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THE POSTMASTER
BY
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
ABOUT THE VILLAGE
ENVIRONMENT
The place is surrounded with
i) green
ii) slimy pond
iii) dense growth
iv) beauty of the rain
v) the gentle blow of wind
• THE POSTMASTER IS ASSIGNED TO
WORK IN THE VILLAGE OF ULAPUR
• A QUIET BACKWATER WITH AN
INDIGO FACTORY
• THE POSTMASTER TAKES TO WRITING
POETRY ABOUT HIS SCENIC SURROUNDINGS,
PONTIFICATINFG ON RAIN-SOAKED LEAVES
AND THE LAKE AS A WAY TO EXPRESS HIS
DEEPEST SORROWS.
• HE DOESN’T MAKE MUCH MONEY, COOKS
FOR HIMSELF AND ENLISTS A YOUNG
ORPHAN GIRL NAMED RATAN TO HELKP HIM
WITH HOUSEWORK IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME
FOOD.
• HE EVEN TEACHES THE LITTLE GIRL TO READ
AND WRITE
THE POSTMASTER FELL ILL AND
DURING THE BOUT OF
SICKNESS, THE POSTMASTER
REALISED THAT THE VILLAGE
WAS NOT A HEALTHY PLACE TO
LIVE IN.
• AFTER A WHILE RATAN ROSE, AND
WENT OFF TO THE KITCHEN TO
PREPARE THE MEAL
• BUT SHE WAS NOT SO QUICK ABOUT IT
AS ON OTHER DAYS.
• WHEN THE POSTMASTER HAD FINISHED
HIS SUPPER, THE GIRL SUDDENLY
ASKED HIM: ‘DADA, WILL YOU TAKE ME
TO YOUR HOME?’
• HE COULD NOT TAKE THE GIRL
WITH HIM TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEY
WOULD NOT ACCEPT HER AND
WAS NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
FOR A YOUNG GIRL TO GO AWAY
WITH A MAN.
• HE ASSURED TO SPEAK TO HIS
SUCCESSOR ABOUT HER AND
REQUEST HIM TO ALLOW HER TO
CONTINUE WORKING IN THE
OFFICE LIKE SHE HAD BEEN.
• NEXT MORNING WHEN HE GOT IN AND THE BOAT WAS UNDER WAY, HE FELT
A PAIN IN HIS HEART.
• THE GRIEF –STRICKEN FACE OF A VILLAGE GIRL SEEMED TO REPRESENT HIM
THE UNSPOKEN ALL-PERVADING GRIEF OF MOTHER EARTH HERSELF.
THANK YOU

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The postmaster

  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. ABOUT THE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT The place is surrounded with i) green ii) slimy pond iii) dense growth iv) beauty of the rain v) the gentle blow of wind
  • 5. • THE POSTMASTER IS ASSIGNED TO WORK IN THE VILLAGE OF ULAPUR • A QUIET BACKWATER WITH AN INDIGO FACTORY
  • 6.
  • 7. • THE POSTMASTER TAKES TO WRITING POETRY ABOUT HIS SCENIC SURROUNDINGS, PONTIFICATINFG ON RAIN-SOAKED LEAVES AND THE LAKE AS A WAY TO EXPRESS HIS DEEPEST SORROWS. • HE DOESN’T MAKE MUCH MONEY, COOKS FOR HIMSELF AND ENLISTS A YOUNG ORPHAN GIRL NAMED RATAN TO HELKP HIM WITH HOUSEWORK IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME FOOD. • HE EVEN TEACHES THE LITTLE GIRL TO READ AND WRITE
  • 8.
  • 9. THE POSTMASTER FELL ILL AND DURING THE BOUT OF SICKNESS, THE POSTMASTER REALISED THAT THE VILLAGE WAS NOT A HEALTHY PLACE TO LIVE IN.
  • 10.
  • 11. • AFTER A WHILE RATAN ROSE, AND WENT OFF TO THE KITCHEN TO PREPARE THE MEAL • BUT SHE WAS NOT SO QUICK ABOUT IT AS ON OTHER DAYS. • WHEN THE POSTMASTER HAD FINISHED HIS SUPPER, THE GIRL SUDDENLY ASKED HIM: ‘DADA, WILL YOU TAKE ME TO YOUR HOME?’
  • 12. • HE COULD NOT TAKE THE GIRL WITH HIM TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT HER AND WAS NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR A YOUNG GIRL TO GO AWAY WITH A MAN. • HE ASSURED TO SPEAK TO HIS SUCCESSOR ABOUT HER AND REQUEST HIM TO ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE OFFICE LIKE SHE HAD BEEN.
  • 13. • NEXT MORNING WHEN HE GOT IN AND THE BOAT WAS UNDER WAY, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS HEART. • THE GRIEF –STRICKEN FACE OF A VILLAGE GIRL SEEMED TO REPRESENT HIM THE UNSPOKEN ALL-PERVADING GRIEF OF MOTHER EARTH HERSELF.
  • 14.
  • 15.