Sankar says..."In my life of sixty years all those people i came in touch with and all who had influenced my life in many ways i touch their feet and my regards and respect to them .are jotted down in this book of mine"

Sankar, (born Mani Shankar Mukherjee, and generally known in English-language literature as Sankar) is a writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal.
Noel Barwell introduced Sankar to literature.

After Noel Barwell's sudden death, Sankar, the professional version of his name adopted for the law courts, sought to honor Barwell. "First, I wanted to build a statue. It was not possible. I then wanted to name a road. Even that was not feasible. And then I decided to write a book about him," according to Sankar.

That impetus led to his first novel, about Barwell, that according to some critics is perhaps the most stimulating -- "Kato Ajanare" (So Much Unknown).

At the same time period in 1962, Sankar conceived Chowringhee on a rainy day at the waterlogged crossing of Central Avenue and Dalhousie - a busy business district in the heart of Kolkata. The novel, set in the opulent hotel he called Shahjahan, was made into a cult movie in 1968.

It is wrongly said that Sankar marketed his literary work to Bengali households with the marketing slogan "A bagful of Sankar (Ek Bag Sankar)" and collections of his books were sold in blue packets through this marketing effort. He never did that. He mentioned it clearly in a 2015 interview.

In addition to his literary efforts, Sankar is regarded as a street food expert with two books on this topic. He also is a marketing professional associated with an Indian industrial house.