Joshua Newton


Joshua Newton is a contemplative writer based in India and the author of creative nonfiction and stories and an acclaimed screenwriter and a former journalist.

Biography

Joshua Newton is an international award-winning contemplative writer based in India. Two of his screenplays, Ritu and Offseason were made into films by the national award-winning filmmaker Shyamaprasad in India.
His non-fiction and journalism have appeared in over 60 publications around the world. His first book of creative nonfiction, explores lives of ten 'ordinary' Indians in the grand tradition of Joseph Mitchell and John McPhee.
His new book was recently published on Amazon by
He is also the recipient of in Interview Article section for the feature story on Gladys Staines. published in Charisma magazine and the 2004 Luis Valtuena VII International Humanitarian Photography Award from a major global NGO based in Spain. He is the first Asian to win these honours.
His critically acclaimed short story, Taj Mahal, was published by Rupa Publications in the collection of modern Indian fiction named '.
Before turning full-time to creative writing, he worked fourteen years as a journalist and reported from India for over 60 print and web publications around the world. He has also been the features editor of Men's Health, UAE Digest, a rewrite editor with , and the coordinating editor of '. Over the two decades he has written on a wide variety of themes ranging from underworld goon to Indian textiles.
He no longer treats writing as a career and instead writes books or movies or plays as they flow through him. His latest book is published on Amazon as a Kindle book. To live life as a game / play and to share his lessons thus learned, Josh runs , founded in 2012 under a different name, AnandaPatha.