He is a Bengali, and hails from Kolkata, where his family has been living for four centuries and still continues with their ancestral festival of Durga Puja every autumn – a tradition that begun in ca.1610. Having born and brought up in that tradition, he also shares a keen interest and passion in Durga Puja like most other Bengalis. His research interests lie in the study of indigenous Indian polity and history of Indian education. His popular writings in Bengali and English, and book reviews, are often published in Vedanta Kesari, Prabuddha Bharata, Udbodhan and other popular magazines.