Author · Poet · Educator · Bengali Storyteller

Badal Paul

Where speculative imagination, Bengali storytelling, poetry, education and inner inquiry meet.

An author from Raiganj, West Bengal, with around twenty-five years in education, writing across English and Bengali and exploring the visible world, the uncanny, consciousness, society and learning.

~25 Years in Education2024 BSFS Poetry RecognitionEnglish & Bengali WritingPostgraduate in English Literature · B.Ed.
Badal Paul, author, poet and educator
Badal Paul — author, poet and educator.
Writing & work

Fiction, poetry, education and inquiry

Fiction, poetry, Bengali storytelling, education, editorial work and contemplative inquiry have all shaped Badal Paul’s writing life.

Novelist

Speculative and supernatural fiction concerned with mystery, time and the unseen.

Poet

Verse on consciousness, mortality, society and inner life.

Bengali Storyteller

Stories rooted in North Bengal, humour, folklore and social contradiction.

Educator

Around twenty-five years in classrooms and educational publishing.

Editor

Editor of Deyala, the Bengali-English monthly magazine published in 2014–2015.

Inner Inquiry

Kriya Yoga, consciousness, parapsychology and Indian thought.

Published books

The bookshelf

Fiction, meditation and English-language books from across his published work.

Kalchakra: Oom and the Chosen Five is a debut English-language philosophical and metaphysical fiction novel written by Indian educator and author Badal Paul, published by Roman Books in April 2016
2016 · ROMAN Books / Quintus

Kalchakra: Oom and the Chosen Five

A speculative journey through time, destiny and the deeper architecture of existence.

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Whispers of the Invisibles: Nachiketa and the Mystery of the Dark Shadows: 1
2018 · Badal Paul

Whispers of the Invisibles: Nachiketa and the Mystery of the Dark Shadows

A supernatural mystery in which ordinary perception gives way to darker, unseen worlds.

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Meditation for Beginners- A 30-Day Practical Journey to Calm, Focus & Inner Growth
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Meditation for Beginners: A 30-Day Practical Journey to Calm, Focus & Inner Growth

A practical 30-day introduction to meditation, focus and inner growth.

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1500 Rearranging Of Sentences For CBSE STUDENTS
3 August 2020 · 1500 Rearranging Of Sentences For CBSE STUDENTS

1500 Sentence Transformations

Structured practice in transforming English sentences accurately.

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বাংলা রচনা

Bengali stories, poems & series

Stories, poems and serial writing in Bengali, rooted in North Bengal, folklore, humour and social observation.

শেরা — Badal Paul
বাংলা গল্প

শেরা

মানিকগঞ্জে বাঘের আবির্ভাবে আতঙ্কে জমে যায় গোটা গ্রাম। কিন্তু ভয়ের সেই রাত ধীরে ধীরে এমন এক সত্যের মুখোমুখি দাঁড় করায় মানুষকে, যেখানে বাঘের চেয়ে বড় হয়ে ওঠে মানুষের ভয়, ভুল ধারণা আর আচরণের প্রশ্ন। গল্পটি শেষ পর্যন্ত শুধু রোমাঞ্চ নয়, একটি সামাজিক শিক্ষাও রেখে যায়।

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বাবু-রাম — Badal Paul
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বাবু-রাম

মানুষকে বোঝা কখনও সহজ নয়—বিশেষত যখন তার মুখের আচরণ আর অন্তরের উদ্দেশ্য এক নয়। ‘বাবু-রাম’ এমনই এক মানুষকেন্দ্রিক গল্প, যেখানে পরিচিত সামাজিক পরিসরের মধ্যেই ধীরে ধীরে উন্মোচিত হয় চরিত্র, আচরণ, স্বার্থ এবং মানুষের বিচিত্র মনস্তত্ত্ব। দৈনন্দিন জীবনের সাধারণ…

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বোল বোম — Badal Paul
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বোল বোম

শান্তিপুর গ্রামের নিস্তব্ধ রাত যেন হঠাৎ অন্যরকম হয়ে উঠল অশ্বিনীর আগমনে। দিনের আলোয় সবকিছু স্বাভাবিক মনে হলেও সন্ধ্যা নামতেই তার সঙ্গীদের মনে অজানা অস্বস্তি জমতে থাকে; তারা তড়িঘড়ি বাড়ি ফিরে যেতে চায়। কিন্তু রাত যত গভীর হয়, ততই…

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এক কালখণ্ড — Badal Paul
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এক কালখণ্ড

সময়, সমাজ ও মানুষের অভিজ্ঞতাকে কেন্দ্র করে নির্মিত বাংলা ধারাবাহিক রচনা।

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Poetry & recognition

Poetry, award-winning work & Journey Incognito

Award-winning and publicly available poetry alongside Journey Incognito, a 40-poem collection in development.

Third Prize · 2024 BSFS Annual Poetry Contest

Whispers Between Worlds: A Dialogue with the Ancient

International recognition from the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, USA.

Official Record
Collection in Development

Journey Incognito

Poems of the Inner Traveller — a 40-poem working collection arranged in four movements.

40 poems4 movements
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From the writing desk

Current & upcoming work

Poetry, fiction and nonfiction projects now in development.

Poetry Collection
Collection in Development

Journey Incognito: Poems of the Inner Traveller

A 40-poem collection moving through spiritual inquiry, Kriya and inner practice, consciousness, nonduality, psychology and social observation.

Supernatural Fiction
Novel in Development

Whispers of the Invisibles: Return of Rudra

The second book in the <em>Whispers of the Invisibles</em> series, returning to the unseen world around Nachiketa.

Narrative Nonfiction · Research
Research / Book Project in Development

The Second Classroom: How Private Tuition, Coaching and the Race for Marks Remade Indian Education

A research-driven narrative-nonfiction project on private tuition, coaching, examinations, aspiration, inequality, EdTech and AI in post-Independence India.

Short Fiction
Upcoming · In Preparation

PINTU

A new short-fiction work in preparation.

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Latest writing

Recent essays, reflections and project notes in English and Bengali.

বাংলা · History & Culture · 12 Aug 2026

বিক্রম সারাভাই-ভারতের ভবিষ্যৎ মহাকাশযাত্রার প্রথম অধ্যায়

১৯৬২ সালের একদিন, কেরালার সমুদ্রতীরের ছোট্ট গ্রাম থুম্বায় এসে দাঁড়িয়েছিলেন এক মানুষ। চারদিকে নারকেল গাছ, মাছধরা নৌকা, নোনা হাওয়া, সাধারণ মানুষের বসতি—দেখে কোনোভাবেই মনে হওয়ার কথা নয় যে…

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Recognition & professional milestones

Awards, editorial work & initiatives

Literary recognition, editorial work, educational leadership and digital publishing.

2024 · Literary Award
BSFS Third Prize

“Whispers Between Worlds: A Dialogue with the Ancient.”

Founder · EdTech
Bodhi Classes

Education, visual pedagogy and technology-assisted learning.

Co-founder
Kaivalya Sangha

Theosophical and spiritual organisation.

Editor · 2014–2015
Deyala

Bengali-English monthly magazine.

Digital Education
askcbse.com

Current CBSE-oriented educational website.

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Education & teaching

Twenty-five years of classroom experience

Postgraduate in English Literature · B.Ed.

2003–2011: Sarada Vidya Mandir, Sudarshanpur, Raiganj
Present: Government-school teacher in West Bengal

Education & Teaching
Educational initiatives

From classroom to digital learning

Founder of Bodhi Classes, owner of askcbse.com, and former developer/owner of cbsencertanswers.com.

His educational books and digital projects grow directly from long classroom experience.

Editorial archive · 2014–2015

DEYALA / দেয়ালা

Ten surviving 32-page issues of the Bengali-and-English monthly magazine edited by Badal Paul.

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Deyala September 2014 issue
Deyala October 2014 issue
Deyala November 2014 issue
Inner life & inquiry

Kriya Yoga, consciousness and the unexplained

Badal Paul is a Kriya Yoga practitioner and follower of the Shyamacharan Lahiri / Lahiri Mahasaya lineage. His interests in consciousness, parapsychology, occult traditions, spiritual inquiry and Indian thought often intersect with his creative work.

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