Wrestling and Gymnastic were items of his regular practice. He also learnt how to play with sticks. The person employed for this was a cobbler. It was customary that the learner would take dust from the leg of his preceptor. But in this case the preceptor was a cobbler and the learner was a Brahman. But Debendranath instructed his son to take dust from his preceptor. This was learnt from Rabindranath which was revealed subsequently.
Leonard K. Elmhirst [1893-1974] wrote to the Physical Instructor Subodh Narayan Choudhury of Viswabharaati on 25th May 1970 , " Maharshi Debendranath appointed a low caste Hindu, a Muchi or leather worker who was an expert lathi player, to teach the act of lathi-play to Rabindranath when he was a boy.Rabindranath not knowing how properly to greet such a low caste Hindu as a teacher, went to his father , Maharshi Devendranath , advice. Marashi told him to welcome him by taking the dust of his feet just in the same traditional manner of a disciple doing 'pronum' to his guru."
Rabindranath is under three project. 1. Practicing physical exercises, 2. Learning lessons at home and school and 3.Writing poems. writing poems of the new poet going in full swing.The blue Full Scape papers obtained from the office were gradually being filled up. His popularity had already crossed family barrier . It had spread to the bigger world approachable to him. Satkari Datta, a teacher of Normal school and writer of "Pranibrittanta" liked the boy. He, to make the boy interested in writing poems, asked him to fill up the next line after writing the first line.One day Satkari datta wrore,
"Rabikare Jwalatan achila sabai
Barasa bharasa dila aar bhay nai."
Rabindramath filled up the next line writing,
"Mingan hinhaye chila sarobare,
Ekhan tahara sukhe jalakrira kare."
Govinda Babu [ Govinda Chandra Bandypadhyay] ,the superintendent of the Normal School was a fat, short and dark grey coloured '. He was fearful to all.One day 5/6 boys , older than him, teased him . Rabindranath fled to the Superintendent's room . Govindra Babu looked on him affectionately. He asked me to bring own written poems. Probably " I wrote a poem on 'sadvabh'. Suerintendent took Rabindranath before the boys in the assembly and asked him to recite the poem in front of them. But they have no good feeling with Rabindranath.
An important lesson Rabindranath had verbally from his attendant Ishwar known as Brajeshwar about Ramayan.
Rabindranath wrote his letter to his Father
Rabindranath remembered that in his child hood there was a time when English was afraid of Russia and people were thinking of an attack by Russia to India. One of our relative and well wisher told my mother with exaggeration about this.His father was in Himalayas at that time. For this reason my mother became worried. Her worries were not supported by the senior female members of Tagore family. But "I was totally ignorant of how to write a letter"
I approached to the head clerk , Mahananda Munsi [Mukhopadhaya] and take lesson from him.But my language was carrying the scent of the rotten paper got from the office.
Debendranath replied to the letter saying that he would drove the Russians, so need not be worried.
Prabodh Chandra Sen imagined that probably the letter was written in 1871 when the English were having a misunderstandings with the Russians for Badakson.
Rabindranath wrote a poem on Mahananda which was mentioned by Abanindranath,
Leonard K. Elmhirst [1893-1974] wrote to the Physical Instructor Subodh Narayan Choudhury of Viswabharaati on 25th May 1970 , " Maharshi Debendranath appointed a low caste Hindu, a Muchi or leather worker who was an expert lathi player, to teach the act of lathi-play to Rabindranath when he was a boy.Rabindranath not knowing how properly to greet such a low caste Hindu as a teacher, went to his father , Maharshi Devendranath , advice. Marashi told him to welcome him by taking the dust of his feet just in the same traditional manner of a disciple doing 'pronum' to his guru."
Rabindranath is under three project. 1. Practicing physical exercises, 2. Learning lessons at home and school and 3.Writing poems. writing poems of the new poet going in full swing.The blue Full Scape papers obtained from the office were gradually being filled up. His popularity had already crossed family barrier . It had spread to the bigger world approachable to him. Satkari Datta, a teacher of Normal school and writer of "Pranibrittanta" liked the boy. He, to make the boy interested in writing poems, asked him to fill up the next line after writing the first line.One day Satkari datta wrore,
"Rabikare Jwalatan achila sabai
Barasa bharasa dila aar bhay nai."
Rabindramath filled up the next line writing,
"Mingan hinhaye chila sarobare,
Ekhan tahara sukhe jalakrira kare."
Govinda Babu [ Govinda Chandra Bandypadhyay] ,the superintendent of the Normal School was a fat, short and dark grey coloured '. He was fearful to all.One day 5/6 boys , older than him, teased him . Rabindranath fled to the Superintendent's room . Govindra Babu looked on him affectionately. He asked me to bring own written poems. Probably " I wrote a poem on 'sadvabh'. Suerintendent took Rabindranath before the boys in the assembly and asked him to recite the poem in front of them. But they have no good feeling with Rabindranath.
An important lesson Rabindranath had verbally from his attendant Ishwar known as Brajeshwar about Ramayan.
Rabindranath wrote his letter to his Father
Rabindranath remembered that in his child hood there was a time when English was afraid of Russia and people were thinking of an attack by Russia to India. One of our relative and well wisher told my mother with exaggeration about this.His father was in Himalayas at that time. For this reason my mother became worried. Her worries were not supported by the senior female members of Tagore family. But "I was totally ignorant of how to write a letter"
I approached to the head clerk , Mahananda Munsi [Mukhopadhaya] and take lesson from him.But my language was carrying the scent of the rotten paper got from the office.
Debendranath replied to the letter saying that he would drove the Russians, so need not be worried.
Prabodh Chandra Sen imagined that probably the letter was written in 1871 when the English were having a misunderstandings with the Russians for Badakson.
Rabindranath wrote a poem on Mahananda which was mentioned by Abanindranath,
"Mahananda naame e kacharidhame
Achen ekkarmachari
Dharia lekhani kekhen patrakhani
Sada henth kari.
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