Tapan Bandyopadhyay

The author Tapan Bandyopadhyay traces his ancestral roots to Balijuri village in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal; his schooling was in Dhanbad, while his college and university education took place in Kolkata, after which he joined a central government service, leaving his research in botany unfinished. After taking voluntary retirement two decades later, he devoted himself to carefully researched and reflective work on social and historical themes, publishing essays in various established journals and magazines; shaped by his family tradition and liberal intellectual outlook, his earlier book Sri Ramakrishna Nirmāṇ—From Rammohan to Vivekananda (2022) reflects this lineage, and the present volume stands as yet another expression of his inquisitive vision, alert intellect, and open mind.