Beat writers and poets were dropouts whereas Hungries were not

The Beat writers and poets were social dropouts, some evaded the Vietnam war and became Beatniks whereas the Hungries were not dropouts. The Hungries were from the cornered subaltern section of society, they rather wanted to be included in the Bengali culture. Hungries protested against the West Bengal and Indian Establishment by issuing manifesto, There has been no manifesto of the Beat generation. The Beats were not a cohesive group like the Hungries. 
                                           

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