Delightful Dozen: A Collection of Twelve Short Stories

Sukumar Ray had his musical training between nineteen thirties and forties in Dacca, where he was well-known as an artiste of classical songs.  His principal occupation was literature and he acted as a lecturer in a college and later at the Dacca University between 1940-48.  he cherished ideas of combining the principles of literature with that of musical studies.  Added to these were his wide experiences of musical forms of Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Manipur during his services under All India Radio from 1948-70.  His contributions in the sixties to periodicals and journals established himself as an author and musicologist in Calcuctta.