How true! Every corner reminds me about Binodini, Charulata, the postmaster, Gora, Malancha, et al. My kaku (uncle) says, “Shantiniketan k sobai prem kore” (Everyone is in love in Shantiniketan). Sarika takes us into the enchanting land, replete with rustic mysticism, cultureculture, and literature, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths.īorn and raised with Gurudev’s (as Rabindranath Tagore is endearing called) poem, songs, and dramas, Shantiniketan has been on my mind, always, since school days. A beautiful garden sets all sides of Shantiniketan house. Rabindranath Tagore too, like his father, would sit and meditate under the Chhatim trees. Chhatimtala symbolises the starting point of Shantiniketan. It was the place where Maharshi Debendranath Tagore used to mediate under Chhatim trees. These represent real Shantiniketan – ranga matir manush (people of the red soil). In the digital age, they still make these houses with mud and decorate these, creatively. The lal matir desh (red earth countryside), Shantiniketan, is closely related with Tagore.
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