Thursday, June 30, 2011

Santiniketan (contd-24)

Rabindranath could not perform his prayer in Santiniketan on 1st Baisakh even on the 3rd year of  establishing Brahmacharyasram. He was held up at Calcutta due to his illness.  The teachers and the students remained in their respective houses.  He was curious to welcome 1st Baisakh by prayer of Brahma with the teachers and the students of the school which he had done in subsequent years with his ill health. Usually he regreted if he could not attend such prayer due to his stay in abroad or for some other reasons. He even did not write such a letter of regret this year.
He wrote to Manoranjan Bandyopadhyay that he would consult with a doctor for his illness of regular fever in low degrees.  Dr. Harris after thorough examination advised him for a change of weather. He went to Mazaffarpur with some Kaviraji medicine.. He asked Priya Nath Sen to send him another bottle of medicine as he was better now after taking that medicine.He also informed that he is better now after  taking the Kaviraji medicine and as because he had no work here and he has to  go idleness.
When he was at Calcutta, he went to the house of Jagadish Chandra where he met Nivedita who arranged him to meet Swami Sadananda who was going to Badrikasram with a few student. Rabindranath sent Rathindranath and Dinendranath with them.  
The school re-opened after summer vacation The school was increased in size after Mohit Chandra became the head of the institution.Satya Ranjan Basu wrote that after summer vacation we again joined in Bolpur. The number of students had increased. Some new teachers was also appointed.After the death of Satish Chandra and resignation of Naren Babu, another teacher named Ajit Kumar Chakraborty was appointed. He was a close friend of Satiish Chandra and passed B.A. in pass course this year.