He and Rabindranath Tagore came to Calcutta on that day. On 28th July, he read an essay on 'The Robbery of the soil" in Rammoham Library Hall at the initiative of Viswabharati Association. The meeting was presided by Rabindranath Tagore. In his presidential address he said;
".The essay was published in Santiniketan in Kartik-issue titled "Samajik Swasthyaraksha o Pranrakshar Path Kon Dike". Elmhirst said in his speech; " We are damaging the food and health of villages by robbing the wealth of the resources of nature." Rabindranath expanded the idea in the name of the solution of the problems of preservation of community life and health. "While visiting my Zamindary estate I saw the problems of villages from a very close distance, so his idea about the problems is based on physical observation and not from reading books. " He said, " by exporting the agricultural products and its reminiscences from villages to cites, the villages are becoming poor - so also our mind and thought is moving to the cities and the mental health of villages are becoming poor. I have an experience of a village where the people live indistress condition.Even the Kirtan, Ramayan sangeet, are not therebecause those who would have arranged these things had fled away to cities.They atre not benifitted by our learning. Their mental condition are not being rich with songs , stories or folk tales.Food is neccessary to maintain health, which also gives growth to human mind.But in villages there is a scarcity.They are consuming village liquor as they are not getting good food."
On 1st Aug Kshitimohan Sen read some writings of Kabir in Rammhohan Library Hall at 6.30 pm organised by Vswabharati Association. Rabindranath presided over the meeting.
