ARUP KUMAR DUTTA is a fulltime author and freelance journalist from Assam in North-East India who has attained international recognition. A prolific and versatile writer and scholar, during a span of five decades he has written short-fiction, long-fiction, non-fiction, satires, newspaper editorials, articles and columns, as well as books for young adults. So far he has written 20 books for adults and 17 adventure novels for young people. He has been not only acknowledged as a pioneer in English writing in the North-East, but also as a writer who has spent a lifetime familiarizing the rest of India about the history and culture of this region.
Latest Book
Saint; Saviour; Soul; Society
Publisher: Assam Book Hive
Year: 2024
Saint; Saviour; Soul; Society is an imaginative depiction of the life, teachings and legacy of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, saint poet of Assam, the greatest individual this part of India has ever produced. Though written in a story telling style, the book is accurately based on material gleaned from various treatises by erudite scholars as well as the Charit-Puthis or biographies written on the saint.
Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev made seminal impact on the formation and development of Assamese Society and socio-cultural development of the region. During the mid-15th century a pall of spiritual darkness had settled over the land, so much so that it became notorious to the outside world as the land of sorcery and black magic.
It was at this critical juncture that Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, saviour of our souls and our society was born (1449 CE) to rid Assam of the prevailing degradation, bring about religious reform and usher in a socio-cultural renaissance. Ekasaran Namdharma, a religion of universal love and tolerance was the greatest gift given by him to Assamese society and forms the bulwark of the legacy that he left behind.
The Mahapurush was a great orator and an evangelist, a poet, translator, lyricist, singer, music composer, dancer, choreographer, painter, sculptor, dramatist, thespian, creator of stage props and techniques, artisan, weaver, craftsman and much else.
Saint; Saviour; Soul; Society attempts to familiarize readers with this multi-talented personality who can be counted among the greatest religious propagators and social reformers India has ever produced.
Publisher: Assam Book Hive
Year: 2024
Saint; Saviour; Soul; Society is an imaginative depiction of the life, teachings and legacy of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, saint poet of Assam, the greatest individual this part of India has ever produced. Though written in a story telling style, the book is accurately based on material gleaned from various treatises by erudite scholars as well as the Charit-Puthis or biographies written on the saint.
Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev made seminal impact on the formation and development of Assamese Society and socio-cultural development of the region. During the mid-15th century a pall of spiritual darkness had settled over the land, so much so that it became notorious to the outside world as the land of sorcery and black magic.
It was at this critical juncture that Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, saviour of our souls and our society was born (1449 CE) to rid Assam of the prevailing degradation, bring about religious reform and usher in a socio-cultural renaissance. Ekasaran Namdharma, a religion of universal love and tolerance was the greatest gift given by him to Assamese society and forms the bulwark of the legacy that he left behind.
The Mahapurush was a great orator and an evangelist, a poet, translator, lyricist, singer, music composer, dancer, choreographer, painter, sculptor, dramatist, thespian, creator of stage props and techniques, artisan, weaver, craftsman and much else.
Saint; Saviour; Soul; Society attempts to familiarize readers with this multi-talented personality who can be counted among the greatest religious propagators and social reformers India has ever produced.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Based as they are on meticulous, investigative research and documentation of data, Arup Kumar Dutta’s astonishingly diverse array of non-fiction books for adults exhibit the true journalistic ethos. They also testify to his wide range of interests as also remarkable scholarship and erudition. Read More
Books for Young Adults
Arup Kumar Dutta has also achieved international repute with his books of fiction for young people and ranks among the biggest names in this field. First dubbed by The Illustrated Weekly of India as ‘India’s Own Blyton’, the sobriquet has stuck to his name despite the many rejoinders issued by him. A majority of his novels have individual backgrounds and individual depiction of characters and situations, and are not set within any tried and tested formula. Read More
