During the next few decades, Hemendrakumar Ray wrote over 80 books for children. Apart from this magazine, he helped edit other literary magazines including Rongmoshal.
In 1925, Hemendrakumar Ray became the editor of Nachghar. He also composed a number of horror stories for children. In 1916, he joined the circle of writers that published in the Bharati journal edited by Sourindramohan Mukherjee and Manilal Ganguly. His first published work was a short-story Amar Kahini that appeared in the magazine Basudha in 1903. Roy inherited a part of his artistic talent from his father who was a more than competent player of the Esraj (a string instrument) and regularly gave performance at the famed Star Theatre in North Kolkata.
Son of Radhikaprasad Roy, Hemendrakumar was born in Kolkata in 1888, in an affluent family originally hailing from Pathuriaghata. Roy's 'Ajab Deshe Amala' is a well-known translation of Alice in Wonderland. Roy also translated the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám into Bengali. He was a noted contributor to the early development of Bengali detective fiction with his ' Jayanta-Manik' and adventurist ' Bimal-Kumar' stories, dealing with the exploits of Jayanta, his assistant Manik, and police inspector Sunderbabu. Hemendra Kumar Roy (2 September 1888 – 18 April 1963) was an Indian Bengali writer noted for his contribution to the early development of the genre of children's literature in the language.
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