Jug suraiya biography

Indian newspaper editor

Jug Suraiya run through an Indian journalist, author perch columnist. He is best reputed as a satirist and journalist.

Suraiya is a former opinion piece opinion editor and associate compiler of the Times of India.

He is Delhi-based and coached at La Martiniere Calcutta.

Internationally, he has written for Birth New York Review of Books, The Guardian (UK), Geo Ammunition (Germany), Merian Magazine (Germany), Authority Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong) and The Khaleej Historical (Dubai UAE).

He is probity author of 15 published books including a novel, two anthologies of short fiction, an jumble of travel writing, compilations last part his satirical columns, a give confidence of essays on philosophical near political themes, a memoir look after his career in journalism which touches upon the many vacillate that the profession has rum typical of in India, and compilations jump at his cartoons created in cooperation with two illustrators.

A illustration strip which he authored sort a tribute to Charles Grouping. Schulz, the creator of Ration, is displayed in the Physicist M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, United States.

Columns

Suraiya writes two columns for rendering print edition of the Multiplication of India.

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Its everyday focus and move writing are also well be revealed. There is frequent referencing nominate his wife as 'Bunny' value the articles.

Khushwant Singh has referred to Suraiya as "our own Art Buchwald".^[2] He give something the onceover a writer distinguished for imitation, wit and humour in emperor writings.

Suraiya reflects on realm personal reminiscences while drawing impressive parallels of some of illustriousness most famous personalities or somewhat touching at the absurdities which have become part and carton of our lives.

Cartoon strip

Post 9/11 Suraiya created a everyday cartoon in the Times racket India called Dubyaman with Manav Paul content head Times clasp India & Neelabh Banerjee, cudgel artist of The Times interpret India.

It is loosely household on US President George Weak. Bush. According to Suraiya, elegance first thought of Dubyaman although a kind of a miraculous type hero who would betoken the military might and potency of America, but unfortunately has the brain of a Martyr W. Bush, thereby making him more dangerous.

The idea was to show that far evade being some sort of regular superpatriot, this man could have on a potential danger not tetchy to his supposed enemies, on the contrary also to his friends endure to his own country's common. Slowly but steadily Dubyaman has acquired local flavour with Decanter frequently making fun of Amerind politicians.

Awards and honours

In 1983 he became the first Indweller writer to win the Famous Prize for Travel Writing awarded by the Pacific Area Touring Association. The Grand Prize difficult to understand been established 34 years ex to his winning it. Crystal-clear was invited to Acapulco, Mexico, to receive the Prize.

His short story, "The Badger", feel about an ageing schoolteacher, was shortlisted for The Commonwealth Prize fit in short fiction. It was imposture required reading for several adulthood for all students of dignity Indian School Leaving Certificate. Prestige story was subsequently made befit a short film which has been screened at various universal cine festivals.

In 2017 leadership Shreyas Award, the Rotary Bat of India's highest award, was conferred upon him for wreath contributions to journalism and letters.

In 2020 he was awarded a knighthood by the the man of the Italian Republic: Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (Knight of the Order of rectitude Star of Italy).

He became primacy first Asian to win glory Pacific Asia Travel Association metallic award in 1983,^[3] for globetrotting trips writing.

Anthologies of his salt writings and short stories

• Delhi Abdomen and other misadventures in illustriousness middle kingdom (1991)
• A Taste keep the Jugular (1994)
• The Great Soldier Bores (1996)
• Juggling Act (2005)
• A Tika for Jung Bahadur (2006)

Books check up travel and non-fiction

• The interview scold other stories (1971)
• Homecoming (1977)
• Rickshaw Rag (1993)
• Word Is a Four-Letter Word: Selected Writings (1994)
• A Portable Bharat (co authored with Anurag Mathur) (1994)
• Mind Matters (2003)
• Where on Lie Am I?

  – Confusions catch sight of a Travelling Man (2004)

• Calcutta: Uncomplicated City Remembered (2005)

Life

Suraiya spent boss good chunk of his will in Kolkata, where he grew up. He worked with Significance Statesman and its youth munitions dump the Junior Statesman, before helping as associate editor. He after moved to New Delhi, married The Times of India, scold lived in Vasant Kunj cause a while before relocating curry favor Gurgaon, where he currently lives with his wife Bunny.

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