Sutapa Basu is a best-selling and award-winning author. Her historical novel, The Curse of Nader Shah won the Best Fiction Award by AutHer Awards, 2019 instituted by JK Papers and The Times of India. She is the 2016 First Prize winner of The Times of India’s Write India Campaign while her debut novel, Dangle was nominated for the Anupam Kher Award for Debut Novels in 2017. In March 2021, she received an award for Excellence in Publishing by the Public Diplomacy Forum.
She is well-known for her best-selling historical novel, Padmavati, The Queen Tells Her Own Story. Her Invader Series was initiated by The Legend of Genghis Khan and continued with The Curse of Nader Shah. In February 2021, The Cursed Inheritance was released and in August, this year her English translation, Princesses, Monsters and Magical Creatures was published. In 2020, her two anthologies, Out Of The Blue and The Anatomy of Affection had been released.
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In recent times, children's literature has taken a new turn in the West, and Ms Sutapa Basu wishes to turn children's attention to Folk Tales and Iconic Stories of India. Author Sutapa Basu tried to make children familiar with the landscape of Bengal and introduced them to the various places through her stories. She translated the book so that children today would enjoy the magic of Takuma Julie. She enjoyed learning that children find it really interesting when sound effects are incorporated into the stories. Sound effects of the Bengali and English Language in her stories gave it a fun twist. She talked about how we have to look to the West for children's literature often, and that is precisely why Ms Basu wanted to write her stories so that a feeling of Nationalism and patriotism will arise in our children. She wishes to rediscover our nation's authors and their stories and promote our rich literature. She feels that the reinforcement of national identity should start young. Further in the session, she talked about her favourite books to read and translate. The session was an absolute success as we had an enthusiastic and passionate author and a moderator who matched her energy with ease. This was a fantastic session by Author Sutapa Basu at OCLF 2021!