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Biswapriya Purkayastha(born October 28, 1970) is an Indian dentist and author.He is the author of Rainbow's End  and The Call of the Khokkosh  and also a regular commentator on social and current affairs.

Personal Life

 * Biswapriya Purkayastha was born in Shillong, Meghalaya in north east India. After completing high school from St. Edmund's school in Shillong, and faced with uncertainty on which career path to take, he finally, he opted to pursue dentistry because in his words, "I did not have the math for an engineering career". He graduated from King George's Medical University in Lucknow and went on to achieve a master's in dentistry with such flying colors that he was awarded the gold medal for exemplary academic performance.
 * After graduating, Mr. Purkayastha worked in the Indian Air Force's military base in Shillong as a dentist for a brief period after which he quit to set up his own practice with a clinic in the city. This afforded him the time to focus on his literary pursuits and be a prolific blogger on social and current affairs. From very early on, he has had a passion for motorcyles and rides a Royal Enfield Bullet. In an email interview concerning his novel The Call of the Khokkosh, he revealed that he currently lives with his four dogs, likes heavy metal music and that he has no social life.

Rainbow's End

 * Having seen first hand the violent insurgency in India's north east for himself, he was inspired to write a novel on the subject. Rainbow's End is the story of a young man(Rollin Jethong) who after successive failures in his life, finds himself as a recruit in the fictional terrorist organization HPLF or the Halka People's Liberation Front.

The Call of The Khokkosh

 * The Call of the Khokkosh was released on August 24,2011 by by the publishing company Power Publishers . The book is a fantasy and revolves around the fictional creatures called the Khokkosh and their simple code of ethics and way of life.