Thursday, March 30, 2017

Malati Punthi ; Foundation of Rabitalent (contd-2)

"Malati Punthi" is the third manuscript of Rabindranath. Blue Fullsape Khata obtained with the help of an office staff of their house was the first manuscript.. The second is a hard bound khata known as Letts' Diary. Malati Punthi was an important document of Rabindranath. He wrote "Prthirajer
Parajay" in Feb 1873 in Letts'Diary in Bolpur, Santiniketan on the way to Himalayas  with his father. Pravat Kumar Mukhopadhyay imagined that the idea was reflected in the drama "Rudrachanda".
At the beginning of Maltipunthi a poetry titled "Prathan Sarga" was written. The mental condition of Rabindranaath was expressed in this poetry.
At the first part of 1943, Prof Malati Sen , Prof. of Lady Arwin School of Delhi, gifted the manuscript to Rabindra Bhaban through the  hands of Dhirendra Mohan Sen, Ex-Vice Chancellor  of Viswabharati. The name of the manuscript was Malati punthi after her name.
Sudhindra Kumar sen , brother of Mrs Sen , was a fond of Rabindranath and a Sahitya Kendra was established at their Residence at Lahore This Punthi was found in the collection of books of the Library . But this was unkown how the manuscript came in the hands of Sudhindranath. Probably the manuscript of Rabindranath had gifted the manuscript to Saratkumari Choudhurani , inhabitants of Lahore and wife of Akhoychandra Choudhury, the companion of Rabindranath in literature at his early age. Ultimately it came in the hands of Sudhindranath through  Akshoy Chandra Choudhury.
After the arrival of the manuscript in Rabindra Bhaban Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sen wrote after some time an essay titled "Rabindranather Bangla Rachana " wrote after some introduction that the manuscript was really a big hard bound khata. But now the stitching of the book was rotten  and the detached pages had become  worn out . One side of the hard coloured cover remained intact where as the cover of the other side along with some pages were not found.At present the pages not damaged had laminated . The new bound manuscript contains 231 memoirs. The size of the cover is 91/4 x63/4 and the size of the paper 81/2x51/2. The period of creation of the "Malati Punthi" was between 1874 and 1882.
Rabindranath was admitted in St.Xaviers' Collegiate School in Feb 1875 in pre-entrance i.e., class IX class. There was much difference between St.Xaviers Collegiate school with Calcutta Training Academy, Govt. Pathsala, or Bengal Academy. It was seen in the record of St.Xaviers Collegiate school that Rabindranath was not promoted to next class in 1876.

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