Valmiki Prativa was one of Tagore's major early creations. Valmiki Pratibha was not a composition which will bear being read. Its significance is lost if it is not heard sung and seen acted. After Valmiki Prativba, Rabindranath wrote two other musical plays of the same type: Kal mrigaya and Mayar Khela.
In 1881, Rabindranath wrote two Kabyas -Rudrachanda and Bhagnahriday. Rudrachanda was just a reprint of Prithwiraj Parajoy, a lyric drama written on his first visit of Santiniketan in 1873, the manuscript of which was lost. It earned fame in those days from literary persons. Rabindranath said like Goethe that he was eighteen. Once Goethe said, "when I was eighteen all my country was eighteen".
Bhagna Hriday was a large lyric written in the form of a drama (34 sarga). Maharaja Birchandra Manikya of Tripura sent his personal clerk, Radharaman Ghosh, to express the Maharaja's appreciation.
A meeting was arranged in Kolkata Medical College by Bethune Society. Rabindranath gave his first lecture on "Sangeet O Bhab" with example in that meeting.
He wrote many small essays while staying with Jyotirindranath in Chandannagar in the same year and a novel- "Bauthakuranir Hat" and a series of poetry, published in Sandhya Sangeet.
The daughter, Lila, of Rajnarayan Basu ,was married with Krishnakumar Mitra. Rabindranath sung many songs written by him on that occasion. The songs were published in Tattwabodhini Patrika in Bhadra,1803. These were the first songs of marriage. The songs were, "Dui hridayer nadi", " Jagater Purohit", "Subhodin Eseche Dnohe" . The books published in this year were Valmiki Pratbha, Bhagna Hriday, Rudrachanda, Europe Prabasir Patra.
The material for Bauthakuranir Hat was taken from the life of Pratapaditya taken from the book Bangadhipaparajay (1869) of Pratap Chandra Ghosh. Rabindranath also collected some stories from different sources. Durgeshnandini was the first novel written by Bankimchandra in Bengali in 1865.
Rabindranath said, later, that his mind had emerged into an open field after leaving the four walls of the house begun to roam through an unknown world.
After about thirty years, the poet wrote a drama (1909)- Prayashchittya, based on the story of this novel. After 20 years of this date (1929) he wrote "Paritran" and in the middle (1922) - Muktadhara.
He also wrote some critical essays on Meghnad Badh Kabya. and Baul Sangeet which attracted the minds of the then literary persons.
"Bharati" was reorganised at this stage and a costitution was forrmed . As per constitution, Rajendralal Mitra was elected as President and Krishna Behari Sen, the brother of Keshab Chandra Sen, and Rabindranath was elected joint Secretaries. Rabindranath felt that Vidyasagar's advice of not going to big personalities for help had been further endorsed. He wrote his experience in an essay. However, Rabindranath took much interest when after some time in Bangiya Sahitya Parishad an attempt was made to find out similar words in Bengali of English words.
