Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee , was a prominent Bengali novelist and short story writer of early 20th century. Most of his works deal with the lifestyle, tragedy, struggle of the village people and the contemporary social practices that prevailed in Bengal.

He remains the most popular, most translated, most adapted, and most plagiarized Indian author of all time. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born on 15 September 1876,in Debanandapur, a small village two miles northwest of Bandel in Hooghly, West Bengal.

His father Motilal Chattopadhyay was an idler and dreamer. Sarat Chandra started writing in his early teens. After finishing his formal studies, he spent much of his time interacting with friends, acting in plays, and in playing sports and games. Several of his famous novels and stories were written during this period. In 1893, Sarat Chandra moved to Burma.

He got a temporary job in Burma Railway's audit office and later worked for many years in Burma's public works accounts office. While living in Rangoon, he married his first wife Shanti. He was deeply hurt when his wife and one-year-old son died from plague. He married his second wife Mokshada  also in Rangoon and taught her to read and write. She outlived him by 23 years.