About

2014-Fall

Bhaswati Ghosh writes and translates fiction and non-fiction. Her first book of fiction is Victory Colony 1950, published by Yoda Press.

Her work of translation from Bengali into English–My Days with Ramkinkar Baij–has been published by Niyogi Books. This work also won her the Charles Wallace (India) Trust Fellowship for translation in 2009. Her stories have appeared in Letters to My Mother and My Teacher is My Hero— anthologies of true stories published by Adams Media.

Bhaswati’s writing has appeared in several literary journals, including Literary Shanghai, HELD, Cargo Literary, Cafe Dissensus Everyday, Pithead Chapel,  Warscapes,  Earthen Lamp Journal, Lakeview International Journal of Literarure and Arts, Stealing Time, Open Road review, Humanities Underground, Global Graffiti, The Four Quarters Magazine, Parabaas, Coldnoon, Stonecoast Review, and The Maynard.

She has a background in journalism and writes for The Wire. She has also written for Daily News and Analysis, The Times of India, The Statesman and The Pioneer.

Bhaswati lives in Ontario, Canada. She is currently writing a book on Delhi, India.