Nalini Das, the daughter of Punyalata and Arun Nath Chakraborty, grew up with her sister and two cousins, which might have inspired her to write, stories of four 'detective' friends as Goenda Gandalu. She had a brilliant academic career and took up teaching. When Sandesh, a well-known Bengali magazine, was relaunched she became one of the editors, a post she held until her death. The Gandalu stories first appeared in Sandesh and were very popular.'