JAYANTA BHATTACHARYA
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Location | Raiganj, West Bengal, India |
| Introduction | Independent scholar. Physician. Researcher on history of medicine. Research Associate of indian National Science Academy. Editor of the first ever internationa collection on history of medicine in India (in Bengali) spanning from Ayurveda to colonial encounters, titled "Bharatiya Patabumite Chikitsa Bijnaner Itihas: Sankshipta Paryalochana" (ABABHAS, Kolkata, 2009). |
| Interests | History of medicine, cultural studies, social and human rights. |
| Favorite movies | La Strada, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Lion of the Desert, Operation Day Break, Pather Panchali, Ekdin Pratidin and many more. |
| Favorite music | Blowing in the Wind, Imagine, Harry Belafonte, songs of Hemanga Biswas, many compositions of Salil Chowdhury, some of Kabir Suman, most of the Rabindra Sangeets and amny from old Bengali songs. Also, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Johann Strauss. |
| Favorite books | Naked Among the Wolves, Mother, War and Peace, Darkness at Noon, Germinal, All Quiet on the Western Front, The God of Small Things, Everything and Nothing, In an Antique Land, The Name of the Rose, Arogya Niketan, Dhorai Charit Manas, Putul Nacher Itikatha, Hoimanti, Haraf, Hutom Paynchar Naksha, Abol Tabol, HA JA BA RA LA, Amrita Kumbher Dandhane and many more |