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Uttaran Das Gupta
Uttaran Das Gupta
Uttaran Das Gupta is a New Delhi-based writer and journalist. He teaches journalism at the OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat. A recipient of the prestigious Robert Bosch Media Fellowship and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship, Das Gupta writes columns for Business Standard and The Wire. He is also the author of two books: 'Visceral Metropolis' (2017) and 'Ritual' (2020).
Uttaran Das Gupta is a New Delhi-based writer and journalist. He teaches journalism at the OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat. A recipient of the prestigious Robert Bosch Media Fellowship and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship, Das Gupta writes columns for Business Standard and The Wire. He is also the author of two books: 'Visceral Metropolis' (2017) and 'Ritual' (2020).
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Before and after darkness
Book review - No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health
 "Before and after darkness")
Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka
The film critical of Indira Gandhi's regime was banned during the Emergency, but what's the purpose of continued censorship now?
 "Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka")
Frames per Second: In custody, then and now
Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times
 "Frames per Second: In custody, then and now")
Do terrorists grow in farms?
Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome
 "Do terrorists grow in farms?")
Frames per Second: Banality of Law
Chaitanya Tamhane's Court has eerie echoes for our contemporary times
 "Frames per Second: Banality of Law")
Montage of a Bollywood legend
Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life
 "Montage of a Bollywood legend")
Essential anthology
Book review of The Book of Indian Essays: Two Hundred Years of English Prose
 "Essential anthology")
A Pakistani in Bangladesh
This book is a great addition to the already rich literature on 1971 and its aftereffects
 "A Pakistani in Bangladesh")
Frames per Second: The long walk home-2
The government has extended the Covid-19 lockdown - but provided little succour to the most vulnerable
 "Frames per Second: The long walk home-2")
The language of Delhi
Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi
 "The language of Delhi")
Frames per Second: So easy to kill a man
As uneasy calm settles on Delhi, there is little hope for sprouting love like between Mr and Mrs Iyer
 "Frames per Second: So easy to kill a man")
Brands, good and bad
Apple does not allow bad characters in films to use its iPhone
Root poetry
Mohanty's book brings us to darkness and end, but gently
 "Root poetry")
Poetry at Shaheen Bagh
At Shaheen Bagh - or similar protests across the country, such as at Park Circus in Kolkata - women have emerged as the face of the protests
 "Poetry at Shaheen Bagh")
Linguist's love
The act of love, writes Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski in Towards a Poor Theatre, involves making oneself vulnerable; so does the act of theatre - or in fact any art, including poetry
 "Linguist's love")
Frames per Second: Remember Derozio, enfant terrible of Bengali Renaissance
An almost forgotten Bengali film casts light on the current turmoil on campuses
 "Frames per Second: Remember Derozio, enfant terrible of Bengali Renaissance")
Remember Safdar
n recent times, it has also become very fashionable to call people "anti-national" if they are critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government or its policies
Bridges to Kabul
The book is cyclical - the last chapter of the book is called "Returns", like the first one
 "Bridges to Kabul")
Poetic protests
The nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has led to an outpouring of poetry
 "Poetic protests")
Frames per second: The Spectre of the camps
Research has shown most Germans were well aware of what was going on at the detention centres
 "Frames per second: The Spectre of the camps")