Santosh Gupta (journalist)

Santosh Gupta (9 January 1925 – 6 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi journalist and writer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 and Independence Day Award in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh.[1][2] He wrote sometimes under the pen name Aniruddha.[1]

Santosh Gupta
সন্তোষ গুপ্ত
Gupta in 2005
Born(1925-01-09)9 January 1925
Runsi Village, Jhalokati District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 August 2004(2004-08-06) (aged 79)
NationalityBangladeshi
Other namesAniruddha
OccupationJournalist, writer

Career

Gupta started his career as journalist in 1957.[3] Later he served as the senior assistant editor of The Sangbad.[4] He wrote 18 books and edited some 30 books.[1]

Awards
gollark: Like saying that lightning is caused by thunder gods and not ??? cloud things, for example.
gollark: I mean anthropomorphization as in assuming that physical phenomena are driven by some kind of humanish mind, not taking animals and making them vaguely human-shaped.
gollark: Religions also involve our tendency to anthropomorphize all things ever and overzealously pattern-match.
gollark: Religions rely on weird brain quirks which I think Ponzi schemes depend less heavily on.
gollark: But it's widely understood that a good way to understand something is to learn about the factors which led to it being the way it is.

References
  1. "Santosh Gupta's 87th birth anniversary today". The Daily Star. January 9, 2012.
  2. "Seven receive Independence Award". Bangladesh Chronicle. March 25, 2015.
  3. "Santosh Gupta's anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. August 6, 2011.
  4. "Life and times of Santosh Gupta". The Daily Star. August 11, 2014.

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