Manas Ray, a former Professor of Cultural Studies at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) writes in English and Bangla. He has published two autobiographical histories of post-partition Calcutta, “Growing Up Refugee” and “The Volatile 70s” (History Workshop Journal, 2002 & 2023). He lives in Kolkata and can be contacted at ascetic.dandy@gmail.com.