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	'''Siddhartha Deb''' (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at [[Columbia University]],<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web\|title=A first-timer with a point of view...\|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019151928/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 19, 2003\|access-date=18 May 2014\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=Sep 26, 2002}}</ref> US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998.<ref name="brooklynrail1">{{cite web\|last=Sherman \|first=Scott \|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman \|title=Winners And Losers in The 'New India': Siddhartha Deb With Scott Sherman \|publisher=The Brooklyn Rail \|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles [[Shillong]] in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned [[Sikh]] journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by [[Viking Penguin]]. He has also contributed to ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. He currently teaches creative writing at [[The New School]] in New York.<ref name="brooklynrail1"/><ref>{{cite web\|author=Siddhartha Deb \|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=24576 \|title=Siddhartha Deb from HarperCollins Publishers \|publisher=Harpercollins.com \|date=24 March 2010 \|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>		'''Siddhartha Deb''' (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at [[Columbia University]],<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web\|title=A first-timer with a point of view...\|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019151928/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 19, 2003\|access-date=18 May 2014\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=Sep 26, 2002}}</ref> US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998.<ref name="brooklynrail1">{{cite web\|last=Sherman \|first=Scott \|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman \|title=Winners And Losers in The 'New India': Siddhartha Deb With Scott Sherman \|date=5 September 2011 \|publisher=The Brooklyn Rail \|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles [[Shillong]] in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned [[Sikh]] journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by [[Viking Penguin]]. He has also contributed to ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. He currently teaches creative writing at [[The New School]] in New York.<ref name="brooklynrail1"/><ref>{{cite web\|author=Siddhartha Deb \|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=24576 \|title=Siddhartha Deb from HarperCollins Publishers \|publisher=Harpercollins.com \|date=24 March 2010 \|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

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'''Siddhartha Deb''' (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at [[Columbia University]],<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web|title=A first-timer with a point of view...|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019151928/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600500100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2003|access-date=18 May 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=Sep 26, 2002}}</ref> US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998.<ref name="brooklynrail1">{{cite web|last=Sherman |first=Scott |url=http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman |title=Winners And Losers in The 'New India': Siddhartha Deb With Scott Sherman |publisher=The Brooklyn Rail |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles [[Shillong]] in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned [[Sikh]] journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by [[Viking Penguin]]. He has also contributed to ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''[[New Statesman]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''. He currently teaches creative writing at [[The New School]] in New York.<ref name="brooklynrail1"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Siddhartha Deb |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/index.aspx?authorID=24576 |title=Siddhartha Deb from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harpercollins.com |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*2012 [[PEN/Open Book]], ''The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India''
*2012 [[Orwell Prize]] (shortlist), ''The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India''

==Bibliography==
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'''Fiction'''
* {{cite book |title=The Point of Return |year=2003 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0060501532 |url=https://archive.org/details/pointofreturn00sidd }}
* {{cite book |title=An Outline of the Republic |year=2005 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=0060501553 |url=https://archive.org/details/outlineofrepubli00debs }} published by Picador in the UK as {{cite book |title=Surface.}}
* {{cite book |title=Fraternity |year=2007 |publisher=Toluca Editions }} a collaborative project published as a limited edition book with photographer [[Mitch Epstein]]

'''Non-fiction'''
* {{cite book |title=The Beautiful and the Damned : Life in the New India |year=2011 |publisher=Viking Penguin |isbn=978-0865478626 }}

'''Articles'''
*{{cite journal |author=Siddartha Deb |date=January 2009 |title=Letter from Manipur: Nowhere land: Along India's border, a forgotten Burmese rebellion |journal=[[Harper's Magazine]] |volume=318 |issue=1904 |pages=43–50}}

==See also==
* [[Indian literature]]
* [[Indian English literature]]
* [[Literature from North East India]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/express/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-indiasiddhartha-deb-with-scott-sherman In Conversation: Winners and Losers in the “New India”: Siddhartha Deb with Scott Sherman], ''The Brooklyn Rail''
*[http://www.guernicamag.com/features/on_change_in_india_siddhartha_deb_9_1_11/ "On Change in India"] ''Guernica: Magazine of Art and Politics'' (September 1, 2011)
*[https://newrepublic.com/authors/siddhartha-deb Siddhartha Deb articles] ''New Republic''

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