Bhuban Patra is an author by choice and a traveller by heart. Born in Balasore and raised in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Bhuban discovered his passion for storytelling through his explorations across the region. What began as a blog documenting the forgotten monuments, rich heritage, and untold stories of Odisha soon evolved into a deeper creative journey. His spontaneous photography and keen cultural sensibilities led him from the trails of history to the realms of fiction. His debut novels, Lotus Land (Fiction) and Where is Ekamra (Non-Fiction), were widely appreciated for their emotional depth and narrative sensitivity. Lotus Land was shortlisted among the Top 5 for the Cover Prize Award by Oxford Bookstore, while Where is Ekamra was recognised a
Adhirath Sethi writes because situations intrigue him. There is a joy he finds in exploring ‘what-ifs’ and turning them into sub plots that are then allowed to run unsupervised in his mind, colliding recklessly with one another. From the ensuing chaos, he draws out a story. He does not know whether it will be funny or sad, but he hopes that his style of writing waxes the interest of any reader wading through it.
He is not excited by elaborate prose, riddled with hard words. His is a pursuit of the ability to evoke curious visualizations in the reader’s mind, using even the simplest language, as so many of his favourite writers have done.
A former management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, he took an all too eager plunge into en
The author, Mr. Arpan Bhattacharyya comes from a middle-class family living in the heritage Dutch town of Chinsurah which is around an hour drive from the city of Calcutta in the state of West Bengal , India. He had spent most part of his childhood and adolescence in the pre colonial Danish Town of Serampore located in the district of Hooghly , state of West Bengal , India. He has obtained his elementary and higher school education from Protestant missionaries like The Assembly of God Church and Methodist School Missionaries.
Since his childhood, he has been an ardent follower of Tagore , the great Indian poet and American author Mark Twain and later on as he grew up being a Student of English Literature ,he was an admirer of the writings of
