Biography

Utpal Kumar is the opinion editor at News18 and Firstpost. In more than two decades of his journalistic experience, he has worked with several media houses in the country. He started his career at The Pioneer and went on to work at the Hindustan Times, Mail Today (India Today Group), and the Sunday Guardian.

Kumar has written hundreds of articles for reputed newspapers and magazines. He has been the Books Editor in most of the places he has worked, and has reviewed hundreds of books and interviewed authors of great eminence. He is among the most trenchant nationalist voices in the mainstream media. Eminent Distorians and the Discovery of Bharat: From Antiquity to Independence is his second book. His first book, Bharat Rising: Dharma, Democracy, Diplomacy, published in January 2024, was a bestseller.