Abhas Chatterjee<br/>আভাস চট্টোপাধ্যায়
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| Abhas Chatterjee আভাস চট্টোপাধ্যায় | |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Milicent Chatterjee |
Abhas Chatterjee (Bengali: আভাস চট্টোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian civil servant, social worker, intellectual and patriot. He quit the services in 1992, because he could not stand Laloo Prasad Yadav's bullying tactics any longer and devoted the rest of his life to social work among the tribes.
Career
In 1966, Abhas stood first in the IAS entrance and subsequently joined the Bihar cadre. In the service, he acquired a reputation as an officer of exceptional capability, intellect and integrity. During the regime of Laloo Prasad Yadav, he strongly protested against interference in administrative affairs and bullying of bureaucrats.[1][2][3] He refused to buckle to political bullying and hence refused several promotions. When the fodder scam broke out, he alleged that the active involvement of certain district magistrates could not be ruled out.[4] In January 1992, he resigned from the services, disgusted and disenchanted with the system. He had developed a firm conviction that the State in India is working against the nation. In his classic resignation letter, he had written,
| “ | The powers that be in Indian politics are least bothered about nation building. They have little concern about what happens to this country in future, where this nation lands up in the end. Behind the smoke screen of slogans and rhetoric, what has been going on in this country is not a grand ceremony of nation building, but a macabre dance of nation destruction.[5] | ” |
During the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, he controversially participated in the kar seva. In 1994, he delivered a speech at the Mahajati Sadan in Kolkata under the auspices of Purvanchal Kalyan Ashram, where he outlined the concept of Hindu nationhood. The lecture was later compiled into a book titled The Concept of Hindu Nation by the Voice of India.[citation needed]
Social work
In the late seventies, he came in contact with the Sawansis, an endogamous weaver clan of Munda society in the village of Jipsudih, near Ranchi. After retiring from the services, Abhas involved himself with the community and acted as their supervisor of the weaver's society.[citation needed]
Personal life
Abhas married an Oraon woman named Milicent. Their only son, Pathikrit, died in an accident while bathing in the Damodar during a college excursion.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Chakravartty, N., ed. (1995). Mainstream, Volume 34, Issues 1-26. p. 5. Search this book on
- ↑ Rebels with a cause, India Today, 15 October 1994.
- ↑ Goel, Sita Ram, ed. (1997). Time for Stock Taking - Whither Sangh Parivar. New Delhi: Voice of India. p. 48 (footnote). ISBN 81-85990-48-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "Corruption Down The Line". Outlook. February 28, 1996. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ Saradindu Mukherji (March 31, 2008). "Humiliated and Broken". The Pioneer. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
Further reading
- Nanda, Meera (11 July 2009). "Hindu Triumphalism and the Clash of Civilisations". Economic and Political Weekly. 44 (28): 101–114. JSTOR 40279263.
- Lal, Vinay (2003). The History of History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-567244-5. Search this book on
- Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu Mind. Rupa & Co. ISBN 8171675190. Search this book on
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