 She also has non-fiction to her credit, writing especially about the rights of women and Dalits.Her collection of short stories, "Sona Rupa Noy" (Not Gold and Silver) won the Rabindra Puraskar in 1973.From 1959 to 1988 she resided in the Shyambazar area at 2G, Kartick Bose Lane, Kolkata-700006.