Amit Shankar Saha

Amit Shankar Saha
Location
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Birthday
January 06
Title
An Island
Bio
I am the air and the earth that make an island. The rest is water. First I exist, then I am. An academic researcher, a creative writer, and a literary zealot.

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AUGUST 10, 2010 2:28PM

Love Pastiche

Those who like a handkerchief drop
And fall in love,
I envy you.
And those who for their coy mistresses
Have world enough,
I envy you.

My feet don't fit in Romeo boots,
A sighing furnace I scarce be.

So though you may walk in beauty,
Don't hold your tongue in hope of love -
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MAY 31, 2010 6:29AM

Who's Where

"Who's where?" was a game Dolly and Bob used to play. It was rather a peculiar game. Theirs was a big house. It took five minutes to walk the circumference of it. And… Read full post »

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MAY 8, 2010 4:45PM

The Blue Sky

“I won’t wear the mask.” Jenny protested for the umpteenth time. This almost infuriated her mother and she shouted at her, “I am not going to hear any of it. You have to and that is final.”

Her mother’s sudden anger made Jenny soften her protest and she only… Read full post »

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MAY 2, 2010 3:40PM

The Great Debate

In the summer of 2007 I debated on Science versus Arts/Humanities/Literature with some science scholars in the PhD Students community in www.Orkut.com

Here are some excerpts…

Scholar1

Being science majors, we may not comprehend the ways of literature and the potential utilities. So, we re

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APRIL 23, 2010 5:26PM

I am an Island

I have told Tom, Dick, and Harry,
But they will never believe me.
Often I have stood with them and
Have seen darkness surrounding me.
I have cried, "I am an island!"
And they have cried, "Let there be light!"
So with them in the light I stand
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