Rabindranth decided to go to foreign for the third time on Friday, 24 May 1912.
"The Bengalee" paper published, in Saturday, 25 May (12 Jaistha) issue, the detail description of the farewell of Rabindranath;
"The Bengalee" paper published, in Saturday, 25 May (12 Jaistha) issue, the detail description of the farewell of Rabindranath;
" Babu Rabindranath Tagore accompanied by his son Babu Rathindranath left Calcutta on Friday by B.N.Railway Bombay Mail for Europe.he will first visit France and Germany and stay for some time in England, whence he will go to America and return after making a prolong tour through China, Japan Siam. Members of the Tagore family, his friend and devotee, his Bolpur students and ex-students, with many of the teaching staff saw him off at the station.
On the next day, 25th May, the train had a stoppage at Nagpur and he wrote to Ajit Kumar;
The train has stopped at Nagpur. It is too much hot here. For three hours we have to wait in scorching sun. Somendra is sleeping. He possesses a peculiar calibre. Somendra has passed the whole journey with unstopped eating and timely sleeping that everyone became astonished. He has written in his memoir , "Rabindra-sangame Europe-prabaser Smritikatha." which is filled with so many intimate incidents. A small portion is illustrated below;
" Our farewell moment became garrulous with so many devotees of the poet. The compartment of our train was completely filled with gifts of flowers. We reached Kharagpur very soon. The sadness of the farewell scenery was wiped out with the humorous dialogue of Gurudev and the unending foodstuff supplied by her majesty. Pratima was grambling for a hair pin which she had lost during this journey. at this Gurudev said, " don't be sorry Bauma, rather you thank Soumendra for this trouble-less journey." By this way we reached Bombay station and took shelter in a hotel there.
On the next day, 25th May, the train had a stoppage at Nagpur and he wrote to Ajit Kumar;
The train has stopped at Nagpur. It is too much hot here. For three hours we have to wait in scorching sun. Somendra is sleeping. He possesses a peculiar calibre. Somendra has passed the whole journey with unstopped eating and timely sleeping that everyone became astonished. He has written in his memoir , "Rabindra-sangame Europe-prabaser Smritikatha." which is filled with so many intimate incidents. A small portion is illustrated below;
" Our farewell moment became garrulous with so many devotees of the poet. The compartment of our train was completely filled with gifts of flowers. We reached Kharagpur very soon. The sadness of the farewell scenery was wiped out with the humorous dialogue of Gurudev and the unending foodstuff supplied by her majesty. Pratima was grambling for a hair pin which she had lost during this journey. at this Gurudev said, " don't be sorry Bauma, rather you thank Soumendra for this trouble-less journey." By this way we reached Bombay station and took shelter in a hotel there.
