The novel was serialised in 1928, from Bhadra to Choitro in the magazine Probashi, and was published in book form the following year.

Never afraid to speak his mind, he is always ready to challenge society's pre-established knowledge and rules regarding literature, equal rights and so on.

Amit's iconoclasm meets Labannya's sincere simplicity through a series of dialogues and poems that they write for each other.

(Russian: Вам и не снилось…, romanized: Vam i ne snilos), also released as Love and Lies, contains a song called “Последняя поэма” (The last poem) that is partially based on a letter from Labannya.

It was directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay and starred Konkona Sen Sharma as Labannya and Rahul Bose as Amit Ray.