Ruchir Joshi

Ruchir Joshi second novel, Great Eastern Hotel, was published in Indian and the UK in 2025. The novel won the 2025 Crossword Award for Best Literary Novel. Before this, Joshi has published The Last Jet-Engine Laugh, his first novel which came out to much acclaim in 2001 in Indian and the UK. Joshi’s non-fiction work includes Poriborton! – An Election Diary, a road-book about the 2011 state elections in West Bengal. He is also the editor of Electric Feather, a collection of Indian erotic fiction. Over the years, Joshi has contributed to Granta, India Magazine, Man’s World, Seminar, E-Flux, Witte de Witt Review, The Indian Quarterly and other journals. He has also been a columnist for The Telegraph, The Hindu, Economic Times, and other major Indian newspapers. As a filmmaker, he has directed documentaries and essay films, including the international award-winning Eleven Miles, Memories of Milk City and Tales from Planet Kolkata. Joshi lives in Calcutta.