Rabindranath got rid of his anxiety on the part of his wife after her death but his anxiety over the school at Shantiniketan did not reduce. He formed a 'Teachers' Council' with Manoranjan Bandyopadhyay as President and Kunja Lal Ghosh as a working secretary for smooth running of the school. The problem came from a different direction. Rabindranath wanted that the inspiration should be developed from inside but the teachers gave importance towards outside. Rabindranath's instruction was that the students would bow down to the teachers everyday. The problems arose from castecism.It was not known whether the students protested against this instruction. But Manoranjan Babu wrote a letter to Rabindranath asking him that whether it would be justified for a brahmin student to bow down before a non-Brahmin like Kunja Lal Ghosh.Rabindranath was careful about appointing a non-brahmin cook considering the mentality of the brahmin student but he could not think that it might be difficult for a brahmin student to bow down before the non-brahmin teachers. It became difficult for Rabindranath to accomodate his ideas in this case still he answered Manoranjan Babu saying that the hesitation developed in his mind was not unjust. we should not accept any custom which was not approved by Hindu Society. We should follow the advice, on this point, given in the 'Sanghita' which said that the students would bow down before the Brahmin teachers and would sh ow respect by folded hands to the non-brahmin teachers. It would have been better if Kunja babu be relieved of the duties of a teacher. It would be better if he would keep himself in the management fooding and lodging instead of being a teacher of the School. Further, Rabindranath put a question in himself whether a non-brahmin student could bowdown before a non-brahmin teacher.He also wrote , in this letter, the news of their arrival in the Shantiniketan.
