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Swapan Dasgupta
Swapan Dasgupta is a Member of Parliament and columnist for major Indian newspapers. A journalist for 30 years, he occupied senior editorial positions at the Times of India, Indian Express and India Today. He writes regular columns for Times of India, Telegraph and Pioneer, and is a commentator on TV networks. He is the author of Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right. In 2015, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
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The Making of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr in conversation Swapan Dasgupta
From Sylvia Plath to Elvis Costello, Frank Critchlow to Bob Geldof, Zaha Hadid to James Dyson, David Attenborough to the Beatles; each one of them has contributed in shaping the story of the modern United Kingdom. Andrew Marr is a leading British journalist, and one of the most visible faces on BBC television, as well as the author of the recently released book is Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged . In this conversation with Swapan Dasgupta, Marr discusses the living history of modern Britain and reveals how artists, innovators and activists define the new era and how Britain's past has shaped the eighties and the nineties.