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
Assam's Braveheart - Lachit Barphukan
Publisher: Publication Board of Assam
Year: 2024
In the second half of the 17th century the Assamese people were confronted with a crisis to their existence - a mammoth army sent by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was sailing up the Brahmaputra River, bent on conquest. But, at that critical moment a Braveheart - Lachit Barphukan - emerged as a saviour of his people and dealt a crushing and defining blow to Aurangzeb's ambition of subjugating the Assamese and bringing the Ahom kingdom into his domain. Few battles fought in India can match the complex but successful strategy that Lachit Barphukan employed before and during the Battle of Saraighat!
The exploits of Lachit Barphukan and the battle of Saraighat have the capacity to inspire India as the country marches towards its rightful place in the global scenario. Assam's Braveheart - Lachit Barphukan, endeavours to familiarize the nation with the story of this hero's life, and the sacrifices he made while defending his motherland against a powerful enemy. The book has been translated in to 24 Indian languages.
Publisher: Publication Board of Assam
Year: 2024
In the second half of the 17th century the Assamese people were confronted with a crisis to their existence - a mammoth army sent by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was sailing up the Brahmaputra River, bent on conquest. But, at that critical moment a Braveheart - Lachit Barphukan - emerged as a saviour of his people and dealt a crushing and defining blow to Aurangzeb's ambition of subjugating the Assamese and bringing the Ahom kingdom into his domain. Few battles fought in India can match the complex but successful strategy that Lachit Barphukan employed before and during the Battle of Saraighat!
The exploits of Lachit Barphukan and the battle of Saraighat have the capacity to inspire India as the country marches towards its rightful place in the global scenario. Assam's Braveheart - Lachit Barphukan, endeavours to familiarize the nation with the story of this hero's life, and the sacrifices he made while defending his motherland against a powerful enemy. The book has been translated in to 24 Indian languages.
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