Dr. Debesh Thakur

M.A.(English), B.Ed

Diploma in Information Science

Ph.D (on Charlie Chaplin)

Persuing Post Doctorate in Vaisnava Culture and Advaita Acharya

Parents : Souresh-Shanti Thakur

Spouce : Manika Thakur (Service in Burdwan Bidyarthi Girls High School)

Offspring : Souradeep Thakur (M.Sc., Delhi University, Research Scholar)

Teacher in English Literature

Editor of Shrutibak (শ্রুতিবাক), a quarterly journal on literature and research

AIINAA

(All India Institute of National Applied Arts)

About Dr. Debesh Thakur

Dr. Debesh Thakur is a reputed Writer, Poet, Author, Novelist and Director.

As dramatist wrote about 95 plays
Audio Cassette : ‘Bharatbarsha Ebong’, ‘Swadesh Amar’, ‘Ratnakar’
Direcred telefilm ‘Dangshan’
Directed documentaries : Subhas, Hool, Ramkinkar
Regular performer / Presenter for Doordarshan
Script for Audio Cassette : Shami, Bhubaneswari, Setu, Suryamukhi
Cultural tour to Dhaka (Bangladesh), Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Pondicherry, Chennai, Tirubanantapuram, Goa, Agartala, Silchar, Gowhati, Bhubaneswar
Performance in UK (18th Oct - 2 Nov, 2010) London, Harrow, Liverpool, Manchester etc
Performance in Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 31 Jan - 3 Feb, 2011)
Performance in Thailand

Workshop on culture and Education in Delhi (1996, 2002), Gwahati (1999, 2003) by CCRT (Govt. of India)
Workshop in Bhopal, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar
Participated in ALL India Dramatists’ Confederation in Pondicherry (1992)
Performed plays (Bharat Gnyan Bigyan Jatha) all over India
Part time teacher in Journalism and Mass Communication
Part time teacher in Drama
Seminar in Goa, Mumbai, Silchar, Agartala

Special Literary Award by Publishers & Book Sellers Guild for novel ‘MON’ in Kolkata Book fair 2005
Sabyasachi Award for recitation by Nazrul Academy (1999)
Award as best Playwright-director in an All India Drama Festival

Dr Debesh Thakus has written many books, poems, novels, dramas, published short stories, essayes, poems, columns in journals. He has also published many audio CDs which showcase many of his poems recited in his mesmerizing voice. He has directed many telefilms. Some of his creations and publications are listed below-

পরমপুরুষ (based on Life of Sri Ramkrishna in Kashipur, 1886)
Chicago Addresses (English & Bengali) (Tribute to Swami Vivekananda on 150th Birth Anniversary)
একটি নমস্কারে (Tribute to Sriman Mahanambrata Bramhachari, Jointly with Suman Bhattacharya)
শেষ সংলাপ
গীতাঞ্জলি
আমি কাদম্বরী(with Indrani Sen)
নতুন বৌঠান (with Saheb Chattopadhyay)
সেই দামিনীর জন্য
ভুবনেশ্বরী (শ্যামাসংগীত)
কুড়ি মিনিট
Soumitra
নিবেদিতা
আমি মৃণালিনী
শমী