Ritwik Ghatak, who was born in Dhaka on November 4, 1925, began his career as a writer at a very young age. Following the Partition in 1947, Ritwik experienced a lot of restlessness and rootlessness. This troubled him greatly, with him once remarking, “My biggest obstacle is that my feet are not on my own soil. How and where shall I find my own home soil?”