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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay the Seer and Uncrowned King of Bengali Literature Vol. 9, No. 2 & 3, July-October 2014 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay The Seer And Uncrowned King of Bengali Literature m SCHOLASTIK WORLD HIGHLIGHTS CONTENTS Page No. Editorial 2 A Tribute to T.P. Ghose Letters 3 05 A Tribute To T. P. Ghose 5 Art - Maqbool Fida Husain 12 Cover Story - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 13 Quiz 17 Management Skill - Leadership 18 Cover Story - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Genius 21 Did you know 22 13 Great Minds 23 History - Old Ethnic Names For Cities And Free And Independent Countries 24 Wonders of the world - Wonders of the world - Sydney Opera House Australia Sydney Opera House Australia 25 In The News 26 25 Invention - Spectacles or Eyeglasses 27 Health - How to maintain vital organs of the body and keep good health 28 In the news - fopkjkRed vkys[k & deZ 29 The Magic Tree Law - Citizenship 31 26 Classic - The Necklace 33 Language - An Articulation of Mind & Thoughts 37 Laugh 39 Bio-Art : Hkkjr jRu & dkejkt Developing Art Through Bio-Science 40 43 vius [kkus dks tkusa & eueksgd VekVj 42 Hkkjr jRu & dkejkt 43 Section of Educational Psychology 49 dfork % xhrk & thou /keZ 51 Regular Features : Laugh, Great minds, Genius, Quiz. Picture Perfect 52 All published material in SCHOLASTIK WORLD are the personal views of the authors. The Editorial Board and Publishers will not be held COVER responsible on that count. BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY [1] SCHOLASTIK WORLD SCHOLASTIK WORLD EDITORIAL Let noble thoughts come to us from every side. PRESIDENT - Rig-Veda Bailey Bodhanwala 3000 B.C. (EST) EDITOR IN CHIEF FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK K. M. Prasad On May 3rd this year we lost our mentor and guide, CONSULTING EDITOR Mr. T. P. Ghose who was the Chief Consulting Editor of Goutam Shankar Scholastik World, without whose intellectual support and guidance it would not have been possible to conceive the idea of this EDITORIAL BOARD Magazine and launch it nine years ago, and bring out issue after Chandreswar Khan issue with articles and features, rich in standard, substance and S. N. Pandey quality. Rajesh Kr. Rai His eldest son has managed to piece the events of his life Ramanuj Singh together which we are printing as a tribute to him. We are also Dilip Kumar Mahato publishing an exclusive interview that Mr. Ghose gave twelve years C. V. Rao ago to a young school student for the latter's school project. The Biplab Ghosh interview gives us a glimpse of what he believed in and practiced. Sanju Rai Ajit Kumar Rai We thought this would be the best tribute that Scholastik World could pay to Mr. Ghose. A few recollections from those who came very close to him in the recent past are also being featured in this ARTWORK, DESIGN & LAYOUT issue. May his soul rest in peace! Dhananjay Kumar In this issue we have also featured the cover story on Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay which was a challenging task because a MARKETING ASSOCIATE noble life with a vast array of achievements can not be covered in Disdkgsgksdgk's the limited pages of any magazine. 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