ABHIJIT BASU (b.1950), is a post-graduate in Chemistry from Calcutta University. After a long career in the Civil Service, Government of India, he retired as financial administrator in 2010. Apart from his interest in science, Basu has been a life-long follower of the liberal arts, an ardent reader and an occasional writer. Now with time on hand, Basu has taken up his pen to write on fields close to his heart - Sanskrit literature and philosophy, English and Bengali literature, the sciences, history - a catholic range of subjects. His other interests include recitations, vocal music and dramatics.
Basu hails from an old Kolkata-based family of civil servants, professionals and academics. He considers himself blessed in having exemplars as parents. His late father, a well-regarded civil servant, was also an English and Sanskrit scholar. Basu now divides his time between Kolkata and Delhi.
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