At 80B Karl Marx Sarani in Kolkata’s Khidirpur area, the crumbling residence of Michael Madhusudan Dutt—one of Bengal’s literary titans—is on the verge of being delisted from Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s heritage register. If the court rules in favour of redevelopment, the home once graced by the genius of Madhusudan Dutt may soon give way to glass-and-concrete towers.