- Barun Sengupta
Infobox Writer
name = Barun Sengupta
caption = Barun Sengupta
birthdate = birth date|1934|1|23|df=y
birthplace =Barisal , British India
deathdate = death date and age|2008|6|19|1934|1|23|df=y
deathplace =Kolkata ,West Bengal ,India
occupation =Jounalist , founder-editor ofBartaman
nationality =Indian Barun Sengupta (
Bengali : বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত) (23 January 1934 –19 June 2008 ), the founder-editor ofBartaman newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular political critic. He is remembered for his bold and simple diction of political analyzing that made him extremely well-liked among the common readers inWest Bengal .Life
Son of Nirmalananda Sengupta and Ranibala Devi, Barun Sengupta was born in
Barisal (now inBangladesh ). Sengupta, along with his family, moved toKolkata before thepartition of India in 1947 and rented a house near Baithakkhana Market in north-centralKolkata .His education stared in B.M. School. Barisal. Later he was admitted to Town School, Kolkata. After graduating in commerce from
City College ,Kolkata , an undergraduate college affiliated with theUniversity of Calcutta , he founded a periodical named "Bhabikal" which lasted a few issues. In 1957, he founded another weekly named "Bartaman" with the aid of Hemanta Kumar Bose, a popular leader ofForward Bloc . He joinedAnandabazar Patrika in 1960 and became its first designated political correspondent in 1965.In 1984, he left
Anandabazar Patrika to start his own journal and launchedBartaman , a daily, on7 December that year. Soon, for its straightforward and intrepid style, the journal became extremely popular among the common Bengali readers. Later Sengupta launched two more periodicals - "Saptahik Bartaman", a weekly and "Sukhi Grihokon", a monthly and this time too it was a success. These two journals are now widely read in West Bengal.He wrote several books on
India ’s political situation – "Pala Badaler Pala", "Sab Chatitra Kalpanik", "Bipak-i-stan", "Andhakarer Antaraley" and "Netajir Antardhan Rahasya" being some of them.He died in a south Kolkata nursing home after a brief illness.
ee also
Bartaman External Links
* News of Sengupta's Death and a short biography from The Telegraph - [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080620/jsp/bengal/story_9437783.jsp]
* News of Sengupta's Death from Indian Express - [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/325163.html]
* Biography of Barun Sengupta from Yahoo News - [http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080619/812/tnl-barun-sengupta-was-an-uncompromising_1.html]
Further Reading
*"Barun Sengupta Rachana Sangraha" (Collected Works of Barun Sengupta in
Bengali ), Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd, Kolkata - 700009
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