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- ↑ Sahitya Akademi (1990). Sahitya Akademi awards: books and writers : 1955-1978. Sahitya Akademi. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7201-014-0.
- ↑ Aruna Chakravarti (2006). The Way Home: Contemporary Bengali Short Fiction. Penguin Books. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-14-400106-4.
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