It is safe to say that through his masterly translations, he almost single-handedly brought the gems of Latin American and Indian literature to our doorstep. It is not until much later that many translators have followed suit and broadened the horizons of translated literature in Bengali. In 1965 he joined his alma mater Jadavpur University where he taught at the Department of Comparative Literature till his retirement. Translating literatures from different languages of India into Bengali is another of his many feats that enriched the study of comparative literature in Indian subcontinent. Retaining the essence, he could convert a text in such a way that it blended in with Bengali literature.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 06, 2020 12:00 UTC