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Acknowledgments I acknowledge a heartful of thanks to my wife Anita, to my daughter Anindita, and to my son Indrajit. Purba, you deserve special thanks. Parikshit Manna created all the figures in this book for me, and his fine efforts are here for all to see. Sankhasubhra Nag never refused to be by my side whenever I needed him, and his help and support permeate this book. Little Aditya, you have been a constant source of love and joy. At the age of three, you have been wise enough to mercilessly pen through most of my notes. Your “criticism” did me a world of good. Rajkumar Moitra, Brahmananda Dasgupta, Ranjan Bhattacharya, and Debashis Mukherjee—this book would not have seen the light of day but for your unqualified support. Thanks. My mother Sovana Lahiri has forever been a fountain of inspiration. As I write these few lines, with the book almost ready to go to press, she, all of a sudden, is no more. Never knew how to thank her. Kolkata, July 2016. xxv Acknowledgments
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