He is remembered for his bold and simple diction of political analysing that made him extremely well liked among the common readers in West Bengal.
After graduating in commerce from City College, Kolkata,[2] he founded a periodical named Bhabikal which lasted a few issues.
In 1957, he founded another weekly named Bartaman with the aid of Hemanta Kumar Bose, a popular leader of the political party, Forward Bloc.
[4] In 1984, he left Anandabazar Patrika to start his own journal and launched Bartaman, a daily, on 7 December that year.
Later Sengupta launched two more periodicals - Saptahik Bartaman, a weekly and Sukhi Grihokon, a monthly and this time too it was a success.