

He was also the editor of a children’s magazine named Sabuj Sahitya. Forty five of his novels have been made into Bengali and Hindi feature films in Tollywood and Bollywood respectively. The most popular among them are Ulka, Badshah, Lalubhulu, Uttarphalguni, Asti Bhagirathi Tire, Mayur Mahal, Devyani, Neeltara, Mayamriga, Komalgandhar and Nishipadma. In his literary career Gupta has composed over two hundred novels, plays, short stories and essays. After coming back to India, he composed his first detective novel, Kalo Bhramar where his launched his detective character Kiriti Roy . During his stay in England he developed a keen interest in detective stories and met Agatha Christie. After schooling, Gupta took admission in the Calcutta Medical College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. At the age of eighteen he composed his first novel, Rajkumar.

He once went to Shantiniketan to seek the blessings of Rabindranath Tagore and took his autograph.

“So they truly will probably be the first country to turn around obesity,” Popkin says. There will be a “danger” sticker for unhealthy foods, and a “mega-tax” of 30 to 40 percent on such foods is likely. They are now adding a marketing ban to adults as well where unhealthy food will be banned from 6 a.m.

The country also curbs junk food marketing to children. (So buying a water is cheaper than buying a soda.) First, they cut the cost of all non-caloric beverages,” he says. When asked to point to a country that is doing things right when it comes to obesity, he points to Chile. Future of Food Policy: Chile Models Ways to End Obesity.
