Dipankar Chakravorty
Freelance researcher and writer. Areas of specialization: literature, politics, society and culture.

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Media Experience
Print; Web

Biographical Note
Associated with international essay providers and media organizations since 2003. Writes academic essays and feature articles on literature, media, politics, sociology, history, films and theater.

Translated the Pratichi Education Report (Introduction by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen), India, 2002.

Undertaken projects on India’s international relations for a Delhi-based think-tank, Security and Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA), Delhi during 2000-2002.

Provided research input for the television show, Rendezvous with Simi Garewal on Star World in 2002.

Provided research and concept for the BBC documentary, Chasing the Rains in 1990
   
Was journalist with Calcutta-based ABP Group from 1982-92, lastly as a senior writer; features editor with North East Times (1992), Amrita Bazar Patrika Group (1992-94), Pratidin (1994-95) and Drishtibhongi (1995-99).
   
   
Academic Qualifications
Post-graduate degree in Science from Calcutta University; 3-year diploma course in French language at Alliance Francaise. Awarded the Journalistes en Europe fellowship by the European Community during 1986-88 for advanced studies in mass communication at the University of Sorbonne, Paris.


Some Published Writings

• The Big Brother: View from Delhi, Sunday Mail, January 2007
• The Bollywood Belles, Mood Indico, USA, Winter 2006
• India: A Living Tradition with Countless Diversity, 2005, Absolut Magazine, Pretoria
• End of Fiction, 2005, Aavkaash, Mumbai
• Names and the March of History, 2001, The Pioneer, New Delhi
• An Enigmatic Queen of Hearts, 2001, The Pioneer, New Delhi
• The General in His Labyrinth, 2001, The Pioneer, New Delhi
• The Chinese Puzzle, 2001 SAPRA Bulletin, Delhi,

Contact Details
Dipankar Chakravorty, A-111, 1st Floor, Tarang Apartments, 19, I-P Extension, Delhi-110092 , India
Phone: +91-011-22781636 Mobile: +91-9811592519

 

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