Anup Das

Kaushik Banerjee

P. K. Ghosh

Raka Saxena

Gouranga Kar

D. Vijay

This edited book focus on highlighting the evolution of Indian agriculture over the past 75 years of independence, covering every sector, viz. crop science, horticulture, management of biotic & abiotic stress, post-harvest quality management, livestock, fisheries, mechanization, marketing and human resource development. The book has 30 chapters from most experienced researchers and academicians who are actively engaged in research work on the subject area of the book. The book is in line with the strategy for new India @ 75’ brought out by NITI Ayog. It highlights India’s success stories in innovation, technology, enterprise and efficient management together to achieve overall growth while making available food, required nutrition and others ecological services. It also asses the India’s preparedness in terms of commitment toward sustainable development goal SDG). The book is a relevant reading material for both students and researchers and policy makers.

Trajectory of 75 years of Indian Agriculture after Independence

Zero after Nine is not just a collection of random poems, It is a repertoire of myriad facets of our lives ,our emotions and our worldly beings. The Poet Kaushik Banerjee was a class fellow during our Ravenshaw days .He was known for his doggerel even then. It is a delight to notice that the sporadic libretto from his pen have finally blossomed into this beautiful anthology of poems. The abilities required of a good poet are that of Observation and Description .The leading emotion which underlines this collection is that of melancholy sometimes craftfully masked in nostalgia ,sometimes in desolation and desire and at times in a sense of dj vu. Whether it is Zero After Nine,Years Before and Ordeal the reader is left with a desire to peep a little more,to long a little longer and to wallow more than awhile. While devouring Kaushiks verse a thought which stands out distinctly is the ability of the poetic narration to follow a meticulous observation of things otherwise mundane .The poems like Two Puffs and a Cup and Two Gods One Saturday makes you feel as if you were right there amidst the scene of the poem. In poems such as The Known Tale the poet has also gives wings to his articulate fantasy.

Kaushik Banerjee

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