Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Creativity of Rabindranath (1882-1883) -[contd]

Possibly the first Kabya-sankalan, Sandhya Sangeet, of Rabindranath was published in Asharh, 5th July 1882,  vide Bengal Library Catalogue. In the first edition of Sandhya Sangeet 25 poems were published of which 12 poems were published earlier in Bharati.
Indirect criticism was available in two sources, known from Rabindranath's version.
1.Bankim Chandra and 2 Priya nath Sen. About Priya nath Sen Rabindranath wrote, " By writing this Sandhya Sangeet I got such a friend, Priya nath Sen ,  whose inspiration helped me in  creatng more Kabyas . Either he lost confidence on me by reading BhagnaHriday of me, but this time I conquered his mind.
About Bankimchandra he wrote, " When Ramesh Babu was going to garland Bankimchandra in the marriage ceremony of his eldest daughter, Bankim Babu took it and garlanded me instantly and said he deserves it . He also asked Ramesh Babu whether he read Sandhya Sangeet ?" 
This was the first time , I was garlanded.
Attempt to establish Saraswast Sammelan by Jyotirindranath and Rabindranath was mentioned earlier. Rabindranath wrote " in the month of Shraban of 1289 the first session of Saraswat Sammelan was held.
Rabindranath went to Darjeeling for the first time along to live with Jyotirindranath and Kadambari had gone there earlier.Here he perceived deeply what he had seen in Sadar Street. While staying here he wrote "Pratidwani"

The second Geeti Natya , Kaal Mrigaya, of Rabindranath was published in 5th Dec 1882. He became busy to stage it.It was called the Kal Mrigaya, The Fateful Hunt. The plot was based on the story of the accidental killing of the blind hermit's only son by King Dasaratha.Rabindranath wrote , " after Balmiki Prativa I created another Geetinaatya -Kiaal Mrigaya.
Sree Gurudas Chattopadhya, Bengal Medical Library gave an advertisement in Somprakash at the address 07 no. College Street , Kolkata, ,
Apart from this Bankim Babur,, Sanjib Babur , Michael, Dinabandhu, Ramesh Babu, Rabindra, Jitendra [Jyotirindra] Babur etc sakal rakamer bhalo pustak paoya jay.
It is to be noted here that the name Rabindranath is along the same line of Bankim Chandra and others.  
Rabindranath wrote after publishing "Bauthakuranir Hat", "After being published this book , I got an unwanted note from Bankim Chandra."