At this time Rabindranath wanted to go to Gazipur
, Uttarpradesh. He wanted to go there because from his very childhood, he was attracted to western India for its histories and traditions. He also wanted to see the big field of roses. He had a distant relative there who was an officer in the department of opium, Govt. of India, who made all arrangements for their stay in a bungalow, situated by the side of the Ganges overlooking beautiful sceneries and it inspired his imagination. Rabindranath went there with his wife and one year old daughter, Bela. But he was disheartened to see the place to be completely under the control of the traders. Neither 'Bulbul' nor the poet was welcome there. Still he wrote some of the poems of 'Manasi'. He could use mixed words in new methods. One day an Englishman, an ICS, came and asked him what he wrote every day. This was the first time that Rabindranath translated a poem, "Unfulfilled desire", into English, from Manasi, and recited it in front of him. Rabindranath came back to Calcutta when the rains started in Gazipur. Here, in Calcutta, he stayed sometimes in Jorasanko, sometimes in Wood Street with Jnanadanandini or in 'Birjitala'. This time he had a request from the women's organisation, "Sakhisamity", (the name given by him) to write a drama, exclusively meant for ladies. He wrote 'Mayar Khela' which was staged in Bethune College Hall, where ladies were actresses and spectators. It was a novel thing at that time.In a handwritten magazine, namely "Paribarik Smriti", Rabindranath wrote many essays. His son Rathindranath was born in this year, 1888, 27th Nov.
