Pritish Nandy [SEP] date of birth
Pritish Nandy
Pritish Nandy (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian poet, painter, journalist, politician, media and television personality, animal activist and film producer. He was member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party Shiv Sena. He has published a number of poetry books in English and translated poems by other writers from Bengali and Urdu into English.
Early life.
Pritish Nandy was born in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar in eastern India to a Bengali family
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- "Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes" Best Mysteries August 2015
- A Sherlock Holmes pastiche involving the legendary fictional detective in the backdrop of the epochal 1882 Test match at The Oval. This was shortlisted for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award in 2016. This was republished by Max Books in 2016 
- His writing also appears alongside luminaries like Khushwant Singh and Pritish Nandy in "Lessons on Lessons " - a collection of essays