Keshav Guha is an Indian author and editor who rose to prominence as a fantasy author in 2019 with his debut novel, Accidental Magic. He is the son of Ramachandra Guha, a notable historian and all-round intellectual.
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Wiki/Biography
Keshav Guha was born in 1990 (age 34 years; as of 2024) in Delhi, India. He was brought up and schooled in Bengaluru (now Bengaluru) in a family of intellectuals, with both his mother and father enjoying reading. From 2008 to 2013, he pursued a BA in History and Politics at Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, and from 2017 to 2018, he pursued an MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. Keshav did the Columbia Publishing Course from the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. From 2021 to 2024, he completed his PhD in Philosophy. Currently, Keshav Guha is based in London, United Kingdom.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 11″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
family and caste
Keshav Guha belongs to a Tamil Brahmin family, where everyone is fond of reading.
parents and siblings
Keshav Guha’s father, Ramachandra Guha, is a renowned Indian historian and intellectual. His mother, Sujata Keshavan, is a distinguished businesswoman who founded Ray + Keshavan and Varana. She is a professional graphic designer who is currently the Creative Director at Varana, a fashion clothing brand founded to uplift Indian artisan skills.
(Right to left) – Keshav Guha, Sujata Keshavan Guha, Ira Guha, and Ramachandra Guha.
wife and children
Keshav Guha is unmarried and has no children.
other relatives
Keshav Guha’s maternal grandfather, Narasimha Kesavan, was a reader and designer. His maternal grandmother, Shanti Chari, was also an educated woman, having won the college’s inaugural Drew-Sully Prize for Philosophy as a graduate student of Literature and Philosophy at St. John’s College, Agra, India.
Shanti Chari, Keshav Guha’s maternal grandmother
Keshav Guha’s maternal grandparents on their wedding day, 1949. Sitting with him is his father in kurta pajama, his niece and nephew, and his lovely younger sister Geeta (far right).
Keshav’s grandfather, Subramaniam Ramdas Guha, was a research professional and director at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India, and his grandmother was a high school teacher.
livelihood
Author
Right after completing his studies, Keshav Guha worked as a freelance journalist to focus on writing his stories. Apart from his blogs and columns on various topics, writing fantasy novels is his specialty.
fiction
- Accidental Magic is Keshav Guha’s debut fiction book, which was launched at the Bangalore Literature Festival in 2019. The novel is a treat to Harry Potter fans in which Keshav uses Harry Potter nostalgia as a bridge to bring his characters together. The underlying theme of the novel is an exploration of questions of loneliness, belonging, and friendship across cultures and generations.
Keshav Guha’s first novel, Accidental Magic
- The Tiger’s Share is a fictional story written in a novelistic style by Keshav Guha as an assignment for his Master’s course on Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. The plot is based on contemporary Delhi.
magazines
Keshav Guha has worked for several Indian and international publications as a columnist; His writings span 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 Night Watchman.
book reviews
Keshav Guha is associated with The Hindu in India and The Literary Review in the UK, where he writes in-depth essays on contemporary and popular books and authors regarding his reviews.
Editor
Keshav Guha served as senior editor of fantasy novels at Juggernauts Books from 2019 to 2021.
Favorite
- Books: Achieving Our Country by Richard Rorty and works by Swami Vivekananda and Mahadev Govind Ranade
- Novelists: Penelope Fitzgerald and Shirley Hazard
Facts/General Knowledge
- Keshav Guha is a sports fan, cricket and football are his favourites. Books and cricket have been his two favorite things since childhood.
Childhood photo of Keshav Guha, holding a book and a bat, his two favorite things
- Keshav Guha is an animal lover. He had a pet dog named Pumbaa; They lost Pamba in 2022.
Keshav Guha with his dog Pamba
- Like his father, Keshav Guha is known for his public interactions on the game of cricket. He was part of a session titled Cricket: Facts and Fiction at the Jaipur Literary Fest.
- Keshav Guha is a fan of the UK quiz competition TV show ‘Jeopardy’ and has been a contestant on it.
Keshav Guha plays The Jeopardy character
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