I have an elder brother he is five years older than I. I was born there and had studied at a missionary school. My father was a well-known doctor in Monghyr. Here I should first talk a bit about my childhood. The surreal experience that triggered my interest in indigo cultivation is what I have sat down to write today. I know when the British came and started farming indigo in our country, how they tortured the villagers here, how the 'Indigo Revolt' materialized, and then how Germany first artificially produced indigo and how that led to the closing of indigo industry in our country-I have all that at my fingertips. I can now be called an authority on the subject. In the last few months I have failed to produce any creative work, but I did read a lot of books during this time, all of them dealing with indigo farming in Bengal. But I know that I lack the capability of earning a livelihood just by writing. Three of my short stories have been published in Bengali monthly magazines and have even received some praise from friends and acquaintances. Apart from office work, I have a penchant for creative writing. Two years ago I bought an Ambassador car, which I drive myself. I live in a rented apartment in Sardar Sankar Road- two rooms in the second floor, south side open. For the last eight years I have been working at a merchant firm in Kolkata. I am twenty nine years old, still unmarried. Translated from Bengali to English by Barnali Saha
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