A humble word-worshipper: catcher of elusive sounds, meanings, images. Published 28 creative and critical books--- joint and solo. Winner, among others, of the Panorama Golden Globe Award-2023, and, Nissim Award for Excellence-2022 for the political novel Minotaur. Poems included in the UN project: Happiness: The Delight-Tree: An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry, 2015. He is the managing editor of Setu bilingual journal (English) that has more than 5.5-million-plus views so far.