Amlan Datta

Amlan Datta (1924 – 2010) was a prominent Indian Bengali economist and educator. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of North Bengal University and Visva-Bharati University.

Quotes

• Knowledge which does not change the man in some way has not become a part of his inner self. The true task of the mind is to make knowledge an integral part of one's consciousness.
  • As quoted in "Amlan Datta: An Unfading Memory" in Kali O Kalam.
• On September 10, 2005, I went to a hotel on Harrison Road, Kulidjibara, Kolkata, carrying four manuscripts. Two days later, I went to meet Amlan Dutta at his home in CB110, Salt Lake City. I had never seen him in person before; I had only seen his picture on a book cover. It was a picture from his youth: a stocky body in a white collared shirt, thick glasses, and thick, neatly styled black hair.

• Amlan Dutta was born on June 17, 1924, in Comilla and died on February 18, 2010, in Calcutta. He firmly stated, "I have never done anything that I truly believed to be wrong." Among his notable sayings is, "All love is precious and must be evaluated in life. If you do so, you will see that the love that does not create a rival religion, that is, the love that does not arouse jealousy, is the precious love."

• Democracy is not merely a system of government, it is a way of life.
  • For Democracy (1970), The Minerva Associates, 3rd edition, p. 9.

• Along with natural sciences, the progress of social sciences has been possible due to the efforts of a handful of exceptionally talented individuals...
  • For Democracy (1970), The Minerva Associates, 3rd edition, p. 5.

• Reason is sometimes a servant of class and organized interests, and sometimes it is the counselor to transcend these limitations. In the journey toward humanism, reason is the guide.
  • "Prabandha Sangraha – Amlan Datta" at Bangla Library.

External links

• Amlan Datta: An Unfading Memory (in Bengali)