Bishwanath Ghosh (writer)
Bishwanath Ghosh | |
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Born | Travel writer, journalist, poet | 26 December 1970
Nationality | Indian |
Bishwanath Ghosh (born 26 December 1970) is an Indian writer, journalist and poet, best known for his literary travelogues which describe the real essence of India. His most recent book is Jiyo Banaras (2021), a collection of Hindi poems on Banaras. He is also the author of the bestselling Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India’s Holiest City, published in December 2019. In August 2017 he published Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line That Partitioned India, to coincide with seventy years of
The Telegraph (Kolkata) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference"[1]
and which was subsequently translated into Hindi and Marathi.
He was born in
New Indian Express group. He joined The Times of India in 2008 when the newspaper launched its Chennai edition. At present he is an associate editor with The Hindu and lives in Kolkata, having made the city his home in August 2018 after nearly 18 years in Chennai
.
See also
References
- The Telegraph. 23 October 2009. Archived from the originalon 19 November 2010.
External links
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/68993/Going+offtrack.html
- http://bytheganges.blogspot.com On the Ganga Mail, Bishwanath Ghosh's blog