▁and ▁settled ▁down ▁to ▁a ▁life ▁concentr ating ▁on ▁writing . ▁In ▁his ▁writing ▁he ▁focused ▁on ▁lower - middle ▁class ▁life . ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁sl ums , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁get ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁life ▁there . ▁His ▁sharp ▁insight ▁into ▁life ▁of ▁dow nt rod den ▁people ▁has ▁en rich ed ▁Beng ali ▁literature . ▁He ▁moved ▁over ▁from ▁one ▁r ented ▁house ▁to ▁another ▁seven ▁times , ▁and ▁changed ▁over ▁jobs ▁many ▁times . ▁ ▁At ▁Kol k ata ▁At ▁Kol k ata , ▁J y ot ir ind ran ath ▁led ▁a ▁discipl ined ▁and ▁dedicated ▁life ▁devoted ▁wh olly ▁to ▁writing . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁magazine ▁edited ▁by ▁Prem endra ▁Mit ra , ▁and ▁in ▁other ▁mag az ines ▁as ▁well , ▁such ▁as ▁P urb asha ▁and ▁Ag rag ati . ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁stories ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Des h , ▁the ▁leading ▁Beng ali ▁literary ▁magazine . ▁Public ation ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories ▁continued ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁mag az ines ▁– ▁Mat rib ho omi , ▁B har at var sha , ▁Ch atur anga , ▁Par ich ay . ▁In ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁his ▁deep ▁invol vement ▁with ▁short ▁stories ▁he ▁received ▁an ▁encourag ing ▁push ▁from ▁S ag arm oy ▁Gh osh , ▁editor ▁of ▁Des h , ▁"... ▁now ▁get ▁on ▁to ▁nov els ." ▁He ▁wrote ▁S ury am uk hi ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁serial ized ▁in ▁Des