Author || Columnist || Independent Research Scholar || Blogger|| Writer on History & Heritage subjects ||

I love travelling, reading books, art, listening to music, food, gardening, and dogs & other animals.

An eternal traveller, with wheels under my feet, I cannot sit still in my house for too long. I travel, and as I travel I do what I love doing the most: photograph the places, with the aim of documenting them for the future generations. Alongside photo documenting, I also write about the places and monuments that I have visited as blog articles. Since my main area of interest is history with a particular focus on iconography, my blog-posts attempt to share the heritage structures that I see and the history behind them, while exploring the iconography behind the various temple sculptures. Do keep reading and exploring with me, as I learn and write about ancient India; its heritage, religion, political history, and culture.

For a more formal introduction to myself:

Born and brought up in Kolkata, I have stayed and worked in Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, as well as in Gurgaon-Delhi. A Masters in Lifesciences (with a special research paper on Paleobotany), I did a further second Bachelors in Education with the aim of becoming a teacher; however, fate had other plans. As I changed cities, I moved on to being a sales team leader, finally ending up as a freelance research oriented writer. I have also worked as an educational consultant, lesson plan developer, content creator and reviewer. In the past I have worked as the Head of Publications for a Delhi based NGO (‘Youth For Heritage Foundation’), which was working towards creating general awareness about heritage. Following my love for photography and art, I have completed a one year diploma course in photography from the Birla Institute of Management and Futuristic Studies (Kolkata), and a three year art and craft course from the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan (Kolkata). I have been fortunate enough to have my travel and heritage related photographs and articles featured and published in newspapers, print & e-magazines, and heritage portals.

As an ‘Independent Research Scholar’ I have two peer-reviewed academic papers published in the UGC Care referred journal “Kalakalpa,” by the IGNCA – Ministry of Culture.

As a Columnist I have 140 + published articles on history, political history, travels, and heritage, for the Firstpost, CnnNews18, Financial Express, The Daily Guardian, Goti Doinik (Assam-Silchar daily), Bonikabarta-Silkroute (a Bangladesh daily), Organiser, OpIndia, and Livehistory.

My book “Himachal Temples and the Bengal connection” was published by Garuda Prakashan on 23rd January 2023.

My name: Monidipa Bose Dey.

To ask any questions do get in touch at any of the given email addresses.

monidipadey@rocketmail.com

monidipadey@gmail.com