Journalist | Author | Marine Conservationist | Martial Artist Sudeep Chakravarti is an award-winning author of several bestselling works of narrative non-fiction. His latest book is Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History, published in January 2020. His other notable non-fiction works include The Bengalis: A Portrait of Community (shortlisted for The Hindu Prize, and Tata Literature Live! Award), Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country (shortlisted for the Crossword award), Highway 39: Travels Through a Fractured Land, set in Nagaland and Manipur, and Clear.Hold.Build (winner of the Prize for Excellence at Asian Publishing Awards). He has written three critically acclaimed novels (Tin Fish, The Avenue of Kings, and The Baptism of Tony Calangute) and short stories and works of non-fiction for several collections, and numerous essays. His work has been translated into various languages including Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Spanish, Portuguese and German. An extensively published columnist, he has over three decades of experience in media, and has worked with major global and Indian media organizations including the Asian Wall Street Journal, where he began his career, and subsequently held leadership positions at Sunday, India Today, the India Today Group, where he was Executive Editor and Editor – Content Services, and HT Media, where he was Consultant Editor. Sudeep is also among India’s leading independent columnists and commentators on matters of internal security, conflict and conflict resolution, and the convergence of business and human rights. He has a regular column in Mint, and has written for numerous Indian and global publications. Sudeep read history at St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He is co-founder of Coastal Impact, an organization of divers and scientists which conducts research for institutions, and evangelizes marine conservation to school and university students. He lives in Goa. Reach out to Sudeep - Twitter: @chakraview Instagram:  @sudeepchakravarti Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sudeep.chakravarti.3 Read more of Sudeep's work - Columns at Mint:   https://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Sudeep%20Chakravarti Plassey on Amazon The Bengalis on Amazon Sudeep Chakravarti books on Amazon Reach out to Naga - Send him a tweet @n1n3stuff / @PassionPeop1 Scuba Diving Music from - Jim Sheaffer - Check out Jim's work here - https://www.pond5.com/artist/jimsheaffer Downloaded from https://freesound.org/people/HDVideoGuy/sounds/156011/ All other music on the episode is under the CC0 License and downloaded from freesound.org   Follow The Passion People Podcast on Twitter You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at [email protected]. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media/thepassionpeoplepodcast DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.