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name: Bishwanath Ghosh
about: Bishwanath Ghosh is a writer, journalist and poet, born on 26 December 1970 in Kanpur. After spending much of his working life in Chennai, he is now settled in Calcutta, where he presently serves as an associate editor with The Hindu newspaper. His books include:1. Jiyo Banaras (जियो बनारस), a collection of Hindi poems on Banaras, published January 2022; 2. Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India’s Holiest City (2019);3. Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line That Partitioned India (2017);4. Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta (2014);5. Tamarind City: Where Modern India Began (2012), which is a portrait of Madras, now known as Chennai.6. Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off (2009), which The T Bishwanath Ghosh is a writer, journalist and poet, born on 26 December 1970 in Kanpur. After spending much of his working life in Chennai, he is now settled in Calcutta, where he presently serves as an associate editor with The Hindu newspaper. His books include:1. Jiyo Banaras (जियो बनारस), a collection of Hindi poems on Banaras, published January 2022; 2. Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India’s Holiest City (2019);3. Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line That Partitioned India (2017);4. Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta (2014);5. Tamarind City: Where Modern India Began (2012), which is a portrait of Madras, now known as Chennai.6. Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off (2009), which The Telegraph (Calcutta) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference".He also contributed two stories to Urban Shots, a collection of short stories published in 2010. ...more