Keshava Guha is an Indian writer and editor who emerged as a fiction writer in 2019 with his debut novel, Accidental Magic. He was the son of Ramachandra Guha, the famous historian and all-around intellectual.
Wiki/Biography
Keshava Guha was born in 1990 in Delhi, India (age 34 in 2024). He was brought up and educated in an intellectual family in Bangalore (now Bangalore), both his parents were fond of reading. From 2008 to 2013, he received a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, and a master’s degree in creative and life writing from Goldsmiths, University of London from 2017 to 2018. Keshava studied publishing at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Studying for a PhD in Philosophy from 2021 to 2024. Currently, Keshava Guha is headquartered in London, UK.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′11″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family and caste
Keshava Guha was born into a Tamil Brahmin family where everyone was an avid reader.
Parents and siblings
Keshava Guha’s father Ramachandra Guha is a famous Indian historian and intellectual. His mother Sujata Keshavan is a well-known businesswoman who founded Ray + Keshavan and Varana. She is a graphic designer by profession and currently serves as the Creative Director of Varana, a fashion apparel brand that promotes Indian handicraft skills.
(Right to left) – Keshava Guha, Sujata Keshavan Guha, Ira Guha and Ramachandra Guha
wife and children
Keshava Guha is unmarried and has no children.
other relatives
Keshava Guha’s maternal grandfather Narasimha Keshavan was a reader and designer. His maternal grandmother, Shanti Chari, was also an erudite woman who won the college’s first Drew-Sulley Prize in Philosophy while an undergraduate student in literature and philosophy at St. John’s College in Agra, India.
Shanti Chari, grandmother of Keshava Guha
Keshava Guha’s grandparents at their wedding in 1949. With them are her father in kurta pajama, her niece and nephew, and her beloved sister Geeta (far right)
Keshava’s grandfather Subramaniam Ramdas Guha is a research specialist and director of the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, India, and his grandmother is a high school teacher.
Profession
writer
After completing her studies, Keshava Guha became a freelance journalist, dedicated and focused on writing her own stories. In addition to blogs and columns on different topics, novel writing is also his strength.
novel
- Accidental Magic is Keshava Guha’s debut novel, launched in 2019 at the Bangalore Literary Festival. The novel is a treat for Harry Potter fans, with Keshawar using Harry Potter nostalgia as a bridge to bring his characters together. The underlying theme of the novel is an exploration of issues of loneliness, belonging and friendship across cultures and generations.
Keshawar Guha’s debut novel Accidental Magic
- The Tiger’s Share is a fictional story written in a novelistic style by Keshava Guha as an assignment for his MA Creative and Life Writing course at Goldsmiths, University of London. The story takes place in contemporary Delhi.
Journal
Keshava Guha has worked as a columnist for several Indian and international publications; he writes on literature, culture, sports and politics. The list includes his contributions to NDTV, Frontline India, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Standard, Die Welt, Time Out, Caravan and the Night Watchman.
book review
Keshava Guha is associated with The Hindu in India and The Literary Review in the UK, where he writes in-depth articles on his reviews of contemporary and popular books and authors.
edit
Keshava Guha served as senior editor of fiction at Juggernauts Books from 2019 to 2021.
Favorites
- Books: The Making of Our Nation by Richard Rorty and works by Swami Vivekananda and Mahadev Govind Ranade
- Novelist: Penelope Fitzgerald and Shirley Hazzard
Facts/Trivia
- Keshava Guha is a sports fan and cricket and football are his favorites. Books and cricket were his two favorite things since childhood.
Childhood photo of Keshava Guha holding a book and a bat, two of his favorite things
- Keshava Guha is an animal lover. He had a pet dog named Pamba; he lost Pamba in 2022.
Keshava Guha and his dog Pamba
- Like his father, Keshawar Guha is also known for speaking openly about the game of cricket. He participated in a session titled ‘Cricket: Fact and Fiction’ at the Jaipur Literary Festival.
- Keshava Guha is a fan of and a contestant on the British quiz television show Jeopardy!
Keshava Guha plays “Jeopardy!”
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