There’s a Ghost in My Room: Living with the supernatural Sanjoy Roy
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The first spirit Sanjoy Roy encountered was one that haunted his ancestral house in Calcutta, India; he was five then. A few years later, the otherworldly made its presence felt again in his parents' sprawling bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi. Over the decades that followed, he and his family and friends have come across a variety of apparitions, spectres and phantoms in diverse locations both in India and abroad. Some of these beings are benign or at most mischievous, but others - lost, disturbed souls - are angrier and have to be placated.
For Sanjoy, his ability to sense and interact with the supernatural is not something remarkable, but part of his everyday reality. As he sees it, there is perhaps a dimension parallel to ours, one that is teeming with spirits and souls. Join Sanjoy, author of There's a Ghost in My Room (HarperCollins India), for a fascinating travelogue through that mysterious world.
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You can buy copies of many of our speakers’ books from Fox Lane Books, a local independent bookseller and Festival partner. In some cases, author signed bookplates are available too.
About the speaker
Sanjoy Roy is Managing Director of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 30 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across 40 cities including the world's largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival in India. Sanjoy is a founder-trustee of Salaam Baalak Trust, which provides support services for street and working children in the inner city of Delhi. He works closely with various industry bodies on important policy issues within the cultural space in India and is co-chair of the Art and Culture Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry; he is a former president of the Event and Entertainment Management Association and Earth Day Network’s official Global Advisory Committee and is the current co-chair of Catalyst Now. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York, UK. There's a Ghost in My Room is published by HarperCollins India.
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