Indra Sinha

Indra Sinha

Indra Sinha (* 1950 in Colaba , Mumbai , Maharashtra, India ) is a British writer of Indian origin . Before he became a writer, he worked as a copywriter. Sinha has been voted one of the top ten British copywriters of all time. He was best known for his uncompromising advertising campaigns for Amnesty International and the Bhopal Medical Appeal. In 1995 he quit the agency in order to dedicate himself to writing novels and non-fiction books.

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Indra Sinha's work includes, in addition to his translations of old Sanskrit texts into English, a report on the generation before the age of the Internet called The Cybergypsies, as well as two novels, of which The Death of Mr. Love is on the trial of KM Nanavati against based on Maharashtra State and Animal's People , which handled the Bhopal disaster . Animal's People was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. In 2008 Sinha won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize . Menschentier appears in Germany in October 2011 as part of the Weltlese series published by Ilija Trojanow . Reading trips into the unknown by Edition Büchergilde .

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• 1980. The Love Teachings of Kama Sutra: With extracts from Koka Shastra, Ananga Ranga and other famous Indian works on love. London: Hamlyn . Hardcover: ISBN 0-60034-158-5 . First North American edition 1997, New York: Marlowe & Co. Paperback: ISBN 1-56924-779-X .
• 1993. Tantra: The Search for Ecstasy London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0-60057-699-X .
• 1993. The Great Book of Tantra: Translations and Images from the Classic Indian Text. Rochester: Inner Traditions - Bear & Company . ISBN 0-89281-487-X . London: Hamlyn Paperback: ISBN 0600599981 .
• 1999. The Cybergypsies: a True Tale of Lust, War, and Betrayal on the Electronic Frontier. New York: Viking Press . Hardcover: ISBN 0-67088-630-0 . New York: Simon & Schuster Paperback: ISBN 0-68481-929-5 .
• 2002. The Death of Mr Love. New York: Scribner (Simon & Schuster). ISBN 0-74320-698-3 .
• 2007. Animal's People . New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-74325-920-3 .

German language appears:

• 2011. Human animal. Frankfurt: Edition Büchergilde , hardcover with dust jacket: ISBN 978-3-940111-87-6 .

About Bhopal

Sinha has been fighting for the rights of the victims of the chemical disaster in Bhopal since 1993 . That year he created the first campaign for the Bhopal Medical Appeal, in which he used a now well-known image by photographer Raghu Rai showing the burial of a dead child. The proceeds from this campaign went towards the construction of a clinic that guaranteed free treatment for the survivors of the disaster. Sinha is an outspoken opponent of the Dow Chemical Company , which owns Union Carbide , and which owned a neglected, dilapidated and understaffed chemical plant in the city of Bhopal. On the night of December 3, 1984, 400 tons of poison gas leaked from this facility, killing 8,000 people and making about half a million sick. Since then, 20,000 people have died as a result of the accident, and more than 100,000 are now chronically ill. Toxic chemicals still leak from the abandoned, run-down facility, which seep into the groundwater and permanently pollute wells.

In addition to the publication of his novel Animal's People (a fictional story about the aftermath of the chemical accident), Sinha has given many interviews and written several articles on the subject, including in the Guardian on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the disaster, in which he condemns local politicians (in particular Babulal Gaur of the BJP ) and accuses them of failing to reach an agreement with the Indian Supreme Court in 2004 regarding an appropriate water policy for the poison victims. He also blames the Indian government for this failure.

As a former copywriter, Sinha is particularly angry about the Dow Chemical Company's efforts to improve its image in the form of sponsorship of Live Earth Run For Water events and Blue Planet Run events. He calls Dow's "Human Element" advertising campaign "glittering lies," and quotes Paul Phare: "Telling lies well doesn't make them come true."

Life

Sinha is the son of an Indian Navy officer and an English writer. He began his education at Mayo College in Ajmer , Rajasthan, India and continued it at Oakham School, Rutland and Pembroke College in Cambridge , England , where he studied English literature. He lives with his wife in Sussex and the South of France . They have three grown children.

Web links

• Literature by and about Indra Sinha in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Lindsay Pereira: I feel strong contempt for Indian politicians . In: Rediff.com , August 22, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011. “Pick an advertising agency; any agency. Walk to where the copywriters congregate, and gently whisper the name 'Indra Sinha'. Then stand back and watch as feelings of inadequacy suddenly rush into the room. There is a perfectly logical explanation for the reaction. For decades now, Sinha has been making copywriters around the world feel inadequate and inspired in turns. Being voted one of the top ten British copywriters of all time tends to give one that kind of power… Sinha's writing career has been intriguing. He began with a translation (Kama Sutra) and followed it with an explanation of the Tantric tradition (Tantra: The Cult of Ecstasy), before winning acclaim with his rather frightening memoir on hours spent online in the early years of the Internet, The Cybergypsies . His first novel, The Death of Mr Love, was based on a real-life murder , in Mumbai, where he was born. " 
2. ^ Indra Sinha profile . In: The Guardian . Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Stephen Moss, “Triumph from tragedy,” The Guardian , Sept. 26, 2007 ; Accessed Dec. 5, 2009.
4. ↑ SINHA, Indra ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Our decade: The 90s and cyberspace . In: BBC News E-cyclopedia . March 13, 1999. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Shamaila Khan: Indra Sinha Interview . In: BBC Radio Manchester . November 15, 2002. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Bhopal revisited: Animal's Story
8. ↑ Mark Thwaite: Interview with Indra Sinha . In: The Book Depository, Ltd. Gloucester . 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
9. ^ McEwan battles Booker newcomers . In: BBC News . August 7, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
10. ↑ At-a-glance: a guide to the Booker longlist 2007 . In: BBC News . August 8, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
11. ↑ Edition Büchergilde, “Weltlese” ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed September 15, 2011.  
12. ↑ Common misconceptions about Kama Sutra. ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. “The Kama Sutra is neither a sex-manual nor, as also commonly believed, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life - dharma , artha and kama - Vatsyayana 's purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of the three. " —Indra Sinha.  
13. ↑ Books on Indra Sinha's website ( Memento of May 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
14. ↑ Georg Blume, "The Sorrows of Bhopal", ZEIT , August 17, 2010 , accessed on September 15, 2010.
15. ↑ Indra Sinha, "Abandoned to their fate," The Guardian , April 9, 2008 ; Accessed December 5, 2009.
16. ↑ Indra Sinha, “Why I'm going on hunger strike for Bhopal,” The Guardian , June 12, 2008 ; accessed December 5, 2009.
17. ↑ Indra Sinha, “Bhopal: 25 years of poison,” The Guardian , December 3, 2009 ; Accessed December 5, 2009.
18. ^ A glimpse behind the mask of Dow ( memento from April 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Bhopal.net "Behind the mask of Dow" e.cards. Accessed December 5, 2009.
19. ↑ A glimpse behind the mask of Dow Indra Sinha's website blog , accessed December 5, 2009.
20. ↑ Biography on Indra Sinha's website ( memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .