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āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āύāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻž : āϰāϘ⧁ āϰāĻžāχ

[ Originally published in Sangbad Pratidin, April 27th, 2026 ]

āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āϰāϘ⧁ āϰāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϝāĻ–āύ āωāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϚāϞāϞ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϟāĻ•ā§āĻ•āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ āĻšāϟāĻžā§Ž āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāχ āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āύāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāĻžāϞāĻŋāϜāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻ“ āϰ⧋āϞ āĻŽāĻĄā§‡āϞāĨ¤

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφāϰ āĻļāĻŋāωāϞāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāρāĻĨāĻž

[ Originally published in Banglalive.com, September 25th, 2025 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

 āĻāχ āĻļāĻŋāωāϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āφāϰ āĻĢāϞ āϤ⧁āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ“āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ — āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, āωāĻĒ āĻļāĻšāϰ — āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āφāϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ⧧⧝⧭⧧āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻŦ āĻāϤ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ — āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϤ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ — āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϰ⧇āύ āύāĻŋāĨ¤

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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My Early Years in Delhi

[ Originally published in Ayomoy, Inaugural Issue, 31 January 2025 , January 31st, 2025 ] [ View PDF ]

For someone from Kolkata who had boarded the ‘Deluxe’ train from an overwhelmingly large and frighteningly busy Howrah station, the railway station of New Delhi appeared to be very small and so quite provincial. This was during the biting winter of 1967. I had been told by panicky relatives back home to wrap my muffler tightly around my neck and over my ears. I had complied with this instruction until our taxi stopped before a group of smartly turned out in bright school blazers greeted us with unstoppable giggles.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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The quiet resilience of Manmohan Singh: Upholder of academic & cultural autonomy

[ Originally published in The Telegraph, December 28th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

Manmohan Singh never opened up to anyone about his problems as he had mastered the art of suffering in silence. That is why we hardly knew how bad his health was until he left us suddenly — without any photo ops in the hospital or any media blitz.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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  • Dr. Manmohan Singh āĨ¤ āĻĄ. āĻŽāύāĻŽā§‹āĻšāύ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚

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Manmohan Singh: A Towering Statesman Who Transformed India’s Destiny

[ Originally published in Business World, December 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

The year 1991 is etched in the history of India as the first significant break with the economic policy that was so dear to the Congress after Independence. It was then that I first met Dr Manmohan Singh, who served as the Finance Minister in Narasimha Rao’s cabinet.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύ?

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, December 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ][ View on ResearchGate ]

āĻŽāύāĻŽā§‹āĻšāύ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āϏāĻšā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāϰ āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāχ āύāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āφāϜ āφāϚāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϝ⧇āύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋā§Ž āĻĢāĻŋāϰāϞāĨ¤

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P Thankappan Nair: The man who chronicled Kolkata — for little in return

[ Originally published in The Indian Express, June 20th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

When a short, lanky 22-year-old Malayali lad from Ernakulam got off the Madras Mail at Howrah Station, he could never have imagined that he would become famous as the “barefoot historian of Old Calcutta”.

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  • People | āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ
  • P Thankappan Nair | āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ

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Goodbye P.T. Nair, Kolkata’s Chronicler

[ Originally published in The Wire, June 19th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Many people in Kolkata, which includes my wife and I, are shattered to learn that our dear P.T. – P. Thankappan Nair – the barefoot historian of Kolkata, is no more. He was 91 and died in his home in Aluva, Kerala.

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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  • P Thankappan Nair | āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ

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āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, June 17th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻŋ āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ‘āĻŦā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĻĢ⧁āϟ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžâ€™ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ’āĨ¤ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧟āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻāχ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ ā§¯ā§§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āϕ⧇āϰāϞ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧁āĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āύāĻŋāσāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ›ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϟ āϚ⧁āĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ• ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āφāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§€ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϕ⧇, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāχ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤

  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
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  • P Thankappan Nair | āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ

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How Ameen Sayani Helped Unite the Soul of India

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 2nd, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhaba Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer and came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

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The Man Who Made India Sing Together: A Tribute to Ameen Sayani

[ Originally published in ENewsroom, February 26th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer. And came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

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āφāĻŽāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍-āϰ āĻ…āĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāϞāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ“ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻž āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ, āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤ 

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On the Road to Amarnath

[ Originally published in Autumn Annual, Presidency Alumni Association Volume LIII, 2023-24, January 21st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

As a normal human being who prefers not to jog or climb unless compelled to, it was rather foolhardy to agree to my wife’s persuasion to visit Amaranth. Once trapped, I did a bit of reading and panicked when I learnt that it is one of the most strenuous treks, with unnecessary exertions.

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āĻ…āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻ­ āĻŦāĻšā§āϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

[ Originally published in Pratidin Robbar, May 14th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻŽā§ƒāĻŖāĻžāϞ āϏ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϞ ⧧⧝⧝⧭ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤ 'āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āĻĢ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϞ'-āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āχ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ“āρāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ž āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ—ā§ŒāϤāĻŽ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇āύ — āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāχāĻāĻāϏ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āϕ⧀?

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A Revolutionary and a Sage: Sri Aurobindo at 150

[ Originally published in The Wire, August 15th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Sri Aurobindo, the venerable sage of French Pondicherry, turned 75 on the very day British India – which he had quit after leading its first revolutionary war of liberation – attained Independence. The sheer coincidence was not lost then, though it is almost completely forgotten today, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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An Unrelenting Patriot

[ Originally published in Millennium Post, June 5th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

The Sangh's mouthpiece, Swaraj, in its issue of June 23, 2019, insists that Syama Prasad Mookerjee had actually saved Hindu Bengalis from "imminent annihilation", and its powerful social media repeats this claim incessantly. The PM renamed Kolkata Port Trust in his name and there appears a renewed interest in Mookerjee — the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh that later metamorphosed into the Bharatiya Janata Party. As the son of the most powerful Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University — Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee — Syama Prasad's academic achievements were under a bit of a cloud in the 1920s.

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Radha Prasad Gupta, my Guru

[ Originally published in The Space.ink, December 14th, 2021 ] [ View PDF ]

I have always shied away from gurus and cults, and those who know me well would be surprised at the title that I have chosen. But it encapsulates a deep sense of gratitude to a person who, incidentally, would have roared with laughter had he read these words. When I look back at the seven decades that I have gone through and the many people I have come across, I have absolutely no qualms in acknowledging RP or Shantul Gupta, as a guru without whom the world around would not have been so enriching.

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  • Radha Prasad Gupta (RP, Shantulbabu, Shantulda) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāĻĻ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ ( āφāϰ āĻĒāĻŋ, āĻļāĻžāρāϟ⧁āϞāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧁, āĻļāĻžāρāϟ⧁āϞāĻĻāĻž)

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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻļāĻžāρāϟ⧁āϞāĻĻāĻž

[ Originally published in Pratidin - Sunday Edition, December 5th, 2021 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻšā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āϰāĻžāϧāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāĻĻ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž 'āĻļāĻžāϟ⧁āϞāĻĻāĻž'-āχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ 'āϗ⧁āϰ⧁'āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻ“ āύ⧇āχ āϝ⧇, āĻļāĻžāϟ⧁āϞāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϜāĻ—ā§Ž āĻ“ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ-āĻšā§‡āϤāύāĻž āĻāϤāĻ–āĻžāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϞ āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧀āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁'āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāϞ⧀āϞāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤â€œāĻŦāĻšā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϧāϰ" āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϰāĻžāϧāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāĻĻ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻž-āχāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āύāĻŦāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•āĻĨāĻ•āĨ¤

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āĻĄāĻžāσ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻļāĻ•

[ Originally published in banglalive.com, July 1st, 2021 ] [ View PDF ]

⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ ⧧⧝ā§Ŧ⧍ āĻ…āĻŦāϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻĄāĻžāσ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• ā§Ģ⧝ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧟āĻžāϤ āĻšāύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏ⧁āĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āĻāĻ• āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϰ⧇āϖ⧇, āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻ–āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āϘāϟāύāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚ⧟āχ⧎

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  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy āĨ¤ āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻžā§Ÿ

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Saluting a Mentor — Basanta Choudhury

[ Originally published in thespace.ink, a banglalive.com initiative, June 21st, 2021 ] [ View PDF ]

In Writers Buildings, there was a sense of shock when word of Basanta Choudhury’s death spread through the centuries-old corridors of power. This was exactly 21 years ago and many of us moved on to the Nandan film complex, Basanta Choudhury’s workplace in some sense, to express a collective sense of grief. I had known him for over two decades and had become fairly close in the last few years, enough to take cheeky liberties. What all of us really regretted was that he had left us much too early.

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Remembering Shankha Ghosh: Poet, teacher and passionate democrat whose life was underlined by dissent

[ Originally published in Firstpost, April 23rd, 2021 ]

In this highly politicised and polarised state, the Left front’s hegemony extended into its culture for 34 long years, and it was followed by a regime that also demanded absolute allegiance to its version of culture and politics for the next decade. Ghosh was among the remarkable few who defied both regimes and held his head high. His clear views were never accompanied by any overt display of belligerence, but appeared through his extremely popular writings and rare utterances. His pithy verses simplified complex issues of politics into eloquent but firm statements that ripped apart the hypocrisy of the ruling elites. The soft spoken poet and essayist had obviously more fire in him than most professional revolutionaries.

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  • Shankha Ghosh āĨ¤ āĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ– āĻ˜ā§‹āώ

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