Alka Saraogi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alka Saraogi
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Nov 17, 1960(1960-11-17)
Age	64
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Capricorn

Alka Saraogi Biography

Alka Saraogi is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on November 17, 1960 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Saraogi’s first novel, Kalikatha: Via Bypass, is a work of historical fiction. It examines the Marwari community, long established in Kolkata as a merchants yet still exploring its position among the Bengali culture. It is written from the point of view of a male protagonist, Kishore Babu, who following an operation for a head injury, begins to wander around the city, observing its economic life and histories. He compares its majoritarian society against the patriarchal mores of his Marwari community, contrasts his own memories with popular memory, and experiences the ways in which Kolkata of the 1940s melds into that of the 1990s. As Kishore Babu wanders across the city and his own memories, pondering the loves and lives of his ancestors and descendants, his ruminations enliven the entire community, and the narrative structure of the novel too flips between the ages. Saraogi’s unflinching prose does not flatter the Marwaris, though the privations of a community on the margin are described evocatively. Kolkata Marwaris have often been accused of making money at the expense of the Bengalis, but this is not addressed in the novel. Rather, it sets in stark contrast the ostensible nobility of their spirit against the parochiality of their lives.

Her first novel, Kalikatha: Via Bypass, came out in 1998. It was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi literature in 2001. She followed this up with four further novels, the latest – Jānkidās Tejpāl mansion – published in 2015.

Alka Saraogi Net Worth

Alka Saraogi is one of the richest Novelist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alka Saraogi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alka Saraogi (Hindi: अलका सरावगी ; born 17 November 1960) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Hindi language. She is a recipient of the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi for her novel Kalikatha: Via Bypass.

Following her marriage and the birth of two children, Saraogi began to write short stories. Her first published work was Āp kī haṁsī (Your laughter), a story taking its title from one of Raghuvir Sahay’s poems. Saraogi’s mentor, Ashok Seksaria, sent it to Vartaman Sahitya, a Hindi literary journal, where it received favourable notice. She then published Kahānī kī talāś meṁ in 1996, a collection of short stories.

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Jirat Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Alka Saraogi celebrates birthday on November 17 of every year.