After a fairly long time I was at the College once again; before you correct me and say it is now an University, my response would be, yes it is so, but I was revisiting the College (hereafter PC) I studied in during 1961-64. The job which brought me to Presidency University (hereafter PU), wasContinue reading “Presidency University: A Visit”
Author Archives: Anjan Mukherji
The Events of 11/11
No matter how one reads 11/11, it turns out to be November 11th. The year is 1938 and the date now completely specified, refers to the date that N G Majumdar was killed by dacoits. And thus, this is a add-on to my last piece, “A Late Requiem for Nani Gopal Majumdar” and the eventsContinue reading “The Events of 11/11”
Nani Gopal Majumdar: A Late Requiem
couple of days ago, I found out that there was a N G Majumdar Memorial Point on the banks of Nai Gaj in the Dadu district in Sind, Pakistan; not only that, there was a N G Majumdar Memorial Café by its side. The Google Maps coordinates of these points were also sent: N GContinue reading “Nani Gopal Majumdar: A Late Requiem”
Mistakes or Creating Opportunities
THE FIRST My school days were 1951-1960, we had 10 years of schooling, which always led my son to complain how lucky we were since they had twelve years of schooling. In school, I was not quite bothered with examinations; my parents were of course worried at my lack of brilliance but eventually adjusted toContinue reading “Mistakes or Creating Opportunities”
Professional Matters
Brief Resume Currently, Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Taught at JNU from 1973 and retired as the RBI Professor of Economic Theory at the CESP in 2010. In between, while on leave from JNU, I also taught at LSE, Cornell University, and the UniversityContinue reading “Professional Matters”
Who am I
I was born July 31 1945 in Calcutta in the home of Nalini Mohan Shastry, my mother Dipty’s maternal grandfather. My mother had traveled to be with her mother at child-birth, a practice still largely prevalent. My maternal grandmother Snehalata was a widow, her husband Nani Gopal Majumdar had been killed several years earlier. AsContinue reading “Who am I”
Anjan Mukherji 