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A Progressive Science Organisation. Click above to find past events and magazines published by Bigyan Anneswak.

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A few Books of Interest

Bharater Rajnaitik Itihas (Part 2) – Feb. 2020

Bharater Rajnaitik Itihas (Part 1) – Mar. 2017
(Cover of the book)

(The above two books were published by SSU.)

Snakebites and Treatments
A booklet published by the Institute of Health and Family Welfare, West Bengal – 2016.

WB Primary Healthcare Facility – Book 2017
A booklet on primary healthcare facilities in West Bengal – 2017.

Who was Sivaji?
A fascinating, eye-opening book by Govind Pansare.

One Straw Revolution – Natural Farming
Masanobu Fukuoka developed a method of natural farming that could help reverse the degenerative momentum of modern agriculture.

Disaster Management Module – 2014
Disaster management for medical officers, covering AILA, devastating cyclones, massive tidal waves and widespread floods.
WB Primary Healthcare – Jan. 2011 – Healthcare facilities available in West Bengal are below the minimum level.

Snakebite Management Book for Medical Officers – 2014
Gross under-reporting of snakebite cases and deaths caused by poisonous snakebites in South 24 Parganas.
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Swasthya Siksha Unnayan

Swasthya Siksha Unnayan (Health, Education and Development) is the organ of pro-people initiatives, creativities and movements mainly on health, education, development, science, culture and environment. It focuses its main activities in West Bengal and other states of Eastern and North-Eastern India. It tries and vows for study, analyze, research, contribute, support, share, participate, co-ordinate, develop and enrich these pro-people events for better outcome and impact on livelihood, entitlement and aspiration of the people with special attribute to down-trodden, underprivileged, neglected, marginalized and challenged population.

It publishes a tri-monthly magazine in Bengali, both in hard copy and electronic edition, and from time to time publishes popular works on important classical and contemporary subjects.

It fights and facilitates universal health and education coverage; food, employment, life insurance and pension guarantees for elderly persons; and the emancipation of women, Dalits, Adivasis, refugees, destitute people and minorities. It also supports essential, eco-friendly, low-cost, high-yield, inclusive and sustainable agriculture, industry and development.

SSU Magazine: First Editorial – September 2011

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Read about people we admire who are no longer with us. See selected Obituaries. Enjoy the Cartoons too.

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Past News & Events

Online SSU Magazines

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Oct-2025 (8.97 MB)

Oct-2024 (9.2 MB)

Oct-2023 (6.4 MB)

Oct-2022 (7.5 MB)

Oct-2021 (5.2 MB)
Oct-2020 (43.3 MB)
Oct-2019 (6.5 MB)
For older issues, visit Magazines. You can also read excerpts from magazine issues (2012 to 2015), including editorials, interviews, homages and obituaries.

SSU Minutes of the Meetings

SSU Minutes of the Meetings: November 2017 to May 2018

For past meetings, visit Meetings.

Where to Find Natural Organic Food (No insecticides. No GMOs).

Find these products at Bishmukto Hat, Krishi Chakra, Prakritik and Bio Diverse Farming Pvt. Ltd.

Bolsa Familia and India – July 2012
Tebhaga – June 15, 2016
Open Letter to the Chhattisgarh High Court for Dr. Saibal Jana – May 8, 2016

Bagrakote, West Bengal Tea Gardens: Continued Hunger – March 8, 2016
Marichjhapi Massacre – 1979
Explore News I and News II for articles on health, agriculture, people and many other topics. More News…

Quotations

“Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

— Dr. Nelson Mandela

“Human rights are those minimum rights that the individual needs to have against the state or other public authority by virtue of their being members of the human family irrespective to any other consideration.”

— Dr. Binayak Sen   More Quotations…

Photostream

Here we share photographs of recent news and events in galleries, each containing multiple pictures. We update these galleries from time to time to keep you informed about current affairs.

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