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'''Ananda Lal''' (born 1955) is an Indian academic and theatre critic. He is the son of [[ | '''Ananda Lal''' (born 1955) is an Indian academic and theatre critic. He is the son of [[Purushottama Lal]], founder of [[Writers Workshop]], one of India's oldest creative writing publishers, established in 1958.<ref name="ex">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/writers-workshop-completes-50-years-of-lite/369360/|title=Writers' Workshop completes 50 years of literary glory|date=4 October 2008|work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="bu">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nilanjana-s-roy-p-lalthe-writer%5Cs-workshop-story/414127/|title=P Lal and the Writer's Workshop story|date=9 November 2010|work=Business Standard}}</ref><ref name="tt">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-14/kolkata/28213705_1_purushottama-lal-chinmoy-guha-english|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104122306/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-14/kolkata/28213705_1_purushottama-lal-chinmoy-guha-english|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=City remembers a great scholar & human|date=14 November 2010}}</ref> He is a former Professor of English and Coordinator, Rabindranath Tagore Studies Centre (UGC), at [[Jadavpur University]], [[Calcutta]] and has now retired from active service.<ref>{{cite news | ||
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|title=Theatre education is almost missing in India: Ananda Lal | |||
|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/theatre/theatre-education-is-almost-missing-in-india-ananda-lal/articleshow/63269494.cms | |||
|date=12 March 2018 | |||
|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He currently heads Writers Workshop, translates from [[Bengali language|Bengali]] to English, is a theatre critic for ''[[The Times of India]]'' (Calcutta). While he was a Professor at Jadavpur he regularly directed plays for the Department of English with students in the cast and crew.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/12/09191359/Bibliobeauties.html|title=Biblio-beauties|date=9 December 2010|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref> | |||
His books include "Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings" (2019), the "Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre" (2004, the first reference work in any language on that subject), "Rabindranath Tagore: Three Plays" (1987 and 2001, the first full-length study in English of Tagorean drama), "Theatres of India" (2009), "Twist in the Folktale" (2004), "Shakespeare on the Calcutta Stage" (2001) and "Rasa: The Indian Performing Arts" (1995).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/10/15/stories/2004101502590400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126101045/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/10/15/stories/2004101502590400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2005|title=All about Indian Theatre|last=Santhanam|first=Kausalya|date=15 October 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> He now runs a website called [https://kolkatatheatre.com/ Kolkata Theatre]. | His books include "Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings" (2019), the "Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre" (2004, the first reference work in any language on that subject), "Rabindranath Tagore: Three Plays" (1987 and 2001, the first full-length study in English of Tagorean drama), "Theatres of India" (2009), "Twist in the Folktale" (2004), "Shakespeare on the Calcutta Stage" (2001) and "Rasa: The Indian Performing Arts" (1995).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/10/15/stories/2004101502590400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126101045/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/10/15/stories/2004101502590400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2005|title=All about Indian Theatre|last=Santhanam|first=Kausalya|date=15 October 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> He now runs a website called [https://kolkatatheatre.com/ Kolkata Theatre]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Born in 1955 in [[Calcutta]], [[India]], to [[P. Lal]] and Shyamasree Devi, he was educated at St Xavier's School, [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], which was then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], and at the [[University of Illinois]], USA. | Born in 1955 in [[Calcutta]], [[India]], to [[P. Lal]] and Shyamasree Devi, he was educated at St Xavier's School, [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], which was then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], and at the [[University of Illinois]], USA. His younger sister was the artist and poet [[Srimati Lal]].<ref name="Joshi"> | ||
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|URL=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/beyond-the-ordinary-the-calligrapher-of-calcutta-45/cid/467475 | |||
|date= 28 November 2010 | |||
|title=BEYOND THE ORDINARY - The calligrapher of Calcutta-45 | |||
|work=[[The Tribune]]}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||