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== Accusation of obscenity == | == Accusation of obscenity == | ||
While the literary circles of [[Bengal]] did not hesitate to recognize him as a leading post-[[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] literary personality, Buddhadeva Bose achieved mass popularity when his novel ''Raat bha're brishhti'' was banned by the government on charges of obscenity. It depicted a love triangle which explicitly allowed sex to play a critical role in human relationships. Eventually, the High Court absolved the novel of the charges of obscenity. ''Raat bha're brishhti'' has been translated by Clinton B. Seely<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salc.uchicago.edu/facultybios/Clinton_Seely_Vita.pdf |title=Clinton B. Seely Vita |access-date=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728050900/http://salc.uchicago.edu/facultybios/Clinton_Seely_Vita.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2007 }}</ref> with the title ''Rain through the Night''.<ref>''Rain through the Night'', New Delhi: Hind Pocket Books, 1973.</ref> | While the literary circles of [[Bengal]] did not hesitate to recognize him as a leading post-[[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] literary personality, Buddhadeva Bose achieved mass popularity when his novel ''Raat bha're brishhti'' was banned by the government on charges of obscenity. It depicted a love triangle which explicitly allowed sex to play a critical role in human relationships. Eventually, the High Court absolved the novel of the charges of obscenity. ''Raat bha're brishhti'' has been translated by Clinton B. Seely<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salc.uchicago.edu/facultybios/Clinton_Seely_Vita.pdf |title=Clinton B. Seely Vita |access-date=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728050900/http://salc.uchicago.edu/facultybios/Clinton_Seely_Vita.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2007 }}</ref> with the title ''Rain through the Night''.<ref>''Rain through the Night'', New Delhi: Hind Pocket Books, 1973.</ref> | ||