(1955-10-03) 3 October 1955 (age 68) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party (1990 – present)
Spouse
Reshmi Ray Dasgupta
Children
1 son
Alma mater
St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) SOAS University of London (MA, PhD) Nuffield College, Oxford (Post-doctoral Fellow)
Occupation
Journalist, Writer, Political analyst
Awards
Padma Bhushan (2015)
Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician.[1] He is influential within the Indian right wing,[2][3][4] writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Indian nationalism.[5] He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. In 2015, Dasgupta was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to literature and education.[6]
^"Subramanian Swamy, Sidhu, Suresh Gopi, Swapan Dasgupta nominated for Rajya Sabha". The Indian Express. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^Ayres, Alyssa (2018). Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World. Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780190494520.
^Basu, Manisha (August 2016). The Rhetoric of Hindu India by Manisha Basu. Cambridge University Press. pp. 67–68, 139. ISBN 978-1-107-14987-8. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^Joseph, Tony. "The real reason Indian intellectuals are backing Narendra Modi". Quartz. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^Basu, Manisha (August 2016). "Introductory Matters". The Rhetoric of Hindu India by Manisha Basu. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-107-14987-8. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^"Press Information Bureau". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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opponents of Congress in the aftermath of the attacks. Kanchan Gupta and SwapanDasgupta have said that investigators of the attacks were using the term "saffron...
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Political Beliefs of the Indian Right is a literary collection by SwapanDasgupta, published by Penguin Random House in 2019. The book is about the rise...
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of Muslim politics in India stirs hope and fear". Washington Post. SwapanDasgupta (18 September 2015). "What is the Muslim alternative being offered...
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