Subimal Misra and Nabarun Bhattacharya

It is strange that till now the critics who praise Nabarun Bhattacharya's literary works have refrained from comparing with the staunch anti-establishment writer Subimal Misra who did not get much support from the coterie that surrounded Nabarun Bhattacharya during his lifetime. Subimal Misra made all-round attack where as Nabarun Bhattacharya avoided attacking the Left extablishment of West Bengal. Nabarun Bhattacharya only passively referred to the action of the Left government where as Subimal Misra raised the basic questions of life and living. Subimal Misra did not have at his disposal a personal literary periodical like Nabarun Bhattacharya and wrote only in littlest magazines. A time has come when we should compare the literary contribution of Nabarun Bhattacharya and Subimal Misra.