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PD W/A No.14
WRITINGS/ARTICLES AND LITERARY ACTIVITIES OF PROSENJIT DASGUPTA, 1968-2020
Literary Activities, 2002-2011
2002
Papers relating to various activities of Prosenjit Dasgupta including ecological conservation, rural development, and heritage preservation. Comprise correspondence from George B. Schaller, copies of letters sent to Sudesh Luthra (Deputy Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat), and A.K. Johari of the National Forests Commission, and emails regarding several birding groups within India and abroad, alleviation of Adivasi alienation, and the prospects of the National Rural Employment Bill 2004. Also, includes a letter from Wasif Mirza, the descendant of the royal family or Oudh living in Kolkata, mentioning some errors in Prasenjit Dasgupta’s book 10 Walks in Calcutta.
Bill Harvey;Gorumura National park; Doi Chang Dao; Journals of wilderness
English
213 pp.
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PD W/A No.15
WRITINGS/ARTICLES AND LITERARY ACTIVITIES OF PROSENJIT DASGUPTA, 1968-2021
Literary Activities, 2002-2012
Jun-05
Book proposals, contract, and questionnaire related to two books by Prosenjit Dasgupta. Contains copy of the book contract by Hermes Inc. for the book 10 Walks in Calcutta and photocopy of the undated questionnaire sent by Penguin India related to his book Tracking Jim: A Hunt in Corbett Country.
shri Brijesh Tiwari; Hemali Sodhi
English
8 pp.
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PD W/A No.16
WRITINGS/ARTICLES AND LITERARY ACTIVITIES OF PROSENJIT DASGUPTA, 1968-2022
Literary Activities, 2002-2013
Jun-05
Travel itinerary, information and internet resources related to Dasgupta’s tour in Egypt in 2007.
Ephesus; Hatshepsut Terrasse Temple; Horus; Battle of Khadesh
English
56 pp.
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