Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Rathindranath and Santiniketan (contd-42)

On 2nd Baishakh (15 April) mentioned about "Mayeder Adhikar" during discussion with a person in Santiniketan. Rathindranath took note of it and wrote in his book , Pitrismriti" which did not differ from the essay "Europe Yatri".
But before actually starting his speech, he narrated a funny memoirs. " One day I saw  a girl was walking restlessly on the roof in the evening. She , off and on, was throwing stones over her head - she had some emotions and restlessness. In verandah at the ground below her, a girl was slowly cutting some vegetables. Having noticed this I came to understand that there are two passions in the girls. One is of a lady's passion and the other a Mother's passion. One was attractive and interesting and the other was thought of welfare. On 2nd May 1911, he mentioned the same story to the teachers while he was discussing about his poem, "Urbasi".   
On 7 Baishakh (20 April) Rabindranth wrote a letter to Ramendra Sundar Tribedi asking him to accomodate in his Institution and said there are another two senior students in Santiniketan ( Rathindranath and Santosh Chandra) waiting for doing some work in his Parishad. Please don't expect any better result from one who has not attained the age of 12. "You can reject both the students, one tender age and the other grown up."