Career
He lives in Delhi where, until recently, he worked with a publishing company. He began writing at 19, "Rather late", he says, "most writers seem to start at 10 or earlier" but was soon publishing short stories in Indian and foreign publications. Chowdhury grew up in Patna.
He read English Literature at Delhi University (1993-1998).
In 2007, he held the Charles Wallace Writer in Residence fellowship at the University of Stirling in Scotland. Participant of Day Scholar was written there.
He lives in Delhi and works as Editorial Consultant with the house of Manohar.
