Probal J. Bhattacharyya

An alumnus of St Xavier’s School and Kalyani University, West Bengal, Probal J. Bhattacharyya earned his undergraduate degree in economics.

Born and brought up in Calcutta, he spent a major part of his life in the city between the 1960s and the ’80s, forming a lifelong attachment that endured despite his nearly three-decade-long stay abroad. Influenced by his mother, Probal wrote sporadically as he was busy in the corporate world building brands.

He now lives far from the madding crowd in a small town near Shimla, nestled amidst apple orchards, majestic hills and forests with cedar and pine trees, pursuing his passion for writing.