Uronchondi Dhumketu : Michael Madhusudan

Michael Madhusudan Dutt —like a comet, his life was brief yet intense. Immense talent, with remarkable contradictions! A life marked by waywardness, arrogance, cruelty, snobbery, and a relentless pursuit of British ideals. Driven by the dream of becoming a Briton and writing poetry in English, he converted to Christianity and married an Englishwoman named Rebecca. But then? He abandoned the pregnant Rebecca and returned to Kolkata, entering into a relationship with Henrietta.
 

And yet, this same man, who once disregarded Bengali, went on to create the masterpiece ‘Meghnadbadh Kabya’ in a new form of blank verse. His work breathed new life into Bengali poetry. Who, then, was Michael Madhusudan Dutt? Was he the flagbearer who brought forth a new era of Bengali verse, or a wasted genius? An utterly inhumane, drunken, romantic individual? In this biographical novel by Ranjan Bandopadhyay, Michael Madhusudan Dutt faces a highly controversial evaluation.