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Ruchir Joshi
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Ruchir Joshi | |
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| Born | 1960 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Notable works | The Last Jet Engine Laugh |
Ruchir Joshi is an Indian writer, a filmmaker and a columnist for 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.[1]
Life[edit]
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.[2][3] He went to the United States of America in 1979 to study in an undergraduate college in Vermont.[4]He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and stayed there till 2007. Since then he has been shuttling between London and Delhi.[5][6]
Work[edit]
Apart from writing regular columns in newspapers and magazines, Joshi made a film on Baul singers in 1992 called Egaro Mile (Eleven Miles).[7] 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.[8] He also wrote a piece called Tracing Puppa which was published in Granta 109.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- The Last Jet Engine Laugh (2001)
- Electric Feather: The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories (2009)
- Poriborton: An Election Diary (2011)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ruchir Joshi-profile". Granta. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-vir-sanghvi-115032001117_1.html
- ↑ https://www.mayocollege.com/Reports/LiteraryAlumni.pdf
- ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/emancipation-requires-shifting-cultivation-across-the-world/cid/1795708
- ↑ Sawhney, Hirsh (2007). Delhi Noir. Akashic books.
- ↑ Robyn Davidson Davidson (11 November 2009). The Best Australian Essays 2009: Easyread Comfort Edition. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-4587-4229-2.
- ↑ "Ruchir Joshi-profile". The traveling archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ Joshi, Ruchir (13 June 2010). "Good director of Calcutta – One of the most innovative directorial minds in the country". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2012.