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	'''Subhadra Sen Gupta''' (1952 – 3 May 2021)<ref name="Scroll.in" /> was an Indian writer. She was the winner of [[Sahitya Akademi]]'s 2015 Bal Sahitya Puraskar<ref name="Hindu-World-2015">{{Cite news\|last=Pisharoty\|first=Sangeeta Barooah\|date=2015-01-28\|title=In the world of children\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-children/subhadra-sen-gupta-winner-of-the-sahitya-akademis-bal-sahitya-puraskar-this-year-talks-about-her-latest-books/article6830820.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and wrote over 30 books. Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a television series for [[Doordarshan]] as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher''.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015">{{Cite news\|last=Raza\|first=Asif\|last2=Ali\|first2=Darab Mansoor\|date=2015-07-01\|title=Rewind with relish\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/subhadra-sen-gupta-underlines-the-history-of-india-for-children/article7374741.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Most of her books are in the genres of historical fiction and non-fiction, but she also wrote travelogues, comic strips and detective and ghost stories.<ref name="Rediff-Danger">{{Cite web\|title=Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajut Ray's Feluda Mysteries {{!}} Book by Subhadra Sen Gupta\|url=http://books.rediff.com/book/danger-in-darjeeling--satyajut-ray-s-feluda-mysteries/9780143331506\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=Rediff Books}}</ref><ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018">{{Cite web\|date=2018-06-10\|title=8 Things worth knowing about Subhadra Sen Gupta\|url=https://penguin.co.in/8-things-worth-knowing-about-subhadra-sen-gupta/\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=Penguin Random House India\|language=en-US}}</ref>		'''Subhadra Sen Gupta''' (June 1952 – 3 May 2021)<ref name="Scroll.in" /><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/acclaimed-childrens-author-subhadra-sen-gupta-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-7301614/\|title=Acclaimed children’s writer Subhadra Sen Gupta dies of Covid\|work=The Indian Express\|date=2021-05-05\|access-date=2022-01-11}}</ref> was an Indian writer. She was the winner of [[Sahitya Akademi]]'s 2015 Bal Sahitya Puraskar<ref name="Hindu-World-2015">{{Cite news\|last=Pisharoty\|first=Sangeeta Barooah\|date=2015-01-28\|title=In the world of children\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-children/subhadra-sen-gupta-winner-of-the-sahitya-akademis-bal-sahitya-puraskar-this-year-talks-about-her-latest-books/article6830820.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and wrote over 30 books. Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a television series for [[Doordarshan]] as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher''.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015">{{Cite news\|last=Raza\|first=Asif\|last2=Ali\|first2=Darab Mansoor\|date=2015-07-01\|title=Rewind with relish\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/subhadra-sen-gupta-underlines-the-history-of-india-for-children/article7374741.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Most of her books are in the genres of historical fiction and non-fiction, but she also wrote travelogues, comic strips and detective and ghost stories.<ref name="Rediff-Danger">{{Cite web\|title=Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajut Ray's Feluda Mysteries {{!}} Book by Subhadra Sen Gupta\|url=http://books.rediff.com/book/danger-in-darjeeling--satyajut-ray-s-feluda-mysteries/9780143331506\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=Rediff Books}}</ref><ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018">{{Cite web\|date=2018-06-10\|title=8 Things worth knowing about Subhadra Sen Gupta\|url=https://penguin.co.in/8-things-worth-knowing-about-subhadra-sen-gupta/\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=Penguin Random House India\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Sen Gupta was born in [[Delhi]]. She held a master's degree in history. She began writing in college, working as a copywriter for advertising agencies.<ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018" />		Sen Gupta was born in [[Delhi]]. She held a master's degree in history. She began writing in college, working as a copywriter for advertising agencies.<ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018" />

	Some of her works include ''Goodbye Pasha Begum!'' from ''The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'' (a horror story where a girl holidaying in Delhi finds herself as a slave in the [[Mughal era]]), ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer'' (a [[dhobi]] boy who is taken under the tutelage of [[Tansen]]) and ''A Mauryan Adventure'' (the daughter of a soldier in [[Ashoka]]'s army finds herself travelling the world). ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook'' (the child of two physicists who is bad at physics himself finds a diary written by a boy in a similar situation coming from a family of cooks)<ref>{{Cite news\|agency=BLPS\|date=2015-03-10\|title=Works of Subhadra Sen Gupta: our pick\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/in-school/1/article6978422.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> is part of a book series, ''World's Worst'', written in the diary format. This series also includes ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> ''A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt'' features 19 freedom fighters of India and their inspiring stories.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kurian\|first=Nimi\|date=2020-08-10\|title=In turbulent times\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/in-turbulent-times/article32314128.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		Some of her works include ''Goodbye, Pasha Begum!'' from ''The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'' (a horror story where a girl holidaying in Delhi finds herself as a slave in the [[Mughal era]]), ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer'' (a [[dhobi]] boy who is taken under the tutelage of [[Tansen]]) and ''A Mauryan Adventure'' (the daughter of a soldier in [[Ashoka]]'s army finds herself travelling the world). ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook'' (the child of two physicists who is bad at physics himself finds a diary written by a boy in a similar situation coming from a family of cooks)<ref>{{Cite news\|agency=BLPS\|date=2015-03-10\|title=Works of Subhadra Sen Gupta: our pick\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/in-school/1/article6978422.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> is part of a book series, ''World's Worst'', written in the diary format. This series also includes ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> ''A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt'' features 19 freedom fighters of India and their inspiring stories.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kurian\|first=Nimi\|date=2020-08-10\|title=In turbulent times\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/in-turbulent-times/article32314128.ece\|access-date=2020-11-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	She also wrote a book for [[TERI]], ''Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> Her 2015 book, ''A Children's History of India'', was about the history of India written for children over the age of 10 years.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> In 2020, she released ''The Constitution of India for Children'' (sourced from books written by [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Bipan Chandra]], [[Granville Austin]] and [[Derek O'Brien (politician)\|Derek O'Brien]])<ref>{{Cite web\|first=Paromita\|last=Chakraborti\|date=2020-03-12\|title=A Home for Hope: Subhadra Sen Gupta’s new book makes the Constitution accessible to children\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/a-home-for-hope-6309823/\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> and ''Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem'' (about the social life of a [[harem]] in the Mughal era).		She also wrote a book for [[TERI]], ''Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> Her 2015 book, ''A Children's History of India'', was about the history of India written for children over the age of 10 years.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> In 2020, she released ''The Constitution of India for Children'' (sourced from books written by [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Bipan Chandra]], [[Granville Austin]] and [[Derek O'Brien (politician)\|Derek O'Brien]])<ref>{{Cite web\|first=Paromita\|last=Chakraborti\|date=2020-03-12\|title=A Home for Hope: Subhadra Sen Gupta’s new book makes the Constitution accessible to children\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/a-home-for-hope-6309823/\|access-date=2020-11-29\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> and ''Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem'' (about the social life of a [[harem]] in the Mughal era). She is also famous for her books ''A Bagful of History, The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai and The Teenage Diary of Jahanara''

	Sen Gupta died of [[COVID-19]] on 3 May 2021 at the age of 68, amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="Scroll.in">{{cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/article/994325/subhadra-sen-gupta-1952-2021-a-beloved-childrens-author-is-taken-away-by-covid-19\|title=Subhadra Sen Gupta (1952-2021): A beloved children’s author is taken away by Covid-19\|work=Scroll.in\|first=Sudeshna\|last=Shome Ghosh\|date=8 May 2021\|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Acclaimed children’s author Subhadra Sen Gupta passes away due to Covid-19 \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/acclaimed-childrens-author-subhadra-sen-gupta-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-7301614/ \|first=Paromita \|last=Chakrabarti \|access-date=4 May 2021 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=4 May 2021}}</ref>		Sen Gupta died of [[COVID-19]] on 3 May 2021, at the age of 68, amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="Scroll.in">{{cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/article/994325/subhadra-sen-gupta-1952-2021-a-beloved-childrens-author-is-taken-away-by-covid-19\|title=Subhadra Sen Gupta (1952-2021): A beloved children’s author is taken away by Covid-19\|work=Scroll.in\|first=Sudeshna\|last=Shome Ghosh\|date=8 May 2021\|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Acclaimed children’s author Subhadra Sen Gupta passes away due to Covid-19 \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/acclaimed-childrens-author-subhadra-sen-gupta-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-7301614/ \|first=Paromita \|last=Chakrabarti \|access-date=4 May 2021 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=4 May 2021}}</ref>

	==Awards and accolades==		==Awards and accolades==
	Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a six-part television series by Feisal Alkazi as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher'' on Doordarshan. Her works were also chosen as part of [[NCERT]] textbooks.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> Three of her books, ''Twelve O'Clock Ghost Stories'', ''Jodh Bai'' and ''A Clown for Tenali Rama'' were included in the annual [[White Ravens]] catalogue at the [[Bologna Children's Book Fair]].<ref name="Rediff-Danger" /> In 2015, she was awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar by the [[Sahitya Akademi]] for her contribution to children's literature in the English language.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" />		Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a six-part television series by Feisal Alkazi as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher'' on Doordarshan. Her works were also chosen as part of [[NCERT]] textbooks.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> Three of her books, ''Twelve O'Clock Ghost Stories'', ''The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai'' and ''A Clown for Tenali Rama'' were included in the annual [[White Ravens]] catalogue at the [[Bologna Children's Book Fair]].<ref name="Rediff-Danger" /> In 2015, she was awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar by the [[Sahitya Akademi]] for her contribution to children's literature in the English language.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" />

	==Works==		==Works==
	===Stories===		===Stories===
	* ''Goodbye Pasha Begum!'' (in ''The Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'')		* ''Goodbye, Pasha Begum!'' (in ''The Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'')
	* ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer''		* ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer''
	* ''A Mauryan Adventure''		* ''A Mauryan Adventure''d


	===Novels===		===Novels===
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'''Subhadra Sen Gupta''' (1952 – 3 May 2021)<ref name="Scroll.in" /> was an Indian writer. She was the winner of [[Sahitya Akademi]]'s 2015 Bal Sahitya Puraskar<ref name="Hindu-World-2015">{{Cite news|last=Pisharoty|first=Sangeeta Barooah|date=2015-01-28|title=In the world of children|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-children/subhadra-sen-gupta-winner-of-the-sahitya-akademis-bal-sahitya-puraskar-this-year-talks-about-her-latest-books/article6830820.ece|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and wrote over 30 books. Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a television series for [[Doordarshan]] as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher''.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015">{{Cite news|last=Raza|first=Asif|last2=Ali|first2=Darab Mansoor|date=2015-07-01|title=Rewind with relish|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/subhadra-sen-gupta-underlines-the-history-of-india-for-children/article7374741.ece|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Most of her books are in the genres of historical fiction and non-fiction, but she also wrote travelogues, comic strips and detective and ghost stories.<ref name="Rediff-Danger">{{Cite web|title=Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajut Ray's Feluda Mysteries {{!}} Book by Subhadra Sen Gupta|url=http://books.rediff.com/book/danger-in-darjeeling--satyajut-ray-s-feluda-mysteries/9780143331506|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Rediff Books}}</ref><ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018">{{Cite web|date=2018-06-10|title=8 Things worth knowing about Subhadra Sen Gupta|url=https://penguin.co.in/8-things-worth-knowing-about-subhadra-sen-gupta/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Penguin Random House India|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Sen Gupta was born in [[Delhi]]. She held a master's degree in history. She began writing in college, working as a copywriter for advertising agencies.<ref name="Penguin-8Things-2018" />

Some of her works include ''Goodbye Pasha Begum!'' from ''The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'' (a horror story where a girl holidaying in Delhi finds herself as a slave in the [[Mughal era]]), ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer'' (a [[dhobi]] boy who is taken under the tutelage of [[Tansen]]) and ''A Mauryan Adventure'' (the daughter of a soldier in [[Ashoka]]'s army finds herself travelling the world). ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook'' (the child of two physicists who is bad at physics himself finds a diary written by a boy in a similar situation coming from a family of cooks)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=BLPS|date=2015-03-10|title=Works of Subhadra Sen Gupta: our pick|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/in-school/1/article6978422.ece|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> is part of a book series, ''World's Worst'', written in the diary format. This series also includes ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> ''A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt'' features 19 freedom fighters of India and their inspiring stories.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurian|first=Nimi|date=2020-08-10|title=In turbulent times|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/in-turbulent-times/article32314128.ece|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

She also wrote a book for [[TERI]], ''Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil''.<ref name="Hindu-World-2015" /> Her 2015 book, ''A Children's History of India'', was about the history of India written for children over the age of 10 years.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> In 2020, she released ''The Constitution of India for Children'' (sourced from books written by [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Bipan Chandra]], [[Granville Austin]] and [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]])<ref>{{Cite web|first=Paromita|last=Chakraborti|date=2020-03-12|title=A Home for Hope: Subhadra Sen Gupta’s new book makes the Constitution accessible to children|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/a-home-for-hope-6309823/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> and ''Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem'' (about the social life of a [[harem]] in the Mughal era).

Sen Gupta died of [[COVID-19]] on 3 May 2021 at the age of 68, amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="Scroll.in">{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/994325/subhadra-sen-gupta-1952-2021-a-beloved-childrens-author-is-taken-away-by-covid-19|title=Subhadra Sen Gupta (1952-2021): A beloved children’s author is taken away by Covid-19|work=Scroll.in|first=Sudeshna|last=Shome Ghosh|date=8 May 2021|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Acclaimed children’s author Subhadra Sen Gupta passes away due to Covid-19 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/acclaimed-childrens-author-subhadra-sen-gupta-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-7301614/ |first=Paromita |last=Chakrabarti |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 May 2021}}</ref>

==Awards and accolades==
Her book, ''Mystery of the House of Pigeons'', was adapted into a six-part television series by Feisal Alkazi as ''Khoj Khazana Khojher'' on Doordarshan. Her works were also chosen as part of [[NCERT]] textbooks.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" /> Three of her books, ''Twelve O'Clock Ghost Stories'', ''Jodh Bai'' and ''A Clown for Tenali Rama'' were included in the annual [[White Ravens]] catalogue at the [[Bologna Children's Book Fair]].<ref name="Rediff-Danger" /> In 2015, she was awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar by the [[Sahitya Akademi]] for her contribution to children's literature in the English language.<ref name="Hindu-Rewind-2015" />

==Works==
===Stories===
* ''Goodbye Pasha Begum!'' (in ''The Book of Spooky Ghost Stories'')
* ''Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer''
* ''A Mauryan Adventure''

===Novels===
* ''Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajit Ray's Feluda Mysteries'' (2010)
* ''A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt''
* ''Marching to Freedom''
* ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook''
* ''The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Friend''
* ''Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil''
* ''A Children's History of India'' (2015)
* ''The Constitution of India for Children'' (2020)
* ''Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem'' (2020)

==References==
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