# Who We Are

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/who-we-are/
- Published: 2015-07-07T00:06:04+00:00
- Author: admin

### The Writers Workshop Team

![Ananda Lal](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ananda-
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Ananda Lal

**Ananda Lal** directs Writers Workshop since 2010, succeeding his father P. Lal.
He retired as a Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He served as
the Head of that Department and has a long and distinguished career in English literary
studies in India, and as a translator and editor. His books include Rabindranath
Tagore: Three Plays (1987, 2001), The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre (2004),
Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings (2019), Utpal Dutt: Barricade (2021) and
Songs of Tagore: Poetry and Melody (2023). He has lectured in the USA, UK, Canada,
Australia and all over India, reviewed theatre regularly for nearly 40 years, worked
in films as a narrator and subtitler, and appeared in several documentaries.

 

 

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Shuktara Lal

**Shuktara Lal **handled administrative work and correspondence under P. Lal and
afterwards, and helped with the editing. She completed her B.A. and M.A. in English
from Jadavpur University and obtained a second M.A., in Performance Studies, from
New York University. She continues to advise the staff.

 

 

 

 

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Ushasi Sen Basu

**Ushasi Sen** **Basu** took over Shuktara’s responsibilities in 2023. She completed
her B.A. and M.A. in English from Jadavpur University. She is a published fiction
author. Her books include: Kathputli (2016), A Killer Among Us (2020) and Down a
Dark Alley (2021).

 

 

 

 

 

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**Writers Workshop books** are printed by Abhijit Nath at his press in Lake Gardens,
Kolkata, and bound by the family of Aktarun Begum, Tulamiah Mohiuddin’s widow, in
a village near Diamond Harbour, outside Kolkata.

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**Writers Workshop staff **since 2000 comprised Debashis Dasgupta, Subhashis Dasgupta,
Ranjan Ghoshal and Shibkumar Banerjee. After Debashis’s death, the others continue.

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(From left to right): Shibkumar Banerjee, Ranjan Ghoshal, Debashis Dasgupta, Subhashis
Dasgupta