Nikhil Sarkar
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{{short description|Indian historian and writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sripantha
| native_name = শ্রীপান্থ
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| birth_name = Nikhil Sarkar
| birth_date = 1 May 1932
| birth_place = Gouripur, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now in Bangladesh
| death_date = 17 August 2004
(aged 72)
| death_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
| other_names = Sripantha (শ্রীপান্থ)
| alma_mater = University of Calcutta
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Journalist, author, historian
| organization = Jugantar Patrika, Ananda Bazar Patrika
| years_active =
| known_for = Kolkata Karchra (Notebooks of Kolkata)
| notable_works = Ajob Nagori, Sripanther Kolkata, Elokeshi Mohanta Sammand
| awards = Ananda Puraskar (1978)
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Nikhil Sarkar (1 May 1932 – 17 August 2004) popularly known as Sripantha{{Cite book|last=Mukharji|first=Projit Bihari|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuNe6GPLheAC&q=Nikhil+Sarkar+Sripantha&pg=PA75|title=Nationalizing the Body: The Medical Market, Print and Daktari Medicine|date=2011|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-0-85728-995-7|language=en}} was a Bengali social historian, writer and journalist.
Early life
Sarkar was born at Gouripur village of Mymensingh district in 1932 in British India. After competed primary education in Mymensingh, he graduated in history from the University of Calcutta.{{Cite web|title=Journalist dead|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/journalist-dead/cid/1077024|access-date=2020-07-12|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714030303/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/journalist-dead/cid/1077024|url-status=live}}
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 as well as Bengali culture.{{Cite web|last=ঘোষ|first=সেমন্তী|title=পড়াশোনার শিল্পকর্মের সাধন-সন্ধানী|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/culture/book-reviews/a-tribute-to-sripantha-from-thema-publication-1.499570|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn|archive-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131061924/https://www.anandabazar.com/culture/book-reviews/a-tribute-to-sripantha-from-thema-publication-1.499570|url-status=live}} He was awarded the Ananda Puraskar in 1978.{{Cite book|last=Nasrin|first=Taslima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TV5CDQAAQBAJ&q=Ananda+Puraskar+Sripantha&pg=PT317|title=Exile: A Memoir|date=1 February 2018|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-85990-07-6|language=en}}
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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Category:Indian male journalists
Category:Bengali-language writers
Category:Indian newspaper editors
Category:20th-century Indian journalists