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'''Ratan Lal 'Khyapa' Basu''' ([[Bengali language|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.<br />
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==Childhood and parents==<br />
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]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
Dr. Basu studied in and passed [[Higher Secondary Examination]] from Belakoba [[High School]] 17&nbsp;km from [[Jalpaiguri]] town.<br />
Dr. Basu did his [[honors student|Honors]] and [[Master of Arts|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.<br />
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==Service==<br />
Dr. Basu joined a Government-sponsored college affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], as a [[Lecturer]] in [[Economics]] and later on became a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] and retired as the Teacher-in-Charge (Acting [[Principal (education)|Principal]]).<br />
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He was the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) from June 2009 to May 2014.<ref>http://www.goethals.in/bea/ArthaBeekshan.htm</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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===Short Stories===<br />
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====Bengali====<br />
* ''Ganga Devi and Proud Bratin''<br />
* ''O-Sadharan Sundar''<br />
* ''Angel of Tendong Mountain''<br />
* ''We are Fine''<br />
* ''Jodi Hotam''<br />
* ''Memory''<br />
* ''Kakimader Bhalobasha''<br />
* ''Bou er Gud'e Bondhur Thapon''<br />
* ''Mimi'r Jouno Trishna''<br />
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====English====<br />
* ''Blue Are the Far off Mountains''<br />
* ''The Magic Marble''<br />
* ''Dream in a Rainy Day''<br />
* ''The Gladiator''<br />
* ''Albidah''<br />
* ''Dream Portrait''<br />
* ''The Crucial Moment''<br />
* ''Major Singh's Secret''<br />
* ''Terrorist's Leaflet''<br />
* ''The Witch's Mirror''<br />
* ''The Mysterious Drinker''<br />
* ''Jasmine''<br />
* ''The Noble Deed of Inspector Rao''<br />
* ''We Are Happy''<br />
* ''Strangeness is Beauty''<br />
* ''The Tale of Two Cities''<br />
* ''The Puja Night''<br />
* ''Monsoon Tears''<br />
* ''The First Rain''<br />
* ''Goddess Mansa and Bhrigu's Mirror''<br />
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===Collection of Short Stories===<br />
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====Bengali====<br />
* ''Asadharan Sundar O Anyanya Galpo''<br />
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====English====<br />
* ''Blue Are the Far Off Mountains''<br />
* ''Dream In A Rainy Day''<br />
* ''The Gladiator & Other Stories''<br />
* ''Horror Of Yakshini''<br />
* ''Mod Lady and the Prabhus''<br />
* ''Stories for Children''<br />
* ''Tragedy of the Pugilist''<br />
* ''The Witch’s Mirror & Other Stories''<br />
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===Novels===<br />
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====Bengali====<br />
* ''Swapno Smriti Bastab''<br />
* ''Swapno''<br />
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====English====<br />
* ''The Oraon and His Tree Friend''<br />
* ''The Curse of the Goddess''<br />
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===Travelogue===<br />
* ''Fantastic Hill Trek''<br />
* ''Tagore, Hepburn and Shahrukh Khan''<br />
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===Economics===<br />
* ''Ancient Indian Economic Thought, Relevance for Today''<br />
* ''Material Progress, Ethics & Human Development''<br />
* ''Kautilya's Arthashastra (300 B.C.): Economic Ideas''<br />
* ''Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic Ideas''<br />
* ''Manusmriti, the Hindu Law Book: Economic Ideas''<br />
* ''Glimpses of the Indian Economy: Ancient & Modern''<br />
* ''Economic Concepts: Ancient & Modern''<br />
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===Hindu philosophy===<br />
* ''Raj Yoga''<br />
* ''Karma Yoga''<br />
* ''Principles of Hatha Yoga''<br />
* ''Bhakti Yoga''<br />
* ''Lord Krishna Mystery''<br />
* ''Atharva Veda, A Brief Outline''<br />
* ''Tantra Cult''<br />
* ''[http://fundacionmenteclara.org.ar/revista/index.php/RCA/article/view/15 «SCIENTIFIC AND BENEFICIAL ASPECTS OF TANTRA CULT»] Basu, R. L. (2016). Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 1(2), 26-49.''<br />
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===Espionage===<br />
* ''Horror of Soviet Secret Police''<br />
* ''Stories of Spies''<br />
* ''Espionage Agency Mossad and Eichmann Drama''<br />
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==References==<br />
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