Sunday, February 17, 2013

Rabindranath in Malay Dwip

Malacca (Malay: Melaka, dubbed "The Historic State" ) is the third  smallestMalaysian state after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of theMalay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and Johor to the south.
From Singapore Rabindranath came to Malacca of Malay Dwip on 27th July. The residents of Malayesia are mostly Muslims living in small states under different Sultans. The overall ruler was British. But the actual power lied in the hands the owners of Rubber Garden and the owners of Mines of Tin and these owner were Britishers. The people of Cina, India and Malay were mostly laburers. Some were clerks. Rabindranath's tour programme started after landing in Malay. In the mean time he was writing diary of a passenger to Yava. He wrote in a letter;
" I am tired now, I have to attend 2/3 programmes in aday.Invivitations are coming from new places.I am sailing my boat as the wind blows. The road is long but the fund is limited. I am going through different places by gathering experiences , delivering lectures, and spending dollars in different hotels.My tour programme depends on my capacity for delivering lectures and so long my health permits."
The owners of Rubber forest and the owners of mines of Tin knew  India as the supplier of chief labours. They became astonishd to find a person coming from that country was honoured everywhere. They could not bear this. They arranged agents for scandellng against Rabindranath. But a young journalist from south India expressed vividly how the English people are trying to malign their poet. He quoted the original passage from the writings of Rabindranath. From malay the poet went to Belaban of Sumatra Dwip on 17th August,1927.and came back to Singapore. From Singapore he went to Yava on 19th Aug by ship. He wrote a poem reaching Tanojang-  Priok from the ship, titled " Sree bijoylakshmi". He reached there on 21st Aug in Batavia, capital of Yava.    .