He started the newspaper Sambad Prabhakar with Jogendra Mohan Tagore on January 28, 1831,[1] which finally became a daily on June 4, 1839.

So a second meaning of the poem, making a tongue-in-cheek reference to the author, runs: He brought modern era of poetry in Bengali.

Ishwarchandra Gupta often satirized the so-called modern class who blindly followed the colonial British power.

In his early days he was a conservative, opposing the Young Bengal movement as well as disapproving of widow remarriage.

Later in his life, his views began to change and he championed the cause for the remarriage of virgin widows and women's education.