Rabindranath in 1891

In 1891 Rabindranath was 30 years old and he became a full fledged family member with two of his children - a daughter, Madhurilata, and a son, Rathindranath. Rabindranath was married in 1883, his first child, Madhurilata was born on 25th Oct 1886 and his second child Rathindranath was born on 27 Nov 1888. Around 1890 Rabindranath was asked by his father to take charge of the family's Zamindari in East Bengal (now in Bangladesh) and Orissa. He, therefore, came to be stationed at the headquarters in Shelaidah for about 10 years. Shelaidah was situated on the mighty river Padma, a local name for the Ganga. Rabindranath had come to Shelaidah  earlier, as a very young boy, accompanying his brother Jyotirindranath who had been the previous manager of the estate of Tagore family. But it was a different experience when he came to see the countryside as a mature young man. He wrote, "a little later, when I was more mature, it was in Shelidah that my nature developed." Chinnapatra, or the series of letters that he wrote from there, mainly, to his niece Indira Devi, daughter of Satyendranath, bore testimony to the sensibilities he developed at the time. Recalling how he felt, he wrote, 'My work as zaminder took me to long distances from one village to another, from Shelidah to Patisar, through large and small rivers, and across beels. ( a beel is an inlet of the river, like a bay).   

Rabindranath wrote three years earlier, before he attended the age of thirty, about the nature of the age of thirty. At this age people became more conscious about his attainment and not about his sentiment (RASER CHEYE SHASHYER PRATYASA KORE). He began to go to the zamindari estate as and when he felt to go.He didn't stay there permanently. At this time he heard that his friend Shashichandra was writing a weekly news paper, 'Hitabadi'. Rabindranath was given the charge of the dept. of Literature. Rabindranath again became full of vigour and energy. His pen became flooded like anything. By this time he had many experiences about the village life, life of the ordinary people.In 'Bharati' he wrote two 'short stories', 'Ghather Katha' and 'Rajpather Katha'. Now he started to write 'short stories'. he wrote, Dena Paona, Ginni, Postmaster, Taraprasanner Kirti, Byabadhan, Ramkanaier Nirbudhita and so many. Sometimes earlier he said that the economic condition of the country was gradually changing from a maxi-family to a mini-family. At the same time the education amongst the female members also became urgent which gradually converted the society into two races, one literate and the other illiterate.Chandranath Basu said that Rabindranath adopted the path of the European model. Rabindranath commented that there was no difference between the two except the poor mentality of the orthodox nature of the Hindus and the progressive minded of the other section of people.

On 23rd Jan the second daughter named Renuka or Rani of Rabindranath was born.He read an essay on 'Civilisation of East and West' He had only three months involvement with HITABADI. in a meeting held at Chaitanya Library and presided over by Gurudas Bandyopadhyaya.
In the month of Aug he went to Orissa to inspection of his Zamindari in several places such as Cuttak, Balia, Tarpur, Pandua,Tiren etc.In Pandua he prepared the draft of the dance drama 'Chitrangada'.He wrote his first short story 'Khokakababur Pratyabartan,' to be publishe in new magazine "Sadhana" inaugurated recently edited by Sudhindranath Thakur.
On 7th Paush, 22 December, a Temple was established at Shantiniketan. Many important guest came on hat day and Rabindraanath sung the prayer song. After 10 years Rabindranath founded his school there namely Brahmacharyashram Bidalaya..