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{{Short description|British writer (born 1950)}} | |||
[[File:Indra Sinha Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Indra Sinha in his garden in France, March 2007]] | [[File:Indra Sinha Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Indra Sinha in his garden in France, March 2007]] | ||
'''Indra Sinha''' (born 1950 in [[Colaba]],<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India) is a British writer of Indian and English descent.<ref name="ProfileTheGuardian"/> ''[[Animal's People]]'', his most recent novel, was shortlisted for the 2007 [[Man Booker Prize]]<ref name="BookerNewcomersBBC" /><ref name="FullBookerLonglist" /> and winner of the 2008 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Europe and South Asia. | '''Indra Sinha''' (born 1950 in [[Colaba]],<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India) is a British writer of Indian and English descent.<ref name="ProfileTheGuardian"/> ''[[Animal's People]]'', his most recent novel, was shortlisted for the 2007 [[Man Booker Prize]]<ref name="BookerNewcomersBBC" /><ref name="FullBookerLonglist" /> and winner of the 2008 [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] for Europe and South Asia. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Sinha is the son of an officer in the [[Indian Navy]] and an English writer.<ref name="SinhaBio"/> He was educated at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]], Rajasthan in India; [[Oakham School]], Rutland, England and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] in England, where he studied [[English literature]]. | Sinha is the son of an officer in the [[Indian Navy]] and an English writer.<ref name="SinhaBio"/> He was educated at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]], Rajasthan in India; [[Oakham School]], Rutland, England and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] in England, where he studied [[English literature]]. His wife and he live in the [[Lot (department)|Lot valley]] in south-west France.<ref name=Moss/> They have three grown-up children. | ||
Formerly a [[Copywriting|copywriter]] for [[Ogilvy & Mather]], London,<ref name="OgilvyMather"/> and, from 1984, [[Collett Dickenson Pearce]] & Partners,<ref name="CollettDickensonPearce"/> Sinha has the distinction of having been voted one of the top ten British copywriters of all time.<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff" /> He became known for hard-hitting, campaigning advertising for charities such as [[Amnesty International]] and the Bhopal Medical Appeal,<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> but became increasingly disenchanted with commercial advertising.<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> In 1995, Sinha resigned from the agency to concentrate on writing.<ref name="Moss"/> | Formerly a [[Copywriting|copywriter]] for [[Ogilvy & Mather]], London,<ref name="OgilvyMather"/> and, from 1984, [[Collett Dickenson Pearce]] & Partners,<ref name="CollettDickensonPearce"/> Sinha has the distinction of having been voted one of the top ten British copywriters of all time.<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff" /> He became known for hard-hitting, campaigning advertising for charities such as [[Amnesty International]] and the Bhopal Medical Appeal,<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> but became increasingly disenchanted with commercial advertising.<ref name="LindsayPereiraRediff"/> In 1995, Sinha resigned from the agency to concentrate on writing.<ref name="Moss"/> | ||
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As a former advertising copywriter, Sinha is particularly scathing about Dow Chemical Company's attempts to improve its image through its sponsorship of events such as the Blue Planet Run and [[Live Earth]] Run For Water. He has called Dow's "Human Element" advertising campaign "glossy falsehoods", and quotes artist Paul Phare (who created a set of e-cards in response to Dow) "Telling a lie beautifully does not make it true".<ref name="DowGlimpse"/><ref name="DowLie"/> | As a former advertising copywriter, Sinha is particularly scathing about Dow Chemical Company's attempts to improve its image through its sponsorship of events such as the Blue Planet Run and [[Live Earth]] Run For Water. He has called Dow's "Human Element" advertising campaign "glossy falsehoods", and quotes artist Paul Phare (who created a set of e-cards in response to Dow) "Telling a lie beautifully does not make it true".<ref name="DowGlimpse"/><ref name="DowLie"/> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of Indian writers]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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<ref name="SinhaKamaSutra">[http://www.indrasinha.com/kamasutra.html Common misconceptions about Kama Sutra.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929074510/http://www.indrasinha.com/kamasutra.html |date=29 September 2007 }} "The Kama Sutra is neither a sex-manual nor, as also commonly believed, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life – [[dharma]], [[artha]] and [[Kāma|kama]] – [[Vātsyāyana|Vatsyayana]]'s purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of the three". —Indra Sinha.</ref> | <ref name="SinhaKamaSutra">[http://www.indrasinha.com/kamasutra.html Common misconceptions about Kama Sutra.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929074510/http://www.indrasinha.com/kamasutra.html |date=29 September 2007 }} "The Kama Sutra is neither a sex-manual nor, as also commonly believed, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life – [[dharma]], [[artha]] and [[Kāma|kama]] – [[Vātsyāyana|Vatsyayana]]'s purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of the three". —Indra Sinha.</ref> | ||
<ref name="SinhaBooks">{{cite web |url=http://www.indrasinha.com/cybg-reviews/neilfrench.html |archive-url=https://archive. | <ref name="SinhaBooks">{{cite web |url=http://www.indrasinha.com/cybg-reviews/neilfrench.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070517112047/http://www.indrasinha.com/cybg-reviews/neilfrench.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2007 |title=''Books'' on Indra Sinha's website |accessdate=1 June 2016}}.</ref> | ||
<ref name="ShamailaKhanInterviewBBC">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/communities/masti/2002/11/15/indra_sinha_interview.shtml |title= Indra Sinha Interview |author=Shamaila Khan |work=[[BBC Radio Manchester]] (includes audio link) |date= 15 November 2002 }}</ref> | <ref name="ShamailaKhanInterviewBBC">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/communities/masti/2002/11/15/indra_sinha_interview.shtml |title= Indra Sinha Interview |author=Shamaila Khan |work=[[BBC Radio Manchester]] (includes audio link) |date= 15 November 2002 }}</ref> | ||
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