Nandini Sengupta

Nandini Sengupta is a Pondicherry-based journalist and writer of historical fiction including The King Within and The Poisoned Heart. History buff. Storyteller

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

It's always fun to talk to bright young minds particularly when the topic being discussed is classical India. Had a stimulating session with the teachers and 12th grade students of Sunbeam English School (Bhagwanpur) Varanasi. So many interesting questions. So much give & take

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Excited to announce my first historical narrative non-fiction book on a fierce medieval queen who was more feminist than many of us modern day women. Honored to work with PenguinRandomhouse India.The research is on and I once again feel like Indiana Jones #penguinrandomhouseindia

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

20 lac crore economic package announced by @narendramodi. 10% of our GDP.

EXCELLENT.

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

Big bang economic growth package

[ANI @ANI]

I announce a special economic package today. This will play an important role in the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan'. The announcements made by the govt over COVID, decisions of RBI & today's package totals to Rs 20 Lakh Crores. This is 10% of India's GDP: PM Narendra Modi #COVID19

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Dear friends if you are free tomorrow evening do join in for my chat session on classical India in general and my books in particular @AuthorNandini #thekingwithin #thepoisonedheart #harpercollinsindia #theguptaempiretrilogy

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

Baghdogdi ♥️

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

@sonalkalra @youshallnotpash @desimojito What about the kabootar as a weapon of mass destruction. And distraction

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Will be there with The Poisoned Heart #thepoisonedheart #thekingwithin #theguptaempiretrilogy #harpercollinsindia

[Pondy Lit Fest @PondyLitFest]

India and the Arts: Is Soft Power a Façade?

@sreemoytalukdar, @amritabhinder and @nicks_663 discuss with @nandinisgTOI at the Republic Pondy Lit Fest.

#PLF2019

https://t.co/1Tc2dTXLdF

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Abul Fazal's Ain-i-Akbari talks about Akbar and Jahangir using cheetahs to hunt antelope. But contemporary miniatures invariably show hunting dogs. Wonder why?

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Honoured to be part of this list

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

@KathakaliM The 80s and early 90s were a time when the crude double meaning dialogs and songs and boring storytelling pushed urban middle class India towards Hollywood.But current audience consumes Bollywood with pride alongside Hollywood and other international content on OTT platforms

[Subhash Kak ☀️𑀲𑀼𑀪𑀸𑀱 𑀓𑀸𑀓 . सुभाष काक @subhash_kak]

Great piece.:

"The earliest manuscripts of the world are written in Sanskrit found in the Xinjiang region of China."

"Bodhidharma, from Kanchipuram, transmitted the philosophy of Dhyana, which became popular in China as Ch’an and in Japan as Zen."

https://t.co/hjTcEqT0Uq

[Saiswaroopa Iyer @Sai_swaroopa]

This was another scintillating panel I was a part of. Learnt so much about how authors perceive the market and viceversa. Discussed about the gatekeepers who withheld content from reaching the market say, about 5 years ago and democratisation of publishing now thanks to KDP, etc.

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

I am always fascinated by the extent of cultural give and take in ancient societies. Call it serendipity then that Professor Venkat Raghottam recently retired from Pondicherry university, drew my attention to this spectacular example of Pala art in a Chola temple

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

He is known as an archeologist and historian but he was also one if India's first historical fiction writers. Rakhaldas Banerji was a man if many parts

[Nandini Sen Gupta @nandinisgTOI]

Sheer, sinewy beauty, the Varaha shows Gupta art at its pinnacle.There's a reason why the Gupta era was called the Golden Age of ancient India #thekingwithin #thepoisonedheart #theguptaempiretrilogy #harpercollinsindia #HistoricalFiction

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

@Fact There I knew it. Beam me up Scotty

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

@AloPal @muglikar_ I get all my philosophy from that stuffed tiger

[Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini]

@AloPal @anindya0909 It's yummy. gimme a some pretty please