Neeldhaja is probably the first of its kind in Bangla literature. Not just because it is the first Bangla poem to be written in the form of a letter i.e. an epistolary poem, but because it places a female figure with a rebellious demeanor as the protagonist of a historical narrative.
How can you talk about peace without taking into account war? Both are subjects not only of Tolstoy’s great novel but also of the two founding epic poems of Greek as well as Indian literature.