Dr Amitabh Shanker Roy Choudhury

A writer and a practising physician of Varanasi. Did his M.B.B.S. from I.M.S. (B.H.U.) Short stories, poems, drama and articles published in different magazines and periodicals.

In Hindi

• Hans, Aajkal, Samakaleen Bhartiya Sahitya, Naya Gyanodaya, Nayapath, Kathadesh, Kathakram, Parikatha, Akshara, Sahitya Amrit, Dainik Jagran, Bal-Bharati, Nandan, Champak, Suman Sourabh, Balvaani, Rang Abhiyaan, Rashtriya Sahara, Bahuvachan, Katha, Soch Vichar, Griha Shobha etc.

In Bengali

• Desh, Anandamela, Unis Kudi, Nandan, Galpaguchcha, Chotoder Katha, Kishore Bharati, Ganashakti, Gananatya etc

Stories included in C.B.S.E. Hindi text books:

1. Darzan Bhar (दर्जन भर) (Hindi Short Story collection, published by Shilpayan)
2. Saat Samudra (সাত সমুদ্র)(Bengali) *SaatSamudra (Hindi) published serially in Pathak Manch Bulletin (N.B.T.)
3. Ganit Ke Pankh (गणित के पंख) (awarded by C.B.T.). C.B.T. published its English translation as well – Maths Gets Wings.

Awards

1. Stories awarded by Children’s Book Trust
2. ‘Kamaleshwar Smriti Purashkar’ by Kathabimb. Mumbai
3. Prachi, Jabalpur
4. National Foundation for Communal Harmony etc

Honour

• Hindi SahityaSeviSamman, 2016 by Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay, Wardha

Invited many times by Academy Staff College, B.H.U. for story reading sessions.
Translated in: Odiya, Gujrati, Marathi and English.

Published Book

• Foot Prints On The Rocks