Book Release With Mahasweta Devi

A distinguished academic, her research in Indian writing in English was one of the first projects of its kind in Kolkata. Many of her papers have appeared in prominent research journals and quite a few have found place in different collections.

Her creative writing, exclusively in Bengali, is a product of mature age. She expresses herself in various forms of prose: novel, short story, essay, travelogue, memoir, humorous sketch and so on. Multilingual, she has translated from French, Odia and English. Her writing regularly appears in newspapers and periodicals. Some of her stories have been translated into English and published in Indian and foreign journals. A reputed speaker, she participates

in discussions on various issues, both cultural and socio-political. Mother of two sons, she loves to travel, to watch foreign films and to read bestsellers. In all her creation, she tries to avoid the beaten path and establish her individual vision.

Daughter of the legendary Bengali editor Vivekananda Mukherjee, she has collected his famous editorials in Tarobarir Cheyo Shaktishali (2004) edited his birth centenary commemorative volume, Shatabdir Soinik, (2005), collection of his essays, Probandha Sangraha, (2008), and supervised a new edition of his magnum opus, Dwitiyo Mahajuddher Itihas (2013).

Books :
Research :
The Novels of Raja Rao (1992), a full length study of the most sophisticated and original writer of the pioneering generarion of India English literarure.