Dr. Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay (b. 1965) is a lecturer in Linguistics and he is working at the
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He wishes to describe himself, as a local subaltern non-
collaborator in the colonial academia. He has published more than 170 articles, papers, popular
writings in Bangla and in English in reputed journals and academic magazines. He has also attended
almost hundred international and national seminars and conferences and delivered lectures in
different UGC-sponsored refreshers/orientation courses in different Universities in India. He has
four published books and monographs: Folklore and Folk-language: Myth or Reality? (1995);
Linguistic Terrorism(2001); Anekanta Sahityatattva (2001) and Tarjamar tarjani ba Ekalavyaer
budoangul (2006). He has contributed in the following 16 areas related to Linguistics, Political
Science, Economics, Psychology, Education, Genetics, Folklore, Literary Theory, Masculinity Studies,
colonial studies, translation studies and Philosophy.
1. Archaeology of Bangla Grammar;
2. Valency of Bangla Verb and problem of Compounding and tense, aspects in Bangla;
3. Folklore: Birth of a colonial discipline;
4. Can Computer speak? (It is an exposition on AI-hypothesis and Fuzzy Logic—it shows the
mismatch between human cognition and computer);
5. Glottopolitics of Linguistic Sub-alternity in India. (deals with Language Movements in India);
6. Anekanta- method;
7. Syntax and Navyanyaya (understanding Deletion, trace and negation by deploying Navya-Nyaya
theory of Abhava);
8. Architecture of gene and language;
9. Making of Indian Philosophy of Sciences;
10. Speech, Indian Classical Music and Bangla Intonation pattern;
11. The impact of outside sociality on human linguistic cognition;
12. Silenceme: the silent other in Linguistics;
13. The concept of discourse-holism;
14. Calligraphy and aesthetic teaching of Bangla Graphemes for below six-year children and
15. The concept of “error” in mad(wo)man’s language
16. Translation studies.
Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay
