Why Malay Roychoudhury is called the Lion of Bengali Literature
Malay Roychoudhury is called the Lion of Bengali Literature for two reasons. Firstly, he was born under the Simha Rashi or Leo and secondly he had the guts to start the Hungry Generation movement despite opposition from the leaders of Kolkata establishment. Like a lion he faced the legal ordeal alone and fought through to win it at the end. His character is like a lion. He sits apart from the groups and in order to avoid groupism and dirty literary politics he sold off his Kolkata flat and moved to Mumbai to lead a lion's life. Apart from the above two points his literary works are far more different that the run of the mill both in poetry, fiction and critical essays. He is not scared of the establishment critics and his interviews are quite straightforward. Like a lion he is not afraid of anyone. He is the doyen of Bengali Counter Culture.