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Subhadra Sen Gupta (June 1952 – 3 May 2021)[1][2] was an Indian writer. She was the winner of Sahitya Akademi's 2015 Bal Sahitya Puraskar[3] and wrote over 30 books. Her book, Mystery of the House of Pigeons, was adapted into a television series for Doordarshan as Khoj Khazana Khojher.[4] Most of her books are in the genres of historical fiction and non-fiction, but she also wrote travelogues, comic strips and detective and ghost stories.[5][6]

Subhadra Sen Gupta
Born	June 1952 Delhi, India
Died	3 May 2021(2021-05-03) (aged 68)
Language	English
Education	Delhi University
Period	1980s–2021[1]
Genre	historical fiction, non-fiction, travel, mystery, horror
Notable works	Mystery of the House of Pigeons

Life and career

Sen Gupta was born in Delhi. She held a master's degree in history. She began writing in college, working as a copywriter for advertising agencies.[6]

Some of her works include Goodbye, Pasha Begum! from The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories (a horror story where a girl holidaying in Delhi finds herself as a slave in the Mughal era), Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer (a dhobi boy who is taken under the tutelage of Tansen) and A Mauryan Adventure (the daughter of a soldier in Ashoka's army finds herself travelling the world). The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook (the child of two physicists who is bad at physics himself finds a diary written by a boy in a similar situation coming from a family of cooks)[7] is part of a book series, World's Worst, written in the diary format. This series also includes The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook.[3] A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt features 19 freedom fighters of India and their inspiring stories.[8]

She also wrote a book for TERI, Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil.[3] Her 2015 book, A Children's History of India, was about the history of India written for children over the age of 10 years.[4] In 2020, she released The Constitution of India for Children (sourced from books written by Ramachandra Guha, Bipan Chandra, Granville Austin and Derek O'Brien)[9] and Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem (about the social life of a harem in the Mughal era). She is also famous for her books A Bagful of History, The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai and The Teenage Diary of Jahanara

Sen Gupta died of COVID-19 on 3 May 2021, at the age of 68, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[1][10]

Awards and accolades

Her book, Mystery of the House of Pigeons, was adapted into a six-part television series by Feisal Alkazi as Khoj Khazana Khojher on Doordarshan. Her works were also chosen as part of NCERT textbooks.[4] Three of her books, Twelve O'Clock Ghost Stories, The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai and A Clown for Tenali Rama were included in the annual White Ravens catalogue at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.[5] In 2015, she was awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi for her contribution to children's literature in the English language.[4]

Works

Stories

• Goodbye, Pasha Begum! (in The Book of Spooky Ghost Stories)
• Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer
• A Mauryan Adventured

Novels

• Danger in Darjeeling: Satyajit Ray's Feluda Mysteries (2010)
• A Flag, A Song And a Pinch of Salt
• Marching to Freedom
• The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook
• The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Friend
• Caring for Nature: Bapu and the Missing Blue Pencil
• A Children's History of India (2015)
• The Constitution of India for Children (2020)
• Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem (2020)

References

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