[2] He grew up in a home with a strong literary background surrounded by books and familiarity with several languages including Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

[2] He traveled rural West Bengal including the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, Burdwan, Birbhum and also performed in Kolkata.

"Inti, Pisi O Ghatbabu", "Bhalobasa O Down Train" (his first story that was published in Desh, 1962), "Hijal Biler Rakhalera" and "Taranginir Chokh" brought fame for him.

[2] His short stories "Uro Pakhir Chhaya", "Manusher Janma", "Ranabhumi", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Maati", "Goghna", and "Mrityur Ghora" immediately attracted Bengali readers and intellectuals.

His first novel is Neel Gharer Nati (1966), it is about a village performer forced into the profession by her father, it received critical acclaim.

[4] His best known novel is Aleek Manush (Mythical Man), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994), the Bankim Puraskar, and has been translated into eleven Indian languages.

Also his famous short story named Ranir Ghater Brittanta was screen played as Faltu (2006) in Bengali language.

His short stories "Mrityur Ghora", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Goghna" and many others have been translated into different Indian languages Hindi, Urdu and Tamil.

The retired colonel is the eccentric sleuth in Syed Mustafa Siraj's stories, narrated by a lazy journalist of Dainik Satyasebak Patrika, Jayanta, who accompanies him on his missions.