Bappaditya PaulBappaditya Paul is a senior reporter at The Statesman headquarters in Kolkata. He received his master's degree in mass communication before joining The Statesman in 2005 as a staff reporter in Siliguri. Paul has published a number ofarticles on issues ranging from Naxalism to Gorkhaland Movement, and contemporary Indian politics to environmental degradation.

The First Naxal: An Authorised Biography of Kanu Sanyal is his maiden book.

The author can be reached at firstnaxal@gmail.com.