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Sengupta
Sengupta is a surname found among Bengalis of West Bengal and Bangladesh. They belong to the Baidya caste. The surname is a compound of Sen and Gupta. Baidyas, a caste (''jāti'') of Ayurvedic physicians, along with Brahmins and Kayasthas, are regarded among the top three higher castes that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society". In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 67.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Sengupta'' were residents of India and 22.5% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories: * 1. West Bengal (1: 1,621) * 2. Tripura (1: 9,413) * 3. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 10,887) * 4. Delhi (1: 11,950) * 5. Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1: 14,613) Notables *Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903–1976), Bengali author *Aditya Vikr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Kumar Sengupta
Arjun Kumar Sengupta (10 June 1937 – 26 September 2010) was an Indian economist. He served as a Member of the Parliament of India, representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha from 2006 until his death.Profile on Rajya Sabha website . In addition to being a Parliamentarian, he was one of India's most noted economists, and led a multifaceted career as an academician and economic policy administrator. Life and career Arjun Sengupta was born in in 1937. After finishing his schooling at Mitra Institution in Bhawanipur, Kolkata, he graduated from the Presidency Col ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anasuya Sengupta
Anasuya Sengupta is an Indian poet, author, activist, and a cited expert in representation for marginalized voices on the Internet. Early life Sengupta was born in 1974 to her father, Abhijit Sengupta, a senior Indian administrative officer, and her mother, Poile Sengupta (), an actress, author of children's literature, and playwright. She spent the majority of her childhood in North Karnataka, a region of southern India. On her upbringing, Sengupta remarked, "I have grown up in a family that is committed to social justice." She speaks English, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam. Education She finished her 12th grade from National Public School, Indira Nagar in 1992. Sengupta received her B.A. in economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, a constituent college of Delhi University in New Delhi, India, where she graduated in 1995 with honours. She is noted as a prominent alumni of Lady Shri Ram College for Women Sengupta was invited to recite part of her poem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anup Sengupta
Anup Sengupta is a Bengali film Director and Producer. Actress Piya Sengupta is his wife and his son Bonny Sengupta is also an actor. Indraneil Sengupta, his brother is also an actor. Filmography Director * Jaanbaaz (2019) * Bangla Banchao (2011) * Pratidwandi (2010) * Mama Bhagne (2010) * Badla (2009) * Ghar Jamai (2008) * Mahaguru (2007) * Chore Chore Mastuto Bhai (2005) * Dadar Adesh (2005) * Paribar (2004) * Pratishodh (2004) * Raja Babu (2004) * Mayer Anchal (2003) * Inquilaab (2002) * Sonar Sansar (2002) * Aghat (2001) * Harjit (2000) * Sajoni Aamar Sohag (2000) * Shatruta (2000) * Banglar Badhu (1998) * Sindurer Adhikar (1998) * Pabitra Papi (1997) * Sinthir Sindur (1996) * Pratidhwani (1995) * Shubha Kamana (1991) * Asha (1989) Producer * Ghar Jamai (2008) * Mahaguru (2007) * Dadar Adesh (2005) * Paribar ''Paribar'' () is a 2004 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali family drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Anup Sengupta and Apurba Saha. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoorva Sengupta
Lieutenant General Apoorva Kumar Sengupta (3 August 1938 – 14 September 2013) was an Indian army officer and cricketer who played in one Test in 1959. Cricket career Sengupta's Test appearance came in the middle of a major controversy in Indian cricket. Ghulam Ahmed announced his retirement a few days before the Madras Test against the West Indies in 1958-59, and Vijay Manjrekar dropped out due to an injury. This led to a confusing situation where Jasu Patel, A. G. Kripal Singh, Manohar Hardikar and Sengupta were all considered. The captain Polly Umrigar wanted Hardikar but when the President of the BCCI insisted that he pick Patel, Umrigar resigned the night before the match. In the end, Sengupta and Kripal Singh played. Sengupta was dismissed for 1 and 8 by Wes Hall and Roy Gilchrist. Sengupta was a 'very good allrounder, right hand opening batsman, leg-break and googly bowler and slip field'. He had made his first-class debut earlier in that season for Services against t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barun Sengupta
Barun Sengupta ( bn, বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত) (23 January 1934 – 19 June 2008), the founder-editor of ''Bartaman'' newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular political critic. He is remembered for his bold and simple diction of political analysing that made him extremely well liked among the common readers in West Bengal. Life Son of Nirmalananda Sengupta and Ranibala Devi, Barun Sengupta was born in Barisal (in present-day Bangladesh). Sengupta, along with his family, moved to Kolkata before the partition of India in 1947 and rented a house near Baithakkhana Market in north-central Kolkata. His education started in B.M. School, Barisal. Later he was admitted to Town School, Kolkata. After graduating in commerce from City College, Kolkata, he founded a periodical named ''Bhabikal'' which lasted a few issues. In 1957, he founded another weekly named ''Bartaman'' with the aid of Hemanta Kumar Bose, a popular leader of the political party, Forward Bloc. He jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barkha Sengupta
Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian Television and Film Actress. She works in Hindi TV serials and Bengali language, Bengali, Hindi Movies. Barkha Bisht made her first TV appearance in ''Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'' as Udita. She made her screen debut in Hindi Film ''Raajneeti'' (2010) and Bengali film debut in ''Dui Prithibi (2010 film), Dui Prithibi'' (2010). Barkha Bisht is married to actor Indraneil Sengupta in 2007. Personal life Barkha spent her childhood in military towns specially in Kolkata, as her father was a Colonel. She is a Garhwali people, Garhwali and originally belongs to Dehradun in Uttarakhand. She is the youngest of three sisters, the eldest being a hotel management professional and the elder a fashion designer. She was very popular amongst her childhood friends, especially in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Kolkata. She was also voted as the NDA Queen, in December 2000, where she was escorted by her old friend, S.Ganguly. She is married to Indraneil Sengupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengalis
Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divided between the independent country Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and parts of Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur. Most of them speak Bengali language, Bengali, a language from the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language family. Bengalis are the List of contemporary ethnic groups, third-largest ethnic group in the world, after the Han Chinese and Arabs. Thus, they are the largest ethnic group within the Indo-Europeans and the largest ethnic group in South Asia. Apart from Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, and Assam's Barak Valley, Bengali-majority populations also reside in India's union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achintyakumar Sengupta
Achintya Kumar Sengupta (born 19 September 1903 – 29 January 1976) was an Indian Bengali-language poet, story writer, novelist, biographer and editor. Life He was born in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh. At the age of 13, after his father's death, Sengupta moved to Calcutta, where he completed his schooling. He got a B. A. Honours degree from South Suburban College in English, followed by an M. A. degree from the University of Calcutta. Subsequently, he obtained a degree in Law and entered the judicial service in 1928 as a Civil Judge (Junior Division) and Assistant Magistrate Second Class. He served as a Judge in Magistrate Courts of Kolkata and District Courts of Midnapore, Dinajpore, and Kushtia. He retired as a Principal District Judge of the Alipore Court in 1961. Works He started writing under a pen name, ‘Niharika Debi’. He contributed to almost all genres of Bengali literature, but is best remembered for his novels and short stories. In all, he wrote more than 100 bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Sengupta
Anita Sengupta is an American aerospace engineer. She is a graduate in aerospace and mechanical engineering (MS '00, Ph.D. '05) of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. She was the lead systems engineer of the team that developed the parachute system that was deployed during the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity. She was subsequently the project manager of the Cold Atom Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech. She was then the Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering at Virgin Hyperloop One. She is currently Chief Product Officer at Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX). Early life Sengupta was born in Glasgow, Scotland before emigrating to New York where she was raised thereafter. Her father hailed from West Bengal, India, and was a mechanical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology. Her British mother was an expert in French and German. Her parents met while pursuing a PhD at the University of Liverpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Aditya Vikram Sengupta (born 6 September 1983) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and graphic designer. His first film '' Asha Jaoar Majhe'' or ''Labour of Love'', released in 2014 which premiered at the 11th Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival,OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng which won him the National Award for Best Debut in India. Early life Aditya Vikram Sengupta was born in Kolkata in 1983 to Sharmila Sengupta and Tridib Kumar Sengupta. He attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School and post-school, Aditya was accepted at the prestigious National Institute of Design in Paldi, Ahmedabad. After NID, he worked at Channel for a number of years as a promo and creative director before turning director full-time. Career His first directorial venture was the Bengali film ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baidya
Baidya or Vaidya is a Hindu community located in Bengal. Baidyas, a caste (''jāti'') of Ayurvedic physicians, have long had pre-eminence in society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks were drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from these three upper castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal. Etymology The terms ''Baidya'' means a physician in the Bengali and Sanskrit languages. Bengal is the only place where they formed a caste or rather, a ''jati''. Origins The origins of Baidyas remain surrounded by a wide variety of overlapping and sometimes contradictory myths, and are heavily contested. Aside from Upapuraṇas and two genealogies(Kulajis), premodern Bengali literature does not discuss details of the caste's origins; no literature from outside the region discuss them either. The semi-legendary Ambastha connection of Baidyas who mostly held to be of a Kshatriya origin in Hindu scriptures is tenuous. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arunabha Sengupta
Arunabha Sengupta (born Kolkata, India, 13 June 1973) is an Indian sports writer and novelist. He has written three non-fiction volumes on cricket history with a socio-political perspective as well as four novels and one collection of short stories. He is a cricket historian and a Cricket Writer at CricketCountry.com and Scoreline.org Books * ''Elephant in the StadiumPitch PublishinMay 2022 - The story of India's epochal Test series win in England in 1971. With the series as the main theme, the book is also a look at the complex relationship between India and Britain through the days of colonial rule to the modern day. It has an introduction by Mihir Bose This was shortlisted for the Derek Hodgson Cricket Writers' Club Book of the Year Award 2022. This was also listed as one of The Times' Best Sports Books of 2022. Alyson Rudd, chairperson of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, adjudged it to be the best cricket book of 2022. She wrote: "It was a quiet year for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
