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    SATYAJIT  RAY : THE MASTER  STORY  TELLER Ray was born on May 2,1921,in an intellectual family in Calcutta. His father Sukumar Ray was a pioneering Bengali writer of Abol-Tabol ,many children's literature,an illustrator.His grand father Sri Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a writer, illustrator ,philosopher,publisher and a leader of the Brahmo Saaj . He also set-up a printing press by the name of U.Ray & Sons. Styajit's father Sukumar Ray died ,when he was only 3 years old.After his father's death ,the printing business changed hands and Satyajit and his mother had to leave their house.They moved to his maternal uncle's house.At the age of eight,he joined Ballygunj Govt.School .Satyajit Ray was a average student.He matriculated from Ballygunj Govt.School,and later joined Presidency College. He graduated in 1939.In the year 1940 he joined Vishva-Bharti University at Shntiniketan to learn about Indian arts. In the year 1943 Satyajit Ray joined a...

    MR. DALMIYA : The Veteran Cricket Boss Jagmohan Dalmiya,was born in the 'Marwari' business family of Kolkata on 30th May,1940.He studied at the Scottish Church College,Kolkata. He started his Cricket Career as a wicket-keeper. He was also an opener during his days as a club cricketer,who once scored a double century also. When in college,Dalmiya had to give up on his dreams of playing cricket because of the untimely death of his father.Getting busy running the family business, M L Dalmiya Construction Company ( The firm constructed Birla Planetarium in 1963). An wicket-keeper-cum-opener,Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya, the administrator, carried his bat through. A Master of realpolitik and a genius with money,Mr. Dalmiya is the man most responsible for turning the gentleman's game into a global sport. He joined the BCCI in 1979 as a representative of CAB,and became the treasurer in 1983 (the year India won the first Cricket World Cup). Dalmiya along with Indrajit Singh Bi...