 As such, it is not as well-drawn out as some of Sharadindu's later works and relies heavily on Sherlock Holmes and Holmesian deductive reasoning for inspiration.Pother Kanta starts off like many of the Byomkesh Bakshi novels while Ajit and Byomkesh are having a conversation in the living room of their Harrison Road flat.Byomkesh has noticed a rather unusual advertisement hidden away in the classifieds section of the "Dainik Kalketu" daily with the heading "Pother Kanta" (Thorn of the Road).