Pushya Mitra

Pushya Mitra is a journalist and writer, born in Munger, Bihar, with his ancestral village in Dhamdaha, Purnia district. He studied at Navodaya Vidyalaya and the Journalism University in Bhopal. His journalism career has taken him to cities like Bhopal, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chandigarh, and he now works in Bihar and Jharkhand. He has written for newspapers like Navbharat, Amar Ujala, Hindustan, and Prabhat Khabar and is currently with India Today Hindi.

His books include Ruktapur, Jab Neel Ka Daag Mita: Champaran 1917, Kosi Ke Vatvriksh, Sunnair Naika, and Phanishwarnath Renu: Ek Apratim Kathakar, Ek Janmajaat Vidrohi. Radio Kosi is his first novel.