The year 1884 was a remarkable year in Tagore family. The family lost three important members. Rabindranath's creativity was in full spate. In "Rabindra Jiban Katha" Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya said that, sometimes, the mind of Rabindranath became peculiarly detached from the earthly feelings. He himself said that "forgetfulness is one of the motive force of livelihood". He wrote in a poetry,
"Hetha hote jao puratan,
Hethay Natun Khela Arambha hoyeche".
Many times he welcomed the new, bidding good bye to the old. In reply to a question from someone, he said - if I did not forget, how would I set a new tune to a different song? All the songs would appear with the same tune as in 'Ramprasadi'.
In this year, he started Kadi O Komal (Sharps and Flats). Asutosh Choudhuri, with whom Rabindranath tried to go to England for the second time but changed his mind, came back to India after becoming a barristor with knowledge of French. Ashu could discern resemblances between many of the poems of Kadi O Komal and old French poems he knew. According to him the common element in all these poems was the attraction which the play of world life had for the poet and this had found varied expression in each and every one of them. The unfulfilled desire to enter into this larger life was the fundamental motive throughout. "I would arrange and publish these poems for you", said Ashu, and accordingly that task was entrusted to him. The poem beginning This World is sweet was the one he considered to be the keynote of the whole series and so he placed it at the begining of the volume.
Rabindranath wrote Nalini, the first prose drama and 8 Brahma Sangeet for Magh Utsab. It was decided that the lyrical drama 'Bibaha Utsab" written by Rabindranath will be staged at the wedding of Hiranmayee, the eldest daughter of Swarna Kumari. Jyotirindranath, Akshoy Choudhury and Rabindranath would take part in the play. Out of 45 songs of the drama 28 were constructed by Rabindranath of which 18 songs were constructed recently.
He read an eassay, "Akalkushmanda", written by him, at Sabitri Library.
Poems 'Dukha diyecho, kshati nei', 'Chaliachi grihapane, kheladhula abasan' were written in Kadi O Komal.
Rabindranath had a journey by steamer and wrote 'Sarojini Prayan' .
He became the Secretary of Adi Brahma Samaj in Sept 1884 and continued in the post for many years. Some essays and some parodies were also written by Rabindranath which was published in "Sanjibani".
There were eassays of Rabindranath in the magazine Nabajiban edited by Akshoy chandra Sarkar and in the magazine "Prachar" edited by Rakhalchandra Bandyopadhyaya..
"Hetha hote jao puratan,
Hethay Natun Khela Arambha hoyeche".
Many times he welcomed the new, bidding good bye to the old. In reply to a question from someone, he said - if I did not forget, how would I set a new tune to a different song? All the songs would appear with the same tune as in 'Ramprasadi'.
In this year, he started Kadi O Komal (Sharps and Flats). Asutosh Choudhuri, with whom Rabindranath tried to go to England for the second time but changed his mind, came back to India after becoming a barristor with knowledge of French. Ashu could discern resemblances between many of the poems of Kadi O Komal and old French poems he knew. According to him the common element in all these poems was the attraction which the play of world life had for the poet and this had found varied expression in each and every one of them. The unfulfilled desire to enter into this larger life was the fundamental motive throughout. "I would arrange and publish these poems for you", said Ashu, and accordingly that task was entrusted to him. The poem beginning This World is sweet was the one he considered to be the keynote of the whole series and so he placed it at the begining of the volume.
Rabindranath wrote Nalini, the first prose drama and 8 Brahma Sangeet for Magh Utsab. It was decided that the lyrical drama 'Bibaha Utsab" written by Rabindranath will be staged at the wedding of Hiranmayee, the eldest daughter of Swarna Kumari. Jyotirindranath, Akshoy Choudhury and Rabindranath would take part in the play. Out of 45 songs of the drama 28 were constructed by Rabindranath of which 18 songs were constructed recently.
He read an eassay, "Akalkushmanda", written by him, at Sabitri Library.
Poems 'Dukha diyecho, kshati nei', 'Chaliachi grihapane, kheladhula abasan' were written in Kadi O Komal.
Rabindranath had a journey by steamer and wrote 'Sarojini Prayan' .
He became the Secretary of Adi Brahma Samaj in Sept 1884 and continued in the post for many years. Some essays and some parodies were also written by Rabindranath which was published in "Sanjibani".
