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As part of the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s ‘In-Residence’ programme, which is aimed at providing writers and artists an opportunity to stay in the Raisina Hill, eminent author Amitav Ghosh will stay in the President’s House from July 10 to 14. The ‘In-Residence’ programme in Rashtrapati Bhavan was launched by the President of India on December 11, 2013 with the aim of providing writers and artists an opportunity to be a part of the life of Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Ghosh is an award-winning author and essayist whose books include – The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide and The Ibis Trilogy: Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
The programme seeks to provide an environment which will inspire creative thinking and rejuvenate artistic impulses. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
It is intended to honour and recognise eminent and established artists and writers as well as young upcoming talent from different parts of the country. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
The first person to stay in Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the programme was eminent artist and Member of Parliament, Jogen Choudhury. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Invitations to live in-residence have been also extended to sculptor Subodh Gupta and artist Paresh Maity. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Around 140 persons have been part of these ‘In-Residence’ programmes till date. But, according to reports, Ghosh and his wife Deborah Baker are the first ones who got to stay in the guest wing of Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
The guest wing is usually opened for heads of states like Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Ghosh also had full access to the library, and he seems quite at home leafing through the books on a high stool. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
