Career
Mitra started in journalism as Assistant Editor with The Statesman in Kolkata before he moved to the Times of India in Delhi and then The Sunday Observer; he went on to become Editor of the paper which was funded by Reliance Industries. After Reliance stopped funding, Mitra moved to the Hindustan Times as Executive Editor. Mitra left to join The Pioneer as Editor, and eventually bought control of the newspaper from the Thapar family in 1998 when industrialist L. M. Thapar decided to cut his losses.
He wrote a well-received history of his alma mater, La Martiniere, titled Constant Glory, for the 150th anniversary of the school's founding in 1850.
Mitra is married to Shobori Ganguly. He has two sons from a previous marriage.
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