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'''Ruchir Joshi''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] writer, a filmmaker and a columnist for ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'', ''[[India Today]]'' as well as other publications. He is best known for his [[debut novel]] titled ''The Last Jet-Engine Laugh'' (2001). He is also the editor of India's first anthology of contemporary erotica ''Electric Feather: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories'', published by Tranquebar Press/Westland.<ref name=Granta>{{cite news|title=Ruchir Joshi-profile|url=http://www.granta.com/Contributors/Ruchir-Joshi|accessdate=26 January 2012|newspaper=Granta}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Ruchir Joshi is the son of writer and dramatist [[Shivkumar Joshi]]. Born in 1960, he was brought up in [[Kolkata]] and educated at [[Mayo College]], Ajmer.<ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-vir-sanghvi-115032001117_1.html</ref><ref>https://www.mayocollege.com/Reports/LiteraryAlumni.pdf</ref> He went to the United States of America in 1979 to study in an undergraduate college in Vermont.<ref> https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/emancipation-requires-shifting-cultivation-across-the-world/cid/1795708</ref>He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and stayed there till 2007. Since then he has been shuttling between London and [[Delhi]].<ref name=Delhinoir>{{cite book|last=Sawhney|first=Hirsh|title=Delhi Noir|year=2007|publisher=Akashic books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEannBA348gC&pg=PA299&dq=ruchir+joshi+born&hl=en&sa=X&ei=L8UiT_LfIIHprAeukMiZCA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ruchir%20joshi%20born&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Davidson2009">{{cite book|author=Robyn Davidson Davidson|title=The Best Australian Essays 2009: Easyread Comfort Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-jGl3cPqoMC&pg=PA544|date=11 November 2009|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4587-4229-2|page=544}}</ref><br />
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==Work==<br />
Apart from writing regular columns in newspapers and magazines, Joshi made a film on [[Bauls|Baul singers]] in 1992 called ''Egaro Mile (Eleven Miles)''.<ref name=Tarch>{{cite web|title=Ruchir Joshi-profile|url=http://thetravellingarchive.org/related_research_ruchir.php|publisher=The traveling archive|accessdate=26 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131837/http://thetravellingarchive.org/related_research_ruchir.php|archivedate=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Early in his life, he decided to take up acting and performed in an English play called ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' directed by Zarin Chaudhuri.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Ruchir|title=Good director of Calcutta&nbsp;– One of the most innovative directorial minds in the country|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100613/jsp/opinion/story_12554427.jsp|accessdate=27 January 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=13 June 2010}}</ref> He also wrote a piece called ''Tracing Puppa'' which was published in [[Granta]] ''109''.<ref name=Granta /><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''The Last Jet Engine Laugh'' (2001)<br />
*''Electric Feather: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories (2009)<br />
*''Poriborton: An Election Diary'' (2011)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jaipur Literature Festival]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/category/ruchir-joshi/1/268.html Ruchir Joshi] at [[India Today]]<br />
* [http://www.outlookindia.com/peoplehome3.aspx?pid=4743&author=Ruchir+Joshi Ruchir Joshi] at [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook magazine]]<br />
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