Ruchir Joshi

Ruchir Joshi is the author of The Last Jet-Engine Laugh (2000), a novel, and Poriborton! (2011), a book about the 2011 state elections in West Bengal. His latest book, The Great Eastern Hotel (2025), is a work of historical fiction set in Calcutta during World War II. He has been a columnist for The Telegraph, The Hindu, The Economic Times, and other newspapers, and has contributed to Granta, India Magazine, Man's World, Seminar, E-Flux, Wittede Witt Review, and The Indian Quarterly. He has also directed documentaries and essay films, including the award-winning Tales from Planet Kolkata (1993).