In early 1879 , while Rabi was enduring in London winter, Atmaram Turkhud, social reformer of Bombay visited Calcutta with his two younger daughters, one of them Ana. It seems highly likely that marriage between Ana and Rabi was mooted by Atmaram- and rejected by Debendranath. Ana's own feelings may be gauged from the fact that after her marriage (to a Scotsman), she continued to use Nalini, the name Rabindranath had given her , as a literary name and that one of her nephews was named Rabindranath.Ana died young in Edinburgh in obscurity. Just before marriage Rabindranath published 'Chabi o Gan' (Pictures and songs) and dedicated it to Kadambari. One of the poem was 'Rahur Prem'. Two months after publication, Kadambari Devi committed suicide, aged about 25, ...The police report appears to have been destroyed, along with a rumoured letter in which Kadambari explained her reasons for suicide, and all her other letters - presumably by the orders of Debendranath , to avoid scandal. There was no report in the newspaper, in the family account book there was an entry, 'Expenses towards suppresing the news of the death to the press Rs. 52. From June 1883, Kadambari Devi was suffering from an unspecified illness. There is no firm evidence that it was a mental illness.However there was considerable mental illness in the Jorasanko mansion (Tagore house). and one or two other cases of suicide in the family. Thirty years later, Rabindranath himself had a period of suicidal depression. His faith in his powers as an artist seems to have pulled him through.But Kadambari was denied of any out let for intense emotions as a woman in a patriarchal society.
