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The worship of Durga (and Shakti more generally) is very old in Bengal. Excavations at Chandraketugarh, just north of Kolkata, have revealed several representations from circa 200 BC, except the

This is the location of Bholachang village, very close to Tripura capital Agartala (but now in Bangladesh) where the Hindustan Republican Association was formed in 1923 by Sachin Sanyal, Pratul

Most of the discussion on Atmanirbhar Bharat has tended to focus on trade & industrial policy. This is not suprizing. However, there is an component that is less understood or

The communist infiltration of the revolutionary movement was a matter of concern to its leaders. Here is a letter from Rashbehari Bose to Sachin Sanyal 1938. It also tells us

People should read "Why I am an Atheist" before imputing a Marxist origin to Bhagat Singh's revolutionary activities. On the very first page, he clearly states that virtually everyone else

When the #COVID19 lockdown was imposed in India in March, leading public figures & journalists spread the prediction that over 3-500mn Indians would be infected and upto 2mn would die

Every few years, we hear predictions of the imminent demise of the US$ as the world's anchor currency. Here is my paper from 2011 on this issue and why anchor

The death of #SushantSinghRajput has led a much needed discussion on nepotism and the dark underbelly of Bollywood. Perhaps it is time for an honest discussion on this issue in

One signs of a self confident country, is that it's "intellectual" class is confident enough to comment on the rest of the world from its own perspective, and do so

There has been debate about the recent decision to freeze DA for government employees. It should be clear that this is a temporary measure till July 2021. These are exceptional

This is very interesting indeed. From a purely statistical perspective, this is as close as we can get to a "natural experiment" .....https://twitter.com/dasgobardhan/status/1248903842516754432 Continuing on my twitter pontificating (warnin

Am writing to get inputs on an important statistical issue relating to understanding the pandemic. Would like inputs from anyone in the world who has worked on it. It relates