Sunday, July 3, 2011

Santiniketan (contd-28)

Rabindranath went to Calcutta having learnt his father's illness. His father became fit within a day or two. He wrote to Bhupendranath,
" I have to come to Calcutta due to my father's illness.Now he is alright. He was advised  to take care in winter.After Hori of Japan, a non-Bengali student namely Narayan Kashinath Debal was admitted in the school.His father is a Maharashtrian and his mother is of Brahmadesh. Debal has a tendency to catch cold. I'm anxious with Debal's cough. Try to message his back and breast with warm mustard oil also ask him to take steam bath. Take care so that during message and bath he does not catch cold.
Nephew of Jagadish Chandra, Arabindo Mohan was born and brought up with utmost care . Rabindranath advised the teachers of Santiniketan about Arabindo to treat him softly. Soft behavior will help him to do his task.. He also let Ajit be informed about this.  Instruction  had been given to Satya about spoken English, let that be practiced during morning and evening before the story telling begins.
In a meeting of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad,  Rabindranath did not say that it was not their main moto to know about our own Country. He did not say so. The action  and reactions that happened in human society were also matter in our lesson.Knowledge is not only confined within the text book. Things that is happening around us is also having ingredients of knowledge. He taught this in Brahmacharyasram and Viswabharati.