Ruchir Joshi is a writer and filmmaker who grew up in Kolkata, India. Joshi’s cinematic work produces forms that are part journalism, part essay, and part meditation; often exploring communities and everyday practices in India. He is known for his writing in The Telegraph and Granta, as well as his novels. Selected links and further resources below!
Novels
The Last Jet-Engine Laugh (2001)
Journalism
In Conversation with Shahid, Granta
The Destruction of Civil Boundaries and Norms, The Telegraph
Early Calcutta’s Uniquely Cosmopolitan Nature, The Telegraph
Films
Tales From The Planet Kolkata (1993) – Screening 26 March, ICA
Memories of Milk City: Sketches for a Film on Ahmedabad (1991) – Screening 26 March, ICA
Eleven Miles (1991) – Screening 26 March, ICA
Media Coverage