Ratan Lal Basu

Ratan Lal Basu (Bengali: রতন লাল বসু, 23 December 1948) is an economist and English fiction author from Kolkata, India.

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Childhood and parents

The place of birth of Dr. Ratan Lal Basu is the village Belakoba in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. He was born on 23 December 1948. His father Sri Mahendra Lal Bose was educated from St. Xavier’s School and College, Calcutta, he later on got settled at the village Belakoba and played a pioneering role in establishing many schools in the remote villages of the Jalpaiguri district.,[1]

Education

Dr. Basu studied in and passed Higher Secondary Examination with brilliant results from Belakoba High School 17 k.m. from Jalpaiguri town. Dr. Basu did his Honors and M.A. degrees in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and at present upgraded to Presidency University, Kolkata, and did Ph. D. on the Arthasastra of Kautilya, a treatise on Economics, Politics and Espionage, written around 300 B.C.

Service

Dr. Basu joined the Bhairab Ganguly College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, as a Lecturer in Economics and later on became a Reader and retired as the Teacher-in-Charge (Acting Principal). As a Teacher-in-Charge he took initiative in completing the NAAC inspection of the college, streamlining the admission procedure to ensure justice to the applicants and completion of the long overdue asset registration.[2]

At present he is the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad).[3]

Major Works

Bengali (Short Stories)

Ganga Devi and Proud Bratin[4]

O-Sadharan Sundar[5]

Angel of Tendong Mountain[6]

Amra Bhaloachhi[7]

Jodi Hotam[8]

English

Short Stories

The following short stories in English unravel his artistic excellence:

Blue Are the Far off Mountains[9]

The Magic Marble[10]

Dream in a Rainy Day[11]

The Gladiator[12]

Albidah[13]

Dream Portrait[14]

The Crucial Moment[15]

Major Singh's Secret[16]

Terrorist's Leaflet[17]

The Witch’s Mirror[18]

The Mysterious Drinker[19]

Jasmine[20]

The Noble Deed of Inspector Rao[21]

We Are Happy[22]

Strangeness is Beauty[23]

The Tale of Two Cities[24]

The Puja Night[25]

Monsoon Tears[26]

The First Rain[27]

Goddess Mansa and Bhrigu’s Mirror[28]

Books: Fiction

Blue Are the Far Off Mountains:[29]

Dream In A Rainy Day[30]

Fantastic Hill Trek:[31]

The Gladiator & Other Stories:[32]

Horror Of Yakshini[33]

Mod Lady and the Prabhus[34]

Stories for Children[35]

Tragedy of the Pugilist[36]

The Witch’s Mirror & Other Stories:[37]

Books: Economics

Ancient Indian Economic Thought, Relevance for Today[38]

Material Progress, Ethics & Human Development[39]

Kautilya’s Arthasastra (300 B.C.): Economic Ideas[40]

Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic Ideas[41]

Manusmriti, the Hindu Law Book: Economic Ideas[42]

Glimpses of the Indian Economy: Ancient & Modern[43]

Books: Hindu Philosophy

Raj Yoga[44]

Karma Yoga[45]

Principles of Hatha Yoga[46]

Bhakti Yoga[47]

Lord Krishna Mystery[48]

Atharva Veda, A Brief Outline[49]

Tantra Cult[50]

Articles: Economics

The following Articles of Dr. Basu cover various fields like Economic Ideas in the Arthasastra of Kautilya and Manusmriti, Interpretation of Adam Smith, the concept of Human Development Index, the Cultural Revolution in China, and Economic History of India, the Maurya Period. Dr. Basu has been recognized as one of the foremost critiques of the conventional concept of Human Development Index [51] He has also made mention worthy contributions to the economic history of India (Maurya Period) [52]

“Industrialization of India and the Growth of Luxury Goods Industries”[53]

“Game theory and Price Control”[54]

“Adam Smith and Socialism”[55]

“Old Wine in a New Bottle”[56]

“FDI Is What It Is Not”[57]

“Material Progress and Ethics: A Pilgrimage Through Time”[58]

“Magnificent Men in Quest of Ethics”[59]

“Cauvery Eggs and Salesman’s Social Choice”[60]

“Classical Kameralism, Kautilya’s Price Policy and India Today”[61]

“About the Journal of the Bengal Economic Association”[62]

“Globalization of the Indian Economy and Entropy”[63]

“Across the Desert and Into the Green Groves”[64]

“State Control Over the Economy: Lessons from Kautilya”[65]

“Rural Labour Market and the MNCs After Liberalization”[66]

“Economic Aspects of Kautilya’s Arthasastra: A Report on an International Symposium”[67]

“Structural Reforms, Unemployment and the Crafts as Safety-Net in India”.[68]

“The Stalwart Economic Theoretician with Indian Traditional World Outlook”[69]

“Glimpses of Joan Robinson”[70]

“Why the Human Development Index Does not Measure up to Ancient Indian Standards”[71]

“Human Development Part 2: Ancient Kingship, Modern Politicians and the Problem of Corruption in India”[72]

“Poverty Removal in India – A New Approach”[73]

“Justice and Equity in Economic Thought: Myth or Reality”[74]

“Input-Output Analysis of Price Determination in Arthaśāstra Economy”[75]

“Crisis from Administered Price Policy in India – Kautilya the Savior”[76]

“Human Development According to Adam Smith And Karl Marx”[77]

“Laissez Faire, Sustainable Development and Crisis in Democracy in the New Millennium”[78]

“Amartya Sen's Public Action and the Smithian Dilemma”[79]

“Is Poverty An Ethical Question?”[80]

“Aspects of Arthasastra Price Policy”[81]

"The Eco-Ethical Views of Tagore and Amartya Sen"[82]

"Rabindranath Tagore on Ecology and Sustainable Development"[83]

"Environment & Ecology in Kautilya’s Arthasastra and Their Modern Relevance"[84]

"Lessons from Mahabharata"[85]

Travelogues

"The Hills Are Alive"[86]

French (Fiction)

Fantastique Himalaya Trek[87]

Histoires Political[88]

Histoires pour Enfants[89]

Horreur de Yakshini[90]

L'acte Noble de L'inspecteur Rao[91]

L’Amour[92]

La Dame Drôle[93]

L'Existentialiste[94]

La Malédiction de la Déesse[95]

La Tribales et L'arbre[96]

Rêve Dans Un Jour De Pluie[97]

Tragédie du Boxeur[98]

German (Fiction)

Der Fluch Der Göttin[99]

Der Rachsüchtige Yakshini[100]

Die Alte Oraon Und Der Baum[101]

Die Lustige Dame[102]

Fantastische Hügel Wandern[103]

Geschichten Für Kinder[104]

Liebe[105]

Tragödie Von Der Faustkämpfer[106]

Traum In Einem Regnerischen Tag[107]

Italian (Fiction)

Amore[108]

Di Orrore Yakshini[109]

Spanish (Fiction)

Historias De Amor[110]

Yakshini Misterio[111]

Portuguese (Fiction)

Amor[112]

Horror da Yakshini[113]

Danish (Fiction)

Kærlighed[114]

Mysteriet om Yakshini[115]

Dutch (Fiction)

Liefde[116]

Mysterie Van Yakshini[117]

Swedish (Fiction)

Kārlek[118]

Mysteriet med Yakshini[119]

Icelandic (Fiction)

Ást[120]

Leyndardóm Yakshini[121]

Finnish (Fiction)

Kauhu Yakshini[122]

Rakkaus[123]

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