Manibhushan Bhattacharya (1938-2014) was a major poet who transformed the language of Bengali poetry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His poems were published in famous literary journals including the Buddhadev Basu-edited Kabita, Porichoy, Chaturanga and Purbasha.
This is with reference to the EPW editorial (“An Economics That Demystifies Economics”, 21 September 2013). I agree with most of the arguments offered in the editorial. However, the main problem of the dominant paradigm of economics is its obsession with quantification.
The recent gang-rape and murder of a 20-year old college girl in Kamduni village in Barasat, North 24-Paraganas district, West Bengal, brings bad memories.
In the early 1980s, I found an early Routledge edition of Maurice Dobb’s Russian Economic Development since the Revolution in a rare book stall at the Calcutta Book Fair. The owner knew my face. He wanted Rs 20 for the book.
The death of Rama Prasad Goenka (RPG) (1 March 1930-14 April 2013) signifies the end of a unique tradition of Marwari entrepreneurship in West Bengal. The fortunes of the Goenkas, a family of Rajasthan traders, had a spectacular rise after they moved to Calcutta around the 1820s.
In the late 1980s, we, a few friends, started visiting Basanta Cabin in College Street for our daily adda. This dingy restaurant was located in a market in central Calcutta near Presidency College.
