Guptara Twins

Writing 4th Novel Resident at Delhi University

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:28:31 +0000

From January – March 2010, Suresh & Jyoti are Resident Authors at the prestigious St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, where they are writing their fourth book. As of now, the only public knowledge is that this 4th novel does not continue the Insanity Saga, being completely unrelated to the world of the Calaspia trilogy.

NRI Conference PBD2010

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:05:50 +0000

In Delhi, Suresh & Jyoti Guptara attend the “Pravasi Bharatiya Divas”, the annual conference for NRIs (Non Resident Indians) organised by the Government of India. It seeks to reconnect the Indian Diaspora with the motherland in terms of intellectual and emotional as well as financial investment.

Speakers included Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh, President of India H.E. Pratibha Patil, and Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit – who was Guest of Honour at the debut book launch of the Guptara Twins’ Conspiracy of Calaspia in 2006!

6-week Innovation Camp in Berlin

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:01:20 +0000

Out of a thousand applicants, Jyoti won his way to the Palomar5 Innovation Camp from9 October – 22 November, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. Thirty creative people under the age of 30 from all over the world are spending six weeks in Berlin to dream and develop “the workspace of the future”. The results will be presented to 300 top business representatives and political leaders at a two-day summit, 23-24 November.

Appearances included the results presentation of the National IT Summit’s Delphi Study research into the future of ICTs (information and communication technologies) in Germany; and the Vision Summit with Muhammad Yunus.

Swiss Armed Forces

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:57:53 +0000

Because of his Swiss citizenship, Jyoti Guptara was drafted into the Swiss Armed Forces. After scoring high marks in his recruitment tests and being awarded with the Sports Distinction, Jyoti trained in Thun with the Armoured Grenadiers (Panzergrenadier), one of the nation’s toughest units. Upon withdrawing for medical reasons, Guptara decided to do civilian service instead of switching to a less challenging unit.

Jyoti’s military service lasted from June to August 2009, during which time he wrote a weekly column for Tages-Anzeiger, Switzerland’s largest subscribed daily newspaper, about the experience of being an intellectual author in the boot camp of an elite strike force.

Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:28:06 +0000

Guptara Twins speak at the inaugral Youth Forum of Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum about climate change, Fantasy and escapism. From Geneva they went directly into readings in Germany, most notably at the largest privately owned fantasy & sci-fi library in the world, the Phantastische Bibliothek in Wetzlar. They were pleased to be invited back this year for an appearance at the annual Fantasy night near Frankfurt along with Germany’s biggest Fantasy authors. Suresh and Jyoti were featured on the cover of the book mag Hits for Kids.

Guptara Twins among “100 Most Important Swiss 2008″

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:21:20 +0000

Suresh and Jyoti are two of the few teenagers to be included in this year’s “The 100 Most Important Swiss” (“Die 100 Wichtigsten Schweizer”) by Schweizer Illustrierte, in their annual 1st of August (Swiss national day) special edition.

Calaspia Literary Tour of England

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:12:05 +0000

This summer, the Guptara Twins accompany ten promising young writers, the winners of the international Calaspia Storytelling Competition, on a 10-day literary tour of England. As well as speaking at the C. S. Lewis Summer Institute, they visit literary landmarks in London, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Cambridge and Oxford, and and are working on creating a TV documentary series.

Calaspia in Italian

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:43:13 +0000

Suresh and Jyoti Guptara were invited to the Mare di Libri festival in Rimini for the launch of I regni di Calaspia. La cospirazione in Italian, published by Mondadori in its prestigious i grandi range. They met fellow Fantasy author Licia Troisi and were featured in Italy’s top newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, among others.

German Book Tour

admin — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:40:30 +0000

March, April, May 2008

Calaspia. Die Verschwörung was released in March in publisher Rotfuchs’s biggest ever media and marketing campaign, launched at the Leipzig Book Fair. Between March and May, the Twins gave over 60 German-language readings and 100 interviews in Germany and Switzerland. After this intense promotional period, Suresh and Jyoti will only give the odd reading as they concentrate on “their real work”.

Competition Judges Announced

admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:37:35 +0000

The following eminent Judges are to select the Winners for the Calaspia International Storytelling Competition based on creativity and innovation:

Gurcharan Das, world-famous business guru, columnist & playwright;
Bianca Jagger the renowned social and human rights advocate;
Dr Michael Nobel, great-grand-nephew of the founder of the Nobel Prizes, and immediate past-President of the Nobel Family Society;
Alec Sokolow, Oscar® nominated screenwriter (Evan Almighty, Garfield, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Toy Story);
G. P. Taylor, best-selling author (Shadowmancer, Wormwood, Tersias)