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Sinha, whose translation of the classic Bengali novel 'Chowringhee' by writer Sankar won him a Vodafone Crossword Award, says the revival of Byomkesh as a detective in the 21st century is a reminder of the 'old-world goodness' that marked the classic private eyes of the early 19th and 20th century who operated with their heads and compassion for humanity.Sinha believes that a market of growing young readers of translated classical fiction will drive the translation market for regional icons.' Byomkesh Bakshi was an altruist, one of those rare detectives who believed that the criminal need not always be handed over the police. They could be reformed or pardoned. He was a samaritan, more of a social reformer,' Sinha told IANS.Why was Byomkesh created? The idea of a benign crime-buster was a post-war reaction to propagate the gospel of peace in a world torn apart by death and bombs across continents. The advocate-turned writer Bandopadhyay was deeply influenced by Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown (G.K. Chesterton) and Auguste Dupin created by Edgar Allan Poe.
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He also realised that if he had to relate to an Indian audience, he had to create an Indian character, who lived in a familiar suburban milieu. Other private eyes like Dinendra Kumar Ray's Robert Blake and Panckhari Dey's Bijoy Mitra moved in a colonial world. Sinha says almost all mystery novel writers, who created enduring detectives as their central characters, were inspired by Holmes.'
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Nowadays, there is a noticeable lack of cloak-and-dagger storytelling in Bengali literatureWe must admit, this side of Bengal has been rather lackadaisical in producing compelling detective novels.