Ratan Lal Basu


Biography

ADDRESS: Kolkata, India

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Economics
Profession: Retired from 1st January, 2009 from the post of Reader in Economics and Teacher-in-Charge, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata, India

Books

Tagore, Hepburn and Shahrukh Khan    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 1380 words. Published on January 13, 2013. Essay.

This booklet contains two articles and some photographs. the first Article about Audrey Hepburn's familiarity with Tagore's works and the second about the popularity of the Indian film star Shahrukh Khan in Indonesia and the photos are of Indian cultural heritage in Indonesia.
Economic Concepts: Ancient and Modern    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 23980 words. Published on January 10, 2013. Nonfiction.

This collection of articles gives a broad idea about economic concepts of Kautliya's Arthasastra (circa 300 B. C.), Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Classical and Neoclassical Economists, Mahatma Gandhi, John Maynard Keynes and post Keynesian Economists
Sleep Sweet Sleep    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: $0.99 USD. 3170 words. Published on January 4, 2013. Nonfiction.

Very simple yogic method as partial Substitute of Sleep – helps Insomniacs and those who have to go sleepless for days due to pressure of work – has cured insomnia with continued practice. Anyone can practice without assistance of a guru or teacher.
স্বপ্ন স্মৃতি বাস্তব    by Ratan Lal Basu
You set the price! 34280 words. Published on February 29, 2012. Fiction.

A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE TURBULENT NAXALITE MOVEMENT IN WEST BENGAL DURING 1960s & 1970s. THE AUTHOR LIVED THROUGH THE MOVEMENT AND THIS NOVEL IS A LITERARY TRANSFORMATION OF HIS DIARY WRITTEN DURING THE MOVEMENT.
অ-সাধারণ সুন্দর ও অনান্য গল্প    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 7810 words. Published on January 9, 2012. Fiction.

A collectin of short stories in Bengali
Tantra Cult    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 2240 words. Published on December 16, 2011. Nonfiction.

There are many misgivings and superstitions around the Tantra Cult. This booklet attempts a scientific analysis and explanation of the Tantra Cult as originated in India and practiced now a days in various forms all over the world.
Stories for Children    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 3980 words. Published on December 16, 2011. Fiction.

This collection contains four stories of animals, trees, hunters and folklore
Tragedy of the Pugilist    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 3590 words. Published on December 16, 2011. Fiction.

A poor and naïve boxer loved a girl very deeply. The girl and his father took advantage of this and exploited him ruthlessly to ruin him and his poor mother.
Dream In A Rainy Day    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 6710 words. Published on December 15, 2011. Fiction.

Sandip, a communist revolutionary was released from jail after the movement had completely died down and he found the entire world changed and the dream to create a new world ended in utter frustration
Mod Lady and the Prabhus    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 3120 words. Published on December 15, 2011. Fiction.

It is a funny story about two vagabond boys and a famous lady
Horror Of Yakshini    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 6770 words. Published on August 26, 2011. Fiction.

The protagonist, a collector of antique goods, buys a nude idol of a yakshini from an old man and uncovers it ignoring warnings of its seller. Thereafter he gets infatuated to the voluptuous idol and encounters horrible consequences.
The Curse Of The Goddess    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 40570 words. Published on August 25, 2011. Fiction.

This novel portrays the thrilling adventure of an intrepid Hindu boy and a Buddhist hill girl who undertook to resolve the curse that befell the Buddhist hill people who had inadvertently dishonored a powerful Hindu goddess. This is a story of love, adventure and mystery of tantric cult.
The Oraon And His Tree Friend    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 24640 words. Published on August 8, 2011. Fiction.

An Indian tribal while felling a vast mango tree fancies it to be his humanoid friend and in course of his fancied discourse with the tree he unravels the pathos and loneliness of his life and the history and culture of the trabals who were deceived into plantation industries in Bengal and Assam.
Atharva Veda, A Brief Outline    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 2690 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Nonfiction.

This booklet incorporates a representative section headlines from the first ten chapters of the available text of Atharva Veda. They are likely to give a fairly good idea about the non-Aryan characteristics of Atharva Veda, an unique ancient Indian text depicting the superstitious cults of the primitive religions.
Lord Krishna Mystery    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 1720 words. Published on July 26, 2011. Nonfiction.

This booklet endeavors to explain the fact that Lord Krishna is the symbol of the Supreme Lord and not an Avatar (incarnate) of Lord Vishnu of Hindu Puranas.
Bhakti Yoga    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 2320 words. Published on July 23, 2011. Nonfiction.

This booklet explains the principle of Bhakti Yoga (Devotional Yoga) and explains why devotion without true wisdom degenerates into self seeking, avenues of fulfilling baser desires, blind ritualism, idolatry and morbid fantasy. The text also explains the relation between science and true wisdom
Principles of Hatha Yoga    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 2460 words. Published on July 19, 2011. Nonfiction.

The book gives a general outline of the Hatha Yoga methods as delineated in the Book “Hatha Yoga Pradipika”, written in Sanskrit by Yogi Svatmarama during the fifteenth century A.D.
Karma Yoga    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 7460 words. Published on July 16, 2011. Nonfiction.

The book defines different types of Yoga and elaborates the principles of Karma Yoga with personal experience and excerpts from the Hindu sacred text ‘Gita’ & ‘Karma Yoga’ by Swami Vivekananda.
Raj Yoga    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 4080 words. Published on July 10, 2011. Nonfiction.

This book gives the brief outlines of the Yogic Methods on the basis of Patanjali's 'Yoga Sutra' which is in perfect conformity with Vedic Hindu Religion which is Free From Idolatry, Mysticism and Esoteric Rituals and conceives of a Supreme God who is 'One and Only-one', 'Ubiquitous', 'Invisible' and 'Attribute-free'.
Fantastic Hill Trek    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 3870 words. Published on July 2, 2011. Fiction.

The travelogue gives a vivid account of his adventure to Sandhak-Fu, the peak which gives the magnificent views of mount Everest and Kanchenjunga and his journey through vales and forests around this peak.
The Witch's Mirror And Other Stories    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 27230 words. Published on June 23, 2011. Fiction.

The stories included in this collection have in their backdrop the turbulent political milieu in West Bengal, India during 1969-2011. The period was characterized by terrorism, political crimes, instability and uncertainly. The stories in this volume depict the struggles of human beings to wade through this abysmal darkness.
The Gladiator And Other Stories    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 18650 words. Published on June 22, 2011. Fiction.

This is a collection of eight short stories that depict the nuances of human psychology, the predicament of individuals via-a-vis the complexities of social life and the pains and pleasres of human living.
Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic and Political Ideas    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 7300 words. Published on June 20, 2011. Nonfiction.

The book endeavors to depict some of the economic and political ideas embedded in the great Indian epic Mahabharata
Manusmriti, the Hindu Law Book: Economic Ideas    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 11720 words. Published on June 9, 2011. Nonfiction.

Study of this book would give the reader a complete grasp over the economic ideas delineated in the Manusmriti composed before 3000 B.C. by Manu. To enable free reading the English translations of the supporting excerpts from the text has been relegated to the end of the book under 'notes'.
Kautliya's Arthasastra ( 300 B.C.): Economic Ideas    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 20710 words. Published on June 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

This book delineates all the economic ideas embedded in the Arthasastra composed around 300 B.C. in India by Kautilya, a great Brahmin scholar and the Prime Minister of the Maurya king. To enable free reading the English translations of the supporting excerpts from the original text has been relegated to the end of the book under 'notes'.
Blue Are the Far Off Mountains    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 24910 words. Published on June 3, 2011. Fiction.

Like the blue mountain romantic love endures only if the lovers are at distance from each other. Proximity destroys love as the lovers soon discover the shortcomings of each other and the harsh reality unravels the absurdity of the colorful image each paints about the other. The stories in this collection portrays this truth pertaining to sex-love between men and women.
Material Progress, Ethics & Human Development    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 22600 words. Published on May 22, 2011. Nonfiction.

It is a collection articles related to the relation between material progress and human social ethics -- both in the West and India and also the concepts of human development as historically evolved. In fact, in conventional economic analysis ethical issues are sidetracked, but without ethical aspect economic develoment loses human face. This book endeavors to emphasize this aspect.
Glimpses of the Indian Economy: Ancient & Modern    by Ratan Lal Basu
Price: Free! 13580 words. Published on July 31, 2009. Nonfiction.

The book, consisting of four articles covering burning economic in Modern and Ancient India: Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern and North-Eastern India and the Poor; Ancient India’s Foreign Trade with East Asia; Ethical Basis of Exploitation of the Dalits in India and Public Distribution System in India and Food Security

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