Barada Charan Gupta was part of the short-lived but influential Sabujpatra group of writers in colonial Bengal that published its journal from 1922 to 1927.
At GSI he was involved in field surveys for mineral resource of India and traveled extensively across the country, staying in different states like Bihar, Rajputana, Orissa in places like Mewar, Jaisagar and Telinagar etc.
According to his sons and daughters, when the family went shopping for Puja clothes, he insisted on khādī and he would sweep aside the imported colourful, soft, shimmering, fabrics.
Along with his hectic work schedule which involved an average of 6 months of touring per year, he initiated and organized an annual football event, the Tarini Charan Memorial Shield, where players from adjoining states would travel to Rangpur.
[6] His contributions to the different volumes of Sabujpatra and some new prose was collected and published as Shashwata Tarun, to which Pramatha Chowdhury wrote the Introduction and Rabindranath Tagore the foreword.