In this book Ramprasad: The Melodious Mystic, explains that as the popularity of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna grew, many readers became curious about Ramprasad, the mystic whose songs Ramakrishna frequently sang. This book was created to answer that curiosity by providing a "modest" biography of his life.

The book was originally serialized in the Vedanta Kesari (an English journal of the Ramakrishna Order) between May and August 1959. More than twenty years later, it was compiled into this book format, featuring sketches and cover art by Biswaranjan Chakraborty.