About Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

The publisher of Grand Illusion is Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

Paranjoy’s work experience, spanning over four decades, cuts across different media: print, radio, television and documentary cinema. He is a writer, speaker, anchor, interviewer, teacher and commentator in three languages: English, Bangla and Hindi. His main areas of interest are the working of the political economy and the media in India and the world, on which he has authored/co-authored books and directed/produced documentary films. He teaches and speaks on these subjects. He participates frequently in, and organises, seminars and conferences. He is a regular contributor to publications and websites and frequently appears on the radio and on television channels as an anchor as well as an analyst. Paranjoy served as Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly from 4 April 2016 to 18 July 2017.

Paranoy is currently engaged in authoring/co-authoring/editing other books and producing/directing documentary films. He has published the following books so far:

• The Russian Revolution: And Storms Across A Century (1917-2017)
  By Achala Moulik
• Kashmir: A Noble Tryst in Tatters
  By Badri Raina
• Chasing His Father's Dreams: Inside Story of Odisha's Longest Serving Chief Minister
  By Biswajit Mohanty
• The Story of Secularism: 15th – 21st Century
  By Nalini Rajan
• Edward John Thompson: British Liberalism and the Limits of Rapprochement
  By Shashi Raina
• Junkland Journeys
  By Ajith Pillai
• Encounters
  By Ramnika Gupta
• Sue the Messenger: How legal harassment by corporates is shackling reportage and undermining democracy in India
  By Subir Ghosh with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
• First Person Singular
  By Ashok Mitra
• Idea of India Hard to Beat: Republic Resilient
  By Badri Raina
• Netaji: Living Dangerously
  By Kingshuk Nag
• The Modi Myth
  By S Nihal Singh
• Calcutta Diary
  By Ashok Mitra
• A Million Missions
  By Mathew Cherian
• Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis
  By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta with Subir Ghosh and Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri

Official website: www.paranjoy.in.