Dr. A. K. Ghosh is a professor of English language and literature and a long- time columnist for The Statesman, where he has written on society, culture, and public life since 1994. Over the past four decades, he has published more than a thousand essays, research papers, and short works exploring the contradictions of modern Indian society. Earlier in his career, he worked with Sulabh International, the pioneering sanitation movement in India, an experience that informs the institutional and developmental realities depicted in The Third Brain.
Dr. Ghosh served for many years as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English at Gurudas College in Kolkata and has also taught as a guest professor at Rabindra Bharati University. His academic work focuses on language, literature, and the evolving role of English in Indian society. His books include Auntie English (2020), a sociolinguistic study of Indian attitudes toward the English language; English, Quo Vadis (2023), an exploration of the ever-shifting currents of the English language; and Nobel Prize in Literature: A Case for India (2024), a critical reflection on Indian writing in English and its global recognition.
His book:
The Third Brain (forthcoming)