( video) "Raktakarabi" and Rabindranath (contd-1)

Rabindranath explained the inner sense of Raktakarabi in many places. The first one is evident in the name of "Natya Parichaya" in the  2nd manuscript of Raktakarabi kept in the Rabindrabhavan Ms 151 (v), which is incorporated in the published book "Raktakarabi" in unaltered form. He described here the place of occurrence  and main characters of the drama and commenting  it as a real picture he said; " this is sufficient to say that it is true to my belief and knowledge." The biographer of Rabindranath informed, "  Radhakamal Mukhopadhyay was present in Shillong this time. He met  the poet off and on. He had just came from Bombay visiting different industries and the conditions of the labours there in his own eyes which he narrated as a story telling to Rabindranath. Radhakamal said that the poet listened his story patiently. But he didnot know at that time that the poet is collecting materials for a drama." He referred  in the note " Prof. Radhakamal told him about this at Lucknau .
It is to be mentioned that there is a character of a Professor known as "theoretician"..
It is assumed that he began writing the draft of the nameless  first manuscript just after the delivery of his letter dated 11th May 1923 to Amiya Chakraborty, sometimes at the middle of  May 1923. There
are 9 manuscripts of Raktakarabi kept in the Rabindrabhavan.  Apart from this there are another two manuscripts,