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Swapan Dasgupta was born on 3 October, 1955 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is an Indian scholar, journalist and politician. Discover Swapan Dasgupta's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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| Occupation |
Journalist, Writer, Political analyst |
| Age |
68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
3 October, 1955 |
| Birthday |
3 October |
| Birthplace |
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality |
West
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He is a member of famous Journalist with the age 68 years old group.
Swapan Dasgupta Height, Weight & Measurements
At 68 years old, Swapan Dasgupta height not available right now. We will update Swapan Dasgupta's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Swapan Dasgupta's Wife?
His wife is Reshmi Ray Dasgupta
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Reshmi Ray Dasgupta |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
1 son |
Swapan Dasgupta Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Swapan Dasgupta worth at the age of 68 years old? Swapan Dasgupta’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from West. We have estimated Swapan Dasgupta's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Journalist |
Swapan Dasgupta Social Network
Timeline
Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician.
He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Indian nationalism.
He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha.
Dasgupta was born into a Bengali Baidya family on 3 October 1955 in Calcutta, West Bengal.
He received his schooling from St. Paul's School and La Martiniere Calcutta before graduating from St. Stephen's College in 1975.
He earned his MA and Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies and returned to India briefly in 1979 to take up a management position at Calcutta Chemical Company, a family.
However, within a year, Dasgupta returned to the United Kingdom as a Junior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he taught and researched South Asian Politics.
During this time, an excerpt from his thesis concerning the intersectionality of local politics in the Midnapur district was published in one of the Subaltern Studies volumes.
Dasgupta has served in editorial positions over several English dailies in India including The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Statesman, India Today et cetera.
He is a frequent guest on news channels in English-language debates on Indian politics and international affairs.
Mushirul Hasan, writing in 1997, held him the chief spokesperson of BJP in the English language press.
In the early 2000s, Dasgupta blogged:
The Right is an endangered community in India's English-language media.
I happen to be one of the few to have retained a precarious toe-hold in the mainstream media.
Throughout these years, Dasgupta emphasized the value of English in reaching out to the elites — who were allegedly mass-committed to the left-liberal cause — and winning them over towards hindutva; he was one of the most fierce critics of the pro-vernacular policies followed by the communist government of West Bengal.
In 2015, Dasgupta was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to literature and education.
In February 2015, Swapan Dasgupta was appointed on the Board of Directors of Larsen and Toubro as a nominee of the Unit Trust of India.
He stepped down from Directorship of Larsen and Toubro upon being appointed to the Rajya Sabha.
In April 2016, the incumbent BJP government nominated Dasgupta to the Rajya Sabha as an eminent personality in literature; his term would have continued till 2022.
However, in 2021, Dasgupta resigned from Rajya Sabha to contest the Legislative Assembly election in West Bengal for BJP from Tarakeswar; he lost by over 7000 votes.
A month later, Dasgupta was renominated to the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of his original term — opposition politicians and constitutional scholars questioned the legal soundness of the renomination.
Meera Nanda finds Dasgupta among India's most prominent center-right public intellectuals.
Arvind Tajagopal found Dasgupta among the most vocal enthusiasts for the spread of Hindutva, in English language press in the 80s.
Scholars have located parallels between his writings and the thought school of Hindu nationalist organisations.
He is married to Reshmi Ray Dasgupta, Lifestyle Editor at The Economic Times and has a son who is a practicing lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.
They reside in New Delhi.
In 2019, he published Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right.
He was conferred Honorary Visiting Professorship at Center for Media Studies (CMS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in recognition to his excellent expertise on journalism and media.
Dasgupta led the first edition of the Delhi University Literature Festival as its festival director alongside Sanjeev Sanyal as the festival patron in March 2023.
Dasgupta started as a Trotskite during college but became a Thatcherite in England; since then, he has self-identified with centre-right politics.
Dasgupta has been active in national politics since the early 90s as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); he believed in the potential of the Mandal Commission recommendations and the Ram Rath Yatra to forge a common Hindu identity.
