Nikhil Sarkar (1 May 1932 – 17 August 2004) popularly known as ''Sripantha'' was a
Bengali social historian, writer and journalist.
Early life
Sarkar was born at Gouripur village of
Mymensingh district in 1932 in
British India
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. After competed primary education in Mymensingh, he graduated in history from the
University of Calcutta.
Literary career
He started his journalist career with
Bengali daily
Jugantar and thereafter joined in Anandabazar Patrika in the 1960s. Sarkar became associate editor of
Anandabazar Patrika. He was in charge of the editorial page and Monday column named ''Kalkatar Karcha'' (Notebook of Kolkata). His numerous books were published under the pseudonym Sripantha. Sarkar worked on sub-altern history of
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
as well as
Bengali culture. He was awarded the
Ananda Puraskar
The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali language, Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.
History
The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the ...
in 1978.
List of major works
* ''Ajob Nagari''
* ''Sripanther Kolkata''
* ''Jokhon Chapakhana Elo''
* ''Mohanto Elokeshi Sambad''
* ''Keyabat Meye''
* ''Thagi''
* ''Metiyaburujer Nabab''
* ''Dai''
* ''Bat Tala''
* ''Harem and Debdashi''
* ''Kolkata''
References
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1932 births
2004 deaths
Indian male journalists
Bengali-language writers
Indian columnists
Bengali historians
Indian newspaper editors
Writers from Kolkata
20th-century Indian journalists
People from Mymensingh District
University of Calcutta alumni