PDF ]

I had no idea that George W Bush had chosen to accompany me to Rome during the weekend — en-route to Albania from his G-8 conference in Germany. This gentleman seems to excite agitationists all over the world, and Italians are, even without much provocation, a rather excitable lot. Thus the city of St. Peter was now in the hands of protestors and the Italian government felt that the situation was so serious that the normal police would be unable to handle it. Hence, one was treated to a very rare spectacle of witnessing the smart, semi-military crack force, the carabinieri on real time prowl all over Rome — in their dark blue macho uniforms and their threatening rifles and pistols. Girls, both turisti and local drooled over those handsome hunks that were straining to impress them with their crackling walky- talkies.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Travel āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ
  • Rome āĨ¤ āϰ⧋āĻŽ

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Shantiniketan in 1959

[ Published December 23rd, 2010 ][ View PDF ]

I came across a photograph of Pandit Nehru sitting on a simple wooden bed, covered with a frugal white sheet and a few batik spreads, and a couple of pillows strewn behind and beside him. There were no crowds on the dais, which was obviously during the Convocation of Visva Bharati in (1954), and while the Upacharya, who was at the right corner of the photo, delivered his address over an ancient microphone, Panditji looked straight at the audience. 

  • MemoirāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž
  • Jawaharlal Nehru āĨ¤ āϜāĻšāϰāϞāĻžāϞ āύ⧇āĻšāϰ⧁
  • Shantiniketan āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ

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From the Aniconic To The Iconic: The Folk God Transform, While Dharma Resists

[ Originally published in Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. Nov2004, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p209-226. 18p., November 1st, 2004 ] [ View PDF ]

The dichotomous relation between the two extremities of any religion, however rigid be its structure or dogma — between the formal, scriptural version on the one hand and the plethora of practices and rituals that pass off as the ‘little’ or popular tradition on the other — have never ceased to enchant the observer and entice the researcher.

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Hinduism āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Dharmathakur āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻžāϕ⧁āϰ
  • Dharma Cult āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāϏāύāĻž
  • Dharma-raj āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϰāĻžāϜ
  • 2004 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ē

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The Domestication of the Warrior Goddess, Durga: An Attempted ‘Rationalist’ Deconstruction

[ Originally published in Jasodhara Bagchi (ed) 2004: Women’s Education and Politics of Gender, Kolkata: Bethune College, January 1st, 2004 ] [ View PDF ]

Of the millions who stand reverentially before the thousands of Durga images in Bengal during the annual pujas, how many wonder as to why Kartikeya — the valiant general of the gods — looks away so apathetically, when his mother is locked in a mortal conflict with one of the most dangerous adversaries of the gods? Why do the daughters, Lakshmi and Saraswati look so benign and disinterested, when Durga’s eyes puff and widen in rage and fury? And their potbellied elephant-headed sibling, Ganesha: what is his role?

  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Hinduism āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Bengali (People & Life) āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋ ( āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ“ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ)
  • Academic Writings āĨ¤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋ
  • 2004 āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ē

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