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'''Nilanjana Sengupta''' (born {{circa|1971–1981}}) is an Indian author and historian based in [[Singapore]].<ref name="ho">{{cite news |last1=Ho |first1=Olivia |title=New biography maps the many worlds of poet Edwin Thumboo |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/new-biography-maps-the-many-worlds-of-poet-edwin-thumboo |work=The Straits Times |date=20 February 2021 |quote=Sengupta...is in her 40s and came to Singapore from India a decade ago}}</ref> Originally from [[Kolkata]], she has lived in Singapore since 2010.<ref name="madaan">{{cite news |last1=Madaan |first1=Shivam |title=Exploring The Diverse Voices Of South East Asia: Meet India's Favorite Women Authors From Singapore |url=https://www.hindustanmetro.com/exploring-the-diverse-voices-of-south-east-asia-meet-indias-favorite-women-authors-from-singapore/ |access-date=10 January 2025 |date=29 March 2023}}</ref>

==Career==

Sengupta studied [[human resources]] (HR) at the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] of the [[University of Kolkata]], and served as the head of HR for [[Electrolux]] in [[Delhi]] before turning to writing.<ref name="sharp">{{cite news |last1=Sharp |first1=Ilsa |title=Bose the boundary-buster |url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/bose-boundary-buster |work=The Edge Malaysia |date=4 June 2012 |quote=Sengupta, an Indian expatriate recently arrived in Singapore with a masters in business administration in human resources (she headed corporate HR for Electrolux in Delhi), graduated from...the University of Calcutta's Presidency College.}}</ref> {{As of|2023}}, she is a visiting scholar at the [[National University of Singapore]]'s Asia Research Institute.<ref name="madaan"/>

Sengupta writes about historical topics in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and is particularly interested in feminist awakening in the region.<ref name="madaan"/> Her 2020 biography of Singaporean poet [[Edwin Thumboo]], ''The Votive Pen'', was shortlisted for the [[Singapore Literature Prize]] and the [[Singapore Book Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nilanjana Sengupta |url=https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/author-details/nilanjana-sengupta |website=2024 Featured Presenters |publisher=Singapore Writers Festival |access-date=11 January 2025 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SLP 2022 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.bookcouncil.sg/images/awards/slp/2022/PRShortlist/EN_SLP_2022_English_Shortlist_Announcement.pdf |website=Singapore Book Council |access-date=11 January 2025 |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

==Works==
* {{cite book |title=A Gentleman's Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia |date=2012 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |location=Singapore |isbn=9789814379793 |language=en}}<ref>
Reviews of ''A Gentleman's Word'':
{{bulleted list
| {{cite journal |last1=Rao |first1=Niraja
|title=Review of A Gentleman's Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in South East Asia
|journal=Social Scientist |date=2014 |volume=42 |issue=5/6 |pages=104–107
|jstor=24372992
|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24372992 |issn=0970-0293}}
}}</ref>
* {{cite book |last1=Sengupta |first1=Nilanjana |title=The Female Voice of Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-11786-0 |doi=10.1017/CBO9781316342916}}<ref>
Reviews of ''The Female Voice of Myanmar'':
{{bulleted list
| {{cite journal |last1=Aung-Thwin |first1=Maureen
|title=THE FEMALE VOICE OF MYANMAR: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi {{!}} By Nilanjana Sengupta
|journal=Pacific Affairs (UBC Journal) |date=27 March 2018
|url=https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews/the-female-voice-of-myanmar-khin-myo-chit-to-aung-san-suu-kyi-by-nilanjana-sengupta/ |language=en-CA}}
| {{cite news |last1=Anantharaman |first1=Latha
|title=Latha Anantharaman reviews Nilanjana Sengupta's The Female Voice of Myanmar
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/Review-The-Female-Voice-of-Myanmar/article17193564.ece
|work=The Hindu |date=4 February 2017 |language=en-IN}}
| {{cite journal |last1=Clapp |first1=Priscilla
|title=The Female Voice of Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi by Nilanjana Sengupta (review)
|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs
|date=2016 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=309–311 |issn=1793-284X
|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/70/article/628461/pdf}}
}}</ref>
* {{cite book |title=Singapore, My Country: Biography of M. Bala Subramanion |date=2016 |publisher=WS Professional |location=Singapore |isbn=9789813141285}}<ref>
Reviews of ''Singapore, My Country'':
{{bulleted list
| {{cite journal |last1=Rai |first1=Rajesh
|title=View of Nilanjana Sengupta, Singapore, My Country: Biography of M. Bala Subramanion
|journal=Asiatic |date=June 2017 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=309–311
|url=https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/987/719}}
}}</ref>
* {{cite book |title=The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo |date=2020 |publisher=Penguin Random House SEAsia |location=Singapore |isbn=9789814882132}}<ref>
Reviews of ''The Votive Pen'':
{{bulleted list
| {{cite journal |last1=Quayum |first1=Mohammad
|title=Review of The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo. Singapore: Penguin Books, 2020. xxiii+249pp. ISBN: 9789814882132.
|journal=New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies |date=June 2022 |volume=24 |pages=128–130 |issn=1174-8915
|url=https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/review-of-the-votive-pen-writings-on-edwin-thumboo-singapore-peng}}
| {{cite journal |last1=Rose |first1=Lily
|title=The Votive Pen: Writing on Edwin Thumboo by Nilanjana Sengupta
|journal=Asian Studies |date=2022 |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=237–240
|url=https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/21-58-2-2022/197-the-votive-pen-writing-on-edwin-thumboo-by-nilanjana-sengupta}}
}}</ref>
* {{cite book |title=Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories |date=2023 |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9789815017038}}<ref>
Reviews of ''Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories'':
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| {{cite web |last1=Nair |first1=Marc
|title=A Messy Read: Reviewing Chickpeas to Cook & Other Stories
|url=https://www.mackerel.life/a-messy-read-reviewing-chickpeas-to-cook-other-stories
|website=Mackerel |date=12 November 2022}}
| {{cite journal |last1=Quayum |first1=Mohammad A.
|title=The Brighter Side of Singapore: Review of Nilanjana Sengupta's Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories
|journal=The Book Review |date=December 2023 |volume=XLVII |pages=26–27 |issn=0970-4175
|url=https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/the-brighter-side-of-singapore-review-of-nilanjana-senguptas-chic}}
| {{cite news
|title=Book review: Chickpeas To Cook distils stories of women in Singapore's racial and religious communities
|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-chickpeas-to-cook-distils-stories-of-women-in-singapore-s-racial-and-religious-communities
|work=The Straits Times |date=22 November 2024 |language=en}}
}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian non-fiction writers]]
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[[Category:Indian feminist writers]]
[[Category:Singaporean feminists]]
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:People associated with the National University of Singapore]]
[[Category:Electrolux people]]

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