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Ratan Lal 'Khyapa' Basu (Bengali : রতন লাল বসু; born 23 December 1948) is an economist and English fiction author. He is fondly known to his students as Khyapa (mad/crazy) Basu.
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 .
Education
Dr. Basu studied in and passed Higher Secondary Examination from Belakoba High School 17 km from Jalpaiguri town.
Dr. Basu did his Honors and M.A. degrees in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata , then affiliated with the University of Kolkata , and at present upgraded to Presidency University, Kolkata , and did Ph.D. on the Arthashastra of Kautilya , a treatise on Economics , Politics and Espionage , written around 300 B.C.
Service
Dr. Basu joined a Government-sponsored college 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 ).
He was the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) from June 2009 to May 2014.[ 1]
Bibliography
Short Stories
Bengali
Ganga Devi and Proud Bratin
O-Sadharan Sundar
Angel of Tendong Mountain
We are Fine
Jodi Hotam
Memory
Kakimader Bhalobasha
Bou er Gud'e Bondhur Thapon
Mimi'r Jouno Trishna
English
Blue Are the Far off Mountains
The Magic Marble
Dream in a Rainy Day
The Gladiator
Albidah
Dream Portrait
The Crucial Moment
Major Singh's Secret
Terrorist's Leaflet
The Witch's Mirror
The Mysterious Drinker
Jasmine
The Noble Deed of Inspector Rao
We Are Happy
Strangeness is Beauty
The Tale of Two Cities
The Puja Night
Monsoon Tears
The First Rain
Goddess Mansa and Bhrigu's Mirror
Collection of Short Stories
Bengali
Asadharan Sundar O Anyanya Galpo
English
Blue Are the Far Off Mountains
Dream In A Rainy Day
The Gladiator & Other Stories
Horror Of Yakshini
Mod Lady and the Prabhus
Stories for Children
Tragedy of the Pugilist
The Witch’s Mirror & Other Stories
Novels
Bengali
Swapno Smriti Bastab
Swapno
English
The Oraon and His Tree Friend
The Curse of the Goddess
Travelogue
Fantastic Hill Trek
Tagore, Hepburn and Shahrukh Khan
Economics
Ancient Indian Economic Thought, Relevance for Today
Material Progress, Ethics & Human Development
Kautilya's Arthashastra (300 B.C.): Economic Ideas
Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic Ideas
Manusmriti, the Hindu Law Book: Economic Ideas
Glimpses of the Indian Economy: Ancient & Modern
Economic Concepts: Ancient & Modern
Hindu philosophy
Raj Yoga
Karma Yoga
Principles of Hatha Yoga
Bhakti Yoga
Lord Krishna Mystery
Atharva Veda, A Brief Outline
Tantra Cult
«SCIENTIFIC AND BENEFICIAL ASPECTS OF TANTRA CULT» Basu, R. L. (2016). Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 1(2), 26-49.
Espionage
Horror of Soviet Secret Police
Stories of Spies
Espionage Agency Mossad and Eichmann Drama
References