Dhaka University’s Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, Department of Bangla, and Nazrul Gobeshona Kendro are set to jointly stage “Birangana Kabya”, marking the 200th birth anniversary of legendary Bengali and playwright Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
One cannot look up to the divine, be it Ramrajatala’s Ram or others, for the answers. The answers will be the outcome of a moral contest that will pit a conscientious citizenry against its current political minders
Hailed as the first modern poet and the first rebel poet of Bangla literature, Madhusudan’s rebellion against the conservative society and the contemporary style of literature was daring and the first step towards modern Bangla literature.