h . ▁It ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Mir ar ▁Dup ur ▁and ▁Bar o ▁G har ▁Ek ▁U than . ▁The ▁latter ▁earned ▁him ▁fame ▁and ▁respect ability , ▁and ▁established ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁writer , ▁but ▁also ▁brought ▁in ▁criticism , ▁"... he ▁only ▁shows ▁darkness ." ▁It ▁may ▁be ▁re called ▁that ▁J y ot ir ind ran ath ▁had ▁located ▁a ▁house ▁in ▁a ▁sl um ▁where ▁eleven ▁families , ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁from ▁East ▁Beng al , ▁shared ▁a ▁single ▁large ▁cour ty ard . ▁One ▁house ▁was ▁vac ant . ▁He ▁went ▁and ▁lived ▁there ▁as ▁a ▁ten ant . ▁His ▁daughter ▁was ▁only ▁four ▁years ▁old ▁then . ▁He ▁carefully ▁studied ▁his ▁neighb ours , ▁including ▁a ▁nur se ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁shop ▁worker , ▁and ▁wrote ▁about ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁light ▁of ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁lan tern . ▁Thus ▁came ▁to ▁light ▁his ▁novel ▁Bar o ▁G har ▁Ek ▁U than ▁( tw elve ▁families ▁and ▁one ▁cour ty ard ). ▁Answer ing ▁his ▁critics , ▁he ▁said , ▁" I ▁have ▁not ▁written ▁the ▁book ▁with ▁the ▁objective ▁of ▁project ing ▁the ▁sun ny ▁side ▁or ▁en light en ment ▁in ▁life . ▁Among st ▁those ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁that ▁house , ▁there ▁was ▁none ▁who ▁could ▁insp ire ▁a ▁ray ▁of ▁hope ▁in ▁life . ▁I ▁have ▁only ▁shown ▁to ▁what ▁depth s ▁of ▁darkness ▁those ▁threatened ▁and ▁dev ast ated ▁people ▁of ▁a ▁de grad ed ▁society ▁could ▁go ▁down ▁to , ▁only