Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: The Writer who Changed the Course of Bengali Literature

Saratchandra Chattopadhyay was the great writer who took upon himself the work of changing the course of Bengali Literature. He rose to spotlight by composing a sensational story “Mondir” that earned him the “Kuntoline Puroshkar” and made him quite popular.

Unlike his predecessors, Saratchandra did not uphold the intense emotion, imagination and romanticism in his novels. Rather, he spun his stories from the tangible emotions and raw experiences of human life. He had a way of creating extraor...