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Parimal Bhattacharya

Parimal Bhattacharya (born 1964) is an Indian bilingual writer, essayist and academic from West Bengal. In 2026, he was awarded Ananda Puraskar for his novel Satgaon-er Hawa Tantira.[2][3][4]

Parimal Bhattacharya
পরিমল ভট্টাচার্য
Born1964 (age 61–62)
Bhatpara, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materCalcutta University
OccupationsWriter, Academic
Notable workNo Path in Darjeeling Is Straight[1]
Satgaon-er Hawa Tantira
AwardsAnanda Puraskar (2026)
Websitehttps://parimalbhattacharya.in/

Early life

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Bhattacharya was born and raised in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district.[5] He completed his postgraduate studies from Calcutta University and served as an associate professor of English under the West Bengal Education Service. Bhattacharya joined in service in 1994 and worked in various Government Colleges of West Bengal.[6] He took voluntary retirement to focus on his literary works in 2025. His writings were also published in several leading journals. He has authored and edited over 15 books.[7][8]

Literary works

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  • No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight[9]
  • Bells of Shangri-La[10]
  • Danchinama[11]
  • Nahumer Gram O Onyanyo Museum
  • Dodo Pakhider Gaan[11]
  • Apur Desh[12]
  • Field Notes from a Waterborne Land[13][12]
  • Satyi Rupkatha [citation needed]
  • Jantranar Uttaradhikar
  • Tarkovskyr Ghorbari
  • Bergman, Apni[14]
  • Satgaon-er Hawa Tantira[15]

References

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  1. ↑ "Where will you find a Kolkata author in Kolkata".
  2. ↑ PTI (2026-04-25). "Writer Parimal Bhattacharya gets Ananda Purashkar". ThePrint. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Parimal Bhattacharya's 'Satgaon-er Hawa Tantarira': A Prize-Winning Fusion of History and Magical Realism". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  4. ↑ Ananda, A. B. P. (2026-04-26). "'সাতগাঁর হাওয়াতাঁতিরা' I ১৪৩২ বঙ্গাব্দের আনন্দ পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত পরিমল ভট্টাচার্য". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  5. ↑ "আনন্দ পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত পরিমল ভট্টাচার্য". Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Mukherjee 11022, Anusua (2024-03-12). "Newsletter on colonial explorers and adventures". Frontline. Retrieved 2026-04-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Parimal Bhattacharya". Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Bhattacharya, Parimal (2017-10-27). "Meet Sarat Chandra Das: The spy who came in from the cold of Tibet and wrote a book about it". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  9. ↑ Bhattacharya, Parimal. No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight: Memories of a Hill Town. HarperCollins India. ISBN 978-93-5629-006-8.
  10. ↑ "Parimal Bhattacharyas No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight and Bells of Shangri-La: Uplifting moments with two hill books". The Tribune. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  11. 1 2 "Bengali Writer Parimal Bhattacharya Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  12. 1 2 Datta, Sudipta (2022-04-16). "Field Notes from a Waterborne Land: Bengal Beyond the Bhadralok review: Lives of ecological refugees, and others on the margins". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  13. ↑ "Stories connect people, be it in Venice or the Sunderbans". Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, M.A., Associate Professor" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "সম্মান শিকড়লগ্ন বিশ্বনাগরিককে". Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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