 In 1950 he was introduced to Dev Sahitya Kutir, a major publishing house through a friend.People such as Pratul Chandra Banerjee, Shailo Chakraborty, Balaibandhu Roy, and Purnachandra Chakraborti were associated with the press at the time.From 1950 to 1961 
he illustrated a number of children's books including adventure novels and Western classics in translation.