Batuk Sanyal
Batuk Sashadhar Sanyal | |
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| Born | 19 August 1920 |
| Died | 21 March 2002 |
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| Notable work | Instant Hinduism |
Early Life
Late Prof Batuk Sanyal, a versatile thinker, philosopher, academician, political and cultural journalist, writer, and author was born in Eklakhi, Malda, West Bengal in 1920. With brilliant schooling, he topped in matriculation in the Rajshahi division of the undivided Bengal in 1935 and graduated in Mathematics in 1939 from Scottish Church College Kolkata with distinction.
Contribution to Indian Freedom
He worked for a short span at the Dhaka Secretariat and then became an active columnist of the well-known "Shanibarer Chhiti", writing under the pen name Nirbodhananda and Kalapahar during the Indian freedom movement (1941-46). He was also the editor of Bihar Herald Patna for a short period.
Career
In 1946, he arrived in Bombay, and along with a teaching career, he completed his post-graduation and a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Bombay. He was also a columnist in Mysindia as a film critic and scripted stories for Raj Kapoor. In 1949, he married Ranu Sanyal, a versatile singer and writer. She has been a winner at the All Bengal music competition thrice (1939-42) and her book Shib Thakurer Apon Deshe on Ethiopia in 1964 won the best travel writing of that year and was acclaimed amongst the Bengali literary circle.
Dr. Batuk Sanyal taught in Harrar, Ethiopia during the regime of Emperor Haile Selassie and also in Ilorin Nigeria for 5 years (1958-63).
In 1964, he joined the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and served IIT for 16 years until his retirement in 1980.
Post Retirement
After retirement, he lived in Varanasi with his son Prof Ritwik Sanyal, an eminent Dhrupad exponent and academician at Banaras Hindu University. He has been actively writing in Organiser weekly and during his lifelong career, has published more than 200 articles in diverse areas such as politics, social philosophy, art, film, ecology, spirituality, and futurology.
Prof Batuk Sanyal breathed his last in Varanasi on 21st March 2002.
Expertise
His expertise and fields of interest include:
- Mathematical Symbolic Logic
- Ethics and social philosophy
- Political Ideology
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Mysticism
- Political
- Cultural journalism
- Literature
Bibliography
His important works are:
- Culture: An Introduction published by Asia publishing house 1961
- Logic :General and Analytic P C Manaktala 1967
- Ethics and Metaethics Vikas publication 1971
- Hinduism made simple Vichar o Prachar 1991
- Instant Hinduism 1992
References
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