Dr.  Ashes Gupta,
Reader, Department of English,
Tripura University, (A Central University), Suryamaninagar, Tripura, India.
Phone: (0381) 2225386; 9436123038(M)
Email: ash_gray@rediffmail.com

Areas of Interest: Interested in Literature in English, oral narratives, Cultural Studies and film and Media.

Publications
Books:
The Fragrant Joom: A Translation of Kokborok Poetry in English. Agartala: Akshar Publications, 2006. (ISBN 81-89742-24-8).

Colourscapes: Theorising Colours. Kolkata: Towards Freedom, 2010.  (ISBN 81-8206-0206). (Based on the PhD. Thesis titled Formulation and Application of a Colour-Usage/ Colour- Response Analysis Theory on Canadian Prairie Poetry (Selected Poems of Robert Kroetsch and Dennis Cooley). 

Direction of Documentaries:
‘VANAJ: in search of green and ‘FADING MELODIES: Ethnic Musical Instruments of Tripura’. Working as director of several other documentary projects for Dept. of Information Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Govt. of Tripura. 

Seminars & Symposiums:
Participated in several national seminars, a symposium etc. and has publications in books, anthologies and journals.

Associateship:
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rastrapati Nivas, Simla. Preliminary reading and research on Media Studies and Decoding Strategies for Analyzing Advertisements (Print &  Electronic). (Continuing since 2001)