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''•J (presicCency CoCCege Magazine (VOLUME 69) 2008-2009 MAGAZINE COMMIHEE "Though wifcf-waves roCC Between us now" [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] • Sanjib Ghosh (Principal) • Devasish Sen (Bursar) • Sanjib Ghosh (Principal) • Sanghita Sen (Teacher in Charge (Bursar) • Devasish Sen of Publications) • Sanghita Sen (Teacher in Charge of Publications) Swanap Kumar De Niranjan Goswami (Teacher Editors) Swanap Kumar De Himanshu Kumar Niranjan Goswami (Teacher Editors) Himanshu Kumar Anitesh Chakraborty (General Editors) Sreecheta Das Debrarayan Chakrabarti (Senior Librarian) Dinanath Singh (Editor, Hindi Section) Bijoy De (Librarian) Swapon Kumar Mukherjee (Library Staff) Soumik Saha (Publications Secretary) Cover Design Anitesh Chakraborty Spedaf Thanks to : Do (Derozio Section) Souvik Gupta vaya Aviroop Sengupta, Bikram Kishore Bhattacharya, Cover Photographs Avishek Ghosal Ishita Kundu, Somiddho Basu, Samhita Sanyai Joy Saha • Illustration Sangbida Lahiri All rights of publications reserved by Presidency College, Kolkata. Printers : Jayasree Press, 91/IB, Baithakkhana Road, Kolkata~9 Published in 2009 by the Magazine Committee, Presidency College, Kolkata • (^enttettt^. Foreword Sanjib Ghosh 5 fiTtl ^tf^simi 42 7 Ctf^wrf^ 'STQ^ 43 ^hTRTST fw 8 io CT Cofft 43 9 Ttm^ 44 ®Flwt W 12 CWTf^itw CTtf^ Tf^ 44 twi'^irtn 44 17 TIME Lumbini Shill 45 Poulomi Ghosh 45 NAMELESS ME 20 Yashodhara Ghosh 46 SPRING-SONG : A BALLAD 22 Amrita Mukherjee 47 THAT MAN ffS 24 Sunayan Mukherjee 48 The dark of night nurtured desire The Battle for Kargil : Sayantan Auddy 49 Last Christmas Post-Modern War in South Asia Kaushik Roy 27 ^^iRi ftif 50 Should men be feminists? Samita Sen 34 •njR 50 37 •qiT : ^^ ^ ^ ^rfjfer -qW 51 41 ^ ftif 51 41 ^ wik^ i fTRTT 52 TRprfft CR 42 fW 52 (presidency CoCCege ^Magizine 2008-2009 ra ^sitc^TlW '"SI^JUS^'^ OT^ ^flhsl CTt^ 101 The Death of The Author : Thus Spoke The Phoenix Arka Chattopadhyaya 53 ^ iMt 104 Fictionesque Anandaroop Sen 57 W^jfT^rtl 113 The Romance of Fatehpur Sikri Parameshwari Sircar 59 C^lW^ 60 sr? ... Extracts from the Proceedings ^TWit 62 of the Hindu College Committee relating to the dismissal of Henry S|5T?J 63 Louis Vivian Derozio Prof. Susobhan Sarkar 119 WIT 68 "Gems in bezels" — sonnets of Juvenis Chaitali Maitra 122 ^ AIMKH ^^TFim tW 70 124 "Junks"...Sorry, We are 133 just Disciples Amrit Kumar 72 Pm 135 The Parable of The Mycorrhiza Aniket Sengupta 74 Derozio — The first voice ^^ •Sll^tff 75 against conservatism Shriya Bandyapadhyay 137 C^Wft 79 The Fire Sermon Jheium Roy 142 a^ : 83 What Constitutes the ; ^iftM -m^nm 87 Presidencian today... (A survey) 144 Leaves of Grass - A Journey Pritha Kundu 89 Editors and Publication Secretaries of On Satan, Satanists & Satanism Ujaan Ghosh 92 the Presidencey College Magazine 150 Nationalism Revisited Somak Biswas 96 Raniganj Coal-fields — A Reality Check Udita Mukherjee 100 (presiifency CoCfege CMagizine 2008-2009 5 FOREWORD With this volume, Presidency College Magazine has spanned 69 years of publication. The uniqueness of the Magazine does not stem only from the stretch of its publication but more' significantly from the imaginative vigour exhibited in every issue. The legacy of the College has been imbued and transmitted in the creative endeavour of the students channeled through the Annual Magazine. Intellectual engagement, novelty of ideas and the spirit to express them freely have been the guiding principles of the Magazine. The eclectic mosaic of the contributions to the magazine clearly bears out the fact that Presidency College nurtures curiosity, zeal, ingenuity and excellence. The achievements of the College in this year have been remarkable. Attempts have been made to implement several recommendations of the Seven Member Expert Committee constituted by the Government of West Bengal. Granting of partial financial autonomy to the College has allowed generation of funds and retention of tuition fees. These affirmative measures can lead to the broadening of scope in collaborative research activity. One such project with Tata Steel is already underway. Upgradation and modernization of infrastructure of the College have also been carried on, which includes completion of two top floors of the Central Library Building, developmental work in the Science departments, the ongoing project of air conditioning of Derozio Building as well as planning of a State- of -the art Seminar Room in the College. The College was honoured by the presence of the Governor of West Bengal, Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who inaugurated and delivered the keynote address in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on " Henry Louis Vivian Derozio: A Reappraisal" organized by the Derozio Bicentenary Celebration Committee on 22nd and 23rd December, 2008. The occasion was also graced by other eminent speakers. Year long programmes are also underway to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose. A formal MOU has been signed between the College and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. Academic teams from the Chemistry departments of Universite Joseph Fourier and Grenoble Codex, France visited the College. PG programmes are slated to be introduced in the Departments of Bengali and Bio-Chemistry from the Session of 2009-10 in accordance with our continuous efforts towards academic expansion. Researtch work in various departments of the college is contributing positively in sustaining high academic standards of the College. The publication of the Magazine is a continuance as well as enrichment of the tradition of the college in keeping with the necessities of changing times. I extend my best wishes to the students in their effort to inculcate the dynamism that set them apart as leaders of tomorrow in every sphere of their activities. Sanjib Ghosh Principal Presidency College, Kolkata (presidency CoClege 'Magiztne 2008-2009 /^OfT ^wW^T m^f p" 'ato ^ErpTC^—f^'^ c^ffef ^fftu^ ^^I-TR;^ GTC^ ^ wm \ f^ CTt ^ 'ffCE^ wRf c;^—^ csTi?? ^ 'srw wm ^rt^iH ^^ ^fWcr^ wRf CTt I -fe^T^ ^sf ccw w-e^rr f^'tcj^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^sfWfiM 'm^-^tf' ^'ff^ cw-^ ^ITR:? 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