Career
Because of poverty, Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad could not continue his education. He became a simple employee of a court and school inspectors office. Abdul Karim was a collector of ancient Bengali literature.
He collected more than 2,000 Puthis to prevent them from being lost.
Number other person or organization had collected this number of Puthis before. His literary works were first published in the monthly Naba-Nur (1903-1906) and are included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary, and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.