Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-IndianIndo-Anglian writer of fiction. He is best known for his best selling novel Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater.
Early life and education
Sasthibrata was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata, where he studied Physics. After finishing college education he left India and spent his adult life in Europe and America.
Post literary career
Sasthibrata lived a checkered life. After his literary career, he had worked as a salesman for air conditioners, a lavatory attendant, a postman, a kitchen porter, to supplement his pension. He died in 2015 at the age of 75.
Works
Novels
1971. Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater
1973. She and He
1980. The Sensuous Guru: The Making of a Mystic President
