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Devasis Chattopadhyay

  • Author, Columnist, Corporate Reputation Adviser and Brand Strategist, Freelance
India
As seen in: LinkedIn, Facebook, The Times of India, Goodreads, The Indian Express, DNA India, Dawn, The Quint, Scroll.in, The Telegraph (India) and
Covers:  Urban History, colonial heritage, commercial memory, and Society. He also writes about Media and Communications, the gig economy and Pop Culture.
Narrative History Writer and Columnist
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Devasis Chattopadhyay’s Biography

Devasis Chattopadhyay is a Narrative History Writer and a Columnist.
He is Kolkata's leading narrative historian and independent researcher specialising in urban history, colonial heritage and commercial memory.
Devasis Chattopadhyay recently published 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' - ISBN - 10: 8119626141, ISBN-13: 978-8119626144 - his second book and first narrative history nonfiction ( Niyogi Books, India). He wrote his first book, a Roman à clef novel, ' Without Prejudice', in 2017 - ISBN - 10:9385285653 , ISBN - 13 : 978-9385285653. Both his books have received critical acclaim and reader appreciation.
Devasis Chattopadhyay is a bilingual writer. He writes both in Bengali and English. He began writing non-fiction features in the 1990s and continues to write them for various reputed and well-known Indian newspapers, web portals, and magazines.
Devasis Chattopadhyay’s narrative history book, 'Harry Hobbs of Kolkata and Other Forgotten Lives' (Niyogi Books, 2024), has been catalogued by major research libraries. It is held by St. Xavier’s University Library, Kolkata; the National Library of India catalogues it under E 954.1470099 C 392, with the subject classifications “Kolkata (India)—History—19th century” and “Europeans—India—Kolkata—Biography.” The University of Pennsylvania Libraries catalogue it under DS486.C2 C43 2024, while the corresponding Library of Congress record carries LCCN 2024368166 and the same principal subject areas. Within eighteen months of publication, a chapter from the book, “David Nunez Cardozo a.k.a. Dave Carson: The Comic Star of India,” was cited by Rutgers doctoral candidate Rudrani Sarma in “From Blackface ‘Baboos’ to Bollywood: Inhabiting the Other in Indian Minstrel Acts,” TDR: The Drama Review, Vol. 70, No. 1, March 2026, pp. 126–141, Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/S1054204325101123.