Swapan Dasgupta

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Swapan Dasgupta is a reputed Indian journalist who used to be an editor of India Today weekly and now is a free-lance columnist following an acrimonious dispute with Prabhu Chawla. His articles are published in various Indian and International media including Pioneer, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Washingtonpost and several others.

He was born in Calcutta on October 3, 1955, completing his schooling at La Martiniere, Calcutta where he was a classmate and a good friend of Chandan Mitra. He then went on to do a BA in History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, before relocating to London to complete his MA and PhD in History at SOAS (School for Oriental and African Studies). He then taught Political Science for a short stint at Nuffield College, Oxford. Back in India, he started off his journalism career at the Statesman.

He then went on to be part of the Telegraph, Times of India and Indian Express before becoming Managing Editor of India Today. After leaving India Today, he has become a very successful columnist in various Indian and International Dailies. He currently resides in Delhi with journalist wife Reshmi R Dasgupta who is a wine, food and travel correspondent for the the Economic Times and son Soumya(born 1991).

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