Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel ''Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater''.

Early life and education

Sasthibrata was educated at

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, Kolkata and then at

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, where read

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Post literary career

Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension. Rebel at seventy-one - Eternal quest of a thinking mind
/ref> He died in 2015 at the age of 75.

Works

Novels

*1971. ''Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater'' *1973. ''She and He'' *1980. ''The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President''

Short Stories

*1978. ''Encounter''

Poetry

*1960. ''Eleven Poems''

Memoir and Autobiography

*1968. ''My God Died Young'' *1975. ''A Search for Home'' *1976. ''Traitor to India: A Search for Home''

Travel

*1985 ''Labyrinths in the Lotus Land'' *1986 ''India: The Perpetual Paradox''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brata, Sasthi British people of Bengali descent Indian emigrants to England Bengali writers Indian male novelists Writers from Kolkata Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni 1939 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Indian novelists Novelists from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers