The famous Bengali writer Syed Mustafa Siraj was born in a village named Khoshbaspur in the district of Murshidabad in 1930. In his early days, he enjoyed a bohemian life style. Once he joined a folk drama group 'Aalkaap' and travelled the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, Burdwan, Birbhum and also performed in Kolkata. In those days, he used to perform whole night and sleep in day time. He used to play flute. He was a teacher of folk dance and drama. But oneday he got tired of this life and felt he had a wider life spreading around him. He turned his face to writing poetry and short stories. Later he came to Kolkata and enter the world of serious writings and immediately became famous for his short stories. "Inti, Pisi o Ghatbabu ", "Bhalobasa o Down Train ", "Hizal Biler Rakhalera" and "Taranginir Chokh" brought fame for him. He joined one Bengali daily newspaper as a journalist and minded in serious and creative writing. He wrote around 150 novels and 300 short stories. His short stories " Uro Pakhir Chhaya ", "Manusher Janma", "Ranabhumi", "Rakter Pratyasha", " Maati", "Goghna", "Mrityur Ghora" immediately attracted the Bengali readers and intellectuals. He is also a creator of a detective character "Goenda Karnel ", an ex-Colonel Niladri Sarkar. The stories are so interesting that Siraj has got a large fan followings among both adult and children readers. Colonel Niladri Sarkar is an eccentric sleuth in Syed Mustafa Siraj’s stories, narrated by a lazy journalist (Jayanta) who accompanies him on his various missions. The colonel was an ornithologist, smokes pipes and has a Santa beard. He is jovial in nature and versatile in quoting Bengali proverbs & nursery rhymes aptly. 
Awards He got "Ananda Puraskar", three awards -- "Bankim Puraskar", "Sahitya Akademy Puraskar", "Bhualka Puraskar" in a single year for his classic novel, “Alik Manush”, which has been translated into a number of Indian languages. He also got "Narsingdas Puraskar" and a lot of other awards and honours for his literary excellence.SONAR TAKHUR
ALIK MANUSH
SOBUJ SHONKET
SAHARAR SANTRAS
PLABAN
PICHONE PAYER SABDO
OPRETION RED HERING
ONDHOKARE RATBIRATE
NISHIDDHO ARANYA
NIJUHM RATER ATONKO
NILMACHI
KOBORER ONDHOKARE
BOLE GECHEN RAM SOHANNA
BEDBOTI
ATOTAYE PASE CHILO
NIJHUMPURER CHUPKOTHA
GHOTONA JOKHON ROHOSSO JONOK
GHORI RAHASSO
CORNEL SOMOGROW-1
CORNEL SOMOGROW-2
CORNEL SOMOGROW-3
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