Speaker Profile
Shamya Dasgupta
About
Shamya Dasgupta is a sports journalist by profession, currently working as deputy editor with ESPNcricinfo, and a cinema enthusiast. He’s the author of Don’t Disturb the Dead: The Story of the Ramsay Brothers (2017) and two books on sports, Bhiwani Junction: The Untold Story of Boxing in India (2012) and Cricket Changed My Life: Stories of Hope and Despair from the IPL and Elsewhere (2014). He translated Mahasweta Devi’s Laayl-e Aasmaaner Aayna into English (Mirror of the Darkest Night, 2019). Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments brings together essays by his collaborators, family, academics who study him and writers who admire him to celebrate Ghatak on his centenary through reflections and expressions of love.
Sessions
Centennials for Millennials
KaLaM Lawns
With: Priyambada Jayakumar, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Balaji Vittal
Priyambada Jayakumar, Shamya Dasgupta and Nasreen Munni Kabir on lessons that youngsters can glean from the legacy of MS Swaminathan,Ritwik Ghatak and...
Sat, 24 Jan7:10 PM - 8:10 PM
Literature
Jukti Tokko Aar Deshbhag
KaLaM Lawns
With: Bratya Basu, Srijato, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Jayanta Sengupta
Bratya Basu, Srijato, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay and Shamya Dasgupta discuss how Partition shaped Ghatak’s cinema. In conversation with Jayanta Sengupta
Sat, 24 Jan12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Literature
Ghatak @ 100: A Soft Note On A Sharp Scale
KaLaM Lawns
With: Sudhir Mishra, Nirupama Kotru, Salil Tripathi, Balaji Vittal
Sudhir Mishra,Shamya Dasgupta, Nirupama Kotru and Salil Tripathi discuss Ghatak beyond Bengal. In conversation with Balaji Vittal
Sat, 24 Jan4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Literature