From stone tools to space shuttles.
From hunting in forests to dreaming of life on Mars.
How did humanity evolve so far — and what truly drove us forward?
In Another Big Bang: Evolution of Civilisation – Freedom All the Way, Santanu Mitra explores one of the most profound questions of existence: what made civilisation possible?
With a multidisciplinary lens that bridges science, philosophy, economics, and history, Mitra proposes a unifying theory — that the urge for individual freedom is not just a cultural construct but the very force behind human evolution.
Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors struggled for survival in the wilderness. Today, we’re shaping worlds beyond Earth. What sparked this extraordinary journey? According to Mitra, it was the same primal instinct — the relentless pursuit of freedom — that drove humankind to create, innovate, and evolve.
This groundbreaking work challenges readers to rethink civilisation not as a product of chance or necessity, but as an inevitable outcome of the human brain’s yearning to be free.
Rich in insight and accessible in tone, Another Big Bang offers a sweeping narrative that connects the earliest human impulses to the complexities of modern society — from language and governance to technology and space exploration.
✨ About the Author
Santanu Mitra is an accomplished officer of the Indian Economic Service (IES) and a former member of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS), currently serving as Senior Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.
An economist, policymaker, and thinker, Mitra brings over two decades of experience in public policy planning and formulation. A graduate of Presidency College, Calcutta, and alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB), he has also written extensively in Bengali, with three acclaimed titles to his credit. Before joining the civil services, he briefly worked as a journalist with the ABP Group, reflecting his lifelong curiosity about society and progress.
In Another Big Bang, Mitra combines his analytical training with philosophical depth to explore what makes civilisation not just survive — but thrive. His central idea is both simple and revolutionary: freedom is not the reward of evolution; it is its cause.
A must-read for thinkers, dreamers, and anyone curious about how humanity became what it is today — and where the next leap might take us.
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