Sasthibrata Chakravarti (1939–2015), known as Sasthi Brata, was a British-Indian Indo-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 read Physics. 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 Short Stories 1978. Encounter Poetry 1960. Eleven Poems Memoir and Autobiography 1968. My God Died Young 1975. A Search for Home 1976. Traitor to India: A Search for Home Travel 1985 Labyrinths in the Lotus Land 1986 India: The Perpetual Paradox References British people of Bengali descent Indian emigrants to England Bengali writers Indian male novelists Writers from Kolkata Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni 1939 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Indian novelists Novelists from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers