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Manik Bandopadhyay ,a Bengali novelist and is considered one of the leading lights of modern Bengali fiction. During a short lifespan of 48 years, he produced 36 novels and 177 short stories. His important works include Padma Nadir Majhi , Putul Nacher Itikatha , Shahartali and Chatushkone. His complete short stories is published here in volume 1 & 2. Manik Bandopadhyay's writing was inspired by both Marxian philosophy and Freudian philosophy - which are quite contrasting in nature. Manik's writing dealt with the pettiness and wretchedness of existence in the context of rural Bengal. His primary concern was the dark alleyways of the human mind, even among the supposedly simple village folk, and not the serene beauty of nature that was always in the background in his novels.