Brief view on Rabindranath Tagore's biography and his short stories

1. BORN ON 1861 IN CALCUTTA
BENGALI POET
SHORT STORY WRITER
PLAYWRIGHT
ESSAYIST
PAINTER
Rabindranath Tagore

2. Tagore’s Notable Works
 Manasi (1890)
 Gitanjali (1910)
 The Gardener (1913)
 Raja (1910) The King of the Dark Chamber
 Red Oleanders (1926)
 The Home and the World (1916)

3. Best Short Stories
The Postmaster
Home Coming
Mashi
Kabuliwala
The Editor
Subha

4. Home Coming- Theme
 Theme- Isolation and Abandonment
 Revolves around profound emotional journey of returning
home after an extended absence.
 Phatik, a rebellious boy resents authority and societal
norms
 Phatik’s journey becomes a quest for independence,
highlighting the complex dynamics within a changing
society.
 Home Coming leaves readers with a reflection on the
transformative power of returning home, emphasizing the
inevitable changes and conflicts that arise as individiuals
reconcile with their roots and navigate the evolving
landscape of familial and societal expectations.

5. The Postmaster
 A story of City-bred man’s reluctance to adjust in the rural
area
 A woman’s loneliness and devotion towards her benefactor
 Postmaster from Calcutta gets his posting in Ulapur. He
yearned to meet his family in the city.
 He hired the service of Ratan, an orphan girl in the village
to help him with household chores.
 Ratan became the companion of the postmaster who taught
her to read and write.
 After his decision to leave village, Ratan became upset and
felt lonely. This story can be seen in two perspectives-
Ratan’s loneliness and Postmaster’s homesickness.

6. Subha
 Subha – title of the story is given after its central
character Subhasini, a dumb girl.
 Subhashini is youngest of the three sisters of
Banikantha’s
 Subha has no friends but two cows Sarbbashi and
Panguli. She keeps herself isolated from others.
 Her only human friend is Pratap who wastes his time in
fishing. She is a burden for her family.
 She is taken to Calcutta and handded over their dumb
girl into bridegroom and returned home.
 After ten days every one identified that she is dumb. She
wept silently and endlessly.

7. Thank you!