Antara Dev Sen

Antara Dev Sen
File:Antara Dev Sen - Kolkata 2013-02-03 4349 Cropped.JPG at the Kolkata Literary Meet 2013
Born	Belfast, UK
Residence	India, US
Occupation	writer, journalist
Spouse(s)	Pratik Kanjilal
Parent(s)	Amartya Sen Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Antara Dev Sen is a British–Indian journalist.

Biography

Antara Dev Sen was born in Belfast, UK, the first daughter of Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen.). Antara did her schooling in Belfast and higher education in Delhi, India. Sen also studied at Jadhavpur University, Calcutta, Smith College in Massachusetts, United States and at Harvard University. She then joined the Hindustan Times. As a senior editor of the Hindustan Times, she went to Oxford University on a fellowship from the Reuters Foundation. She has also worked with the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group in Calcutta and with The Indian Express in Delhi, where she was Senior Assistant Editor.

On her return to Delhi, she started The Little Magazine and was its founding editor. The magazine predominantly publishes articles on literary themes relating to South Asia. She is also a literary critic and translator, a newspaper columnist and commentator on the media, society, politics, culture and development. She has edited several books including the TLM Short Stories from South Asia series.

As a journalist, Antara wrote a Red Cross report on Angola which involved travelling to rebel territories. Antara has prepared reports on the South Asian tsunami and Indian general elections of 2004. She has also written India, the Eternal Magic (2000).

Sen is also Managing Trustee of Pratichi, a trust working on education and health.

She is married to journalist Pratik Kanjilal.

External links

• The Little Magazine
• openDemocracy
• Words Without Borders