Glimpses on anthropology through poetic appeal

in addition and his continuous effort conditioned by love and respect for g iving anthrolopology in India a prestigious academic position in the world perspective Sarat Chandra Roy, the architect of Indian Anthropology very of ten used to think about its overall popularity amongst the people as a whol e. In course of his research oriented activities in the domain of anthropol ogy Sarat Chandra Roy started writing popular articles, reports and reviews of work in a way suitable to the common people, and those were focused thr ough the different media and even in the journals of regional languages. He always maintained a spirit of communication of his ideas to the general re aders. Once he made an effectual attempt to highlight the diversified anthr opological perspectives through the application of his innate poetic zeal. It is true that poetic rhythm is highly effective in making an entry into t he peoples mind despite distinct technicalities of the subject-matter. The collection of poems, presented here, depicts the nature and extent of Roy's sincere approach to communicate anthropological principles to the inquisit ive general public. There is no denying of the fact that the thinking patte rns underlying different items of discussion here are based on the ideas an d interpretations of those days. The trends of exposition of the different traits constituting the human science are specifically influenced by the th en traditional understandings. In spite of this situational context the rea ders of today are expected to get an overall idea on the thematic analysis made when anthropology was at its academic infancy in this country. While s earching out the old records at the manuscript division of Man In India Lib rary at Ranchi Dr. Abhik Ghosh, Lecturer, Punjab University, Chandigarh, co uld explore these pages containing anthology of anthropological affairs whi ch were very carefully arranged by him and then presented to editional depa rtment. The effort is gratefully acknowledged. It is the exact reproduction of the said poetic contribution to help the readers of today feel the puls ation of the days gone by. - Editor.