Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports journalist, author and academician. He is known for his in-depth knowledge of Indian cricket. He came into public attention after threatening Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on social media.
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Wiki/Biography
Boria Majumdar was born on Monday, 8 March 1976 (age 46 years; as in 2022) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Boria Majumdar completed her schooling from The Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata. In 1997, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Presidency College, University of Calcutta. In 1999, Boria completed his master’s degree in modern history from the same college. In 2000, he was awarded a scholarship through the Rhodes Scholar and was then admitted to St. John’s College, Oxford University, where he completed his Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) in the Social History of Indian Cricket in 2004.
Family
Boria Majumdar belongs to a Bengali family.
parents and siblings
There is not much information available about his parents’ names or profession.
Boria Majumdar with her mother
He has a sister named Rochona Majumdar.
Rochona Majumdar, sister of Boria Majumdar
wife and children
His wife’s name is Sharmistha Guptu and she writes about the history of Indian cinema. The couple got married on 20 December 2004.
Boria Majumdar’s wife Sharmistha Guptu
They have a daughter named Ayesha Guptu Majumdar. He was born in 2014.
Ayesha Guptu Majumdar with her father Boria Majumdar
Religion
He follows Hindu religion.
Boria Majumdar with his family during Saraswati Puja.
Address
He lives at 203/1, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal – 700006.
livelihood
an established academician
Boria Majumdar completed her DPhil in 2004. His thesis, titled Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom: A Social History of Indian Cricket, was nominated and published in the Oxford Monograph Series. In the same year his thesis was also published in India. After completing his doctorate, Boria worked for some time as a visiting professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2003, Boria Majumdar has been working as a lecturer at the University of Chicago, United States. Boria was selected as a senior fellow researcher in the School of Sport and Wellbeing at the University of Central Lancashire, England in 2019.
a famous writer
Boria Majumdar is a well-known author who has published several books based on sports. In 2014, Boria co-authored Sachin’s autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’. The name of this book has been registered in the Limca Book of Records for the highest sales on the very first day of its launch.
Book cover of Playing It My Way
Boria published his second book titled Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians: The On and Off the Field Story of Cricket in India and Beyond. This book was published in 2018. Many well-known cricketers like Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly were present during the launch of the book.
Boria Majumdar during the launch of the book – Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians The on and off the field story of Cricket in India and Beyond
Boria Majumdar wrote and published another book, titled 1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness, in April 2020.
Book cover of 1971: The beginning of India’s cricket greatness
In the same year, Boria published another book titled Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games.
Boria Majumdar with his book – Dreams of a Billion India and the Olympic Games
a respected sports journalist
Boria Majumdar is a famous sports journalist. He is famous not only in India, but also outside India. Boria has interviewed many famous sports personalities like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sunil Gavaskar, Jhulan Goswami and Sourav Ganguly throughout his career.
Boria Majumdar with MSD
Boria Majumdar with Sunil Gavaskar
Boria Majumdar with Jhulan Goswami and Sourav Ganguly
Boria hosted the South Asian Diaspora Conference in Singapore in 2019, where he interviewed Rahul Dravid and Harbhajan Singh.
Boria Majumdar interviewing Rahul Dravid and Harbhajan Singh
In 2020, she participated in the Jaipur Literature Fest, where she interviewed Indian Paralympic champion Deepa Malik.
Boria Majumdar at Jaipur Literature Fest
In 2020, Boria hosted India Today’s sports series titled Inspiration. In the series he interviewed Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Sania Mirza and Sachin Tendulkar.
Boria Majumdar is interviewing Virat Kohli
Boria Majumdar is interviewing Hardik Pandya
Boria Majumdar interviewing Sania Mirza
Boria Majumdar is interviewing Sachin Tendulkar
In 2021, he hosted a talk show called Babumoshay, in which an invited panel discussed various topics while eating food.
Boria Majumdar in India Today show Babumoshay
controversies
In 2022, Boria Majumdar was found guilty by a panel set up by the BCCI for threatening Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. BCCI has banned Boria Majumdar for two years.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2020, Boria Majumdar won an award under the Best English Anchor category by ENBA.
Boria Majumdar was given the Best English Anchor Award
- In 2021, Boria Majumdar won the Gold Award by ENBA in the Best English Talk Show category for her talk show, Backstage with Boria.
- In 2022, Boria Majumdar won a Bronze Award by ENBA in the Best English Talk Show category for her talk show, Backstage with Boria.
Gold (2021) and Bronze (2022) awards presented for the show Backstage with Boria
Facts/General Knowledge
- Boria Majumdar covered the Tokyo Olympics 2020 from Japan in 2021. He also covered the Tokyo Paralympics from Japan.
Boria Majumdar with PV Sindhu during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Boria Majumdar hosts a talk show called Boria Speaks. This show is a famous sports show.
- Boria Majumdar founded another company named Cristorian Sports in 2021.
- Boria Majumdar has also worked as a consultant with Sports4Life from November 2021 to December 2021.
- Boria Majumdar advocates practicing yoga daily. He has also taught yoga to his daughter Aisa.
Boria Majumdar practicing yoga with her daughter Ayesha
- Boria Majumdar is an ardent animal lover. He has a pet dog named Kalu.
Boria Majumdar with her pet dog Kalu
- As a sports journalist, Boria Majumdar often writes sports columns for several Bengali newspapers.
- In 2021, Boria Majumdar has also founded the famous sports journalism organization named RevSportz.
- In 2022, Boria Majumdar was a part of a Bengali show, Ektu Khawa Ektu Khela. The show focuses on sports and food.
- Because of the immense knowledge possessed by Boria Majumdar; He has also been called for commentary in many cricket matches.
Boria Majumdar commentating for ICC at Lord’s World Cup Final, 2019
- Boria Majumdar also likes to cook sometimes.
Boria Majumdar’s social media post about cooking
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