Creativity of Rabindranath (1896-97)

Rabindranath wrote 3 poems in Baishakh, 1896, included in "Chaitali"
1.anabrishti, 2. Ajnata Viswa, 3. Bhayer Durasha.
The poetry "Anabristi" faced severe criticism. After publishing the poem in Chaitali Hemendra Prasad Ghosh [1876-1962] read an essay titled "Rabindrababur Chitali " on 10 Dec 1897 in Calcutta University Institute . The essay was published in "Dasi" Dec 1897. He wrote in this essay about the poem "Anabrishti" , " if one likes to become a national poet , he is to be sympathetic about joys and sorrows of the nation. I cannot say anything if a poet of the country can write a poem like "Anabrishti" when agricultural products is rare due  to drought and lacs of people lost their lives. " Ramanimohan Ghosh opposes the essay "criticism on Chaitali" .
14Baishakh [25 April]Nalini Debi,daughter of Dwipendranath was married with Dr. Surhitnath Choudhury, youngest brother of Ashutosh Choudhury. On this occasion Rabindranath created a song on 13 Baishakh with raag Iman Bhupali in kaoali taal. "Ujjala karahe aaji ananda rati". No music composition available .
Biographer of Rabindranath wrote, " Rabindranath is going to Orissa from North Bengal for zamindary work Rabindranath replies that he carries many books while he is on journey.Among these books carries Sanskrit Budhist Literature of Nepal by Rajendralal Mitra. Following "Mahabastu Abadan" of this book Rabindranath wrote Malini Kabya . While staying in Patisar-Sajadpur-Silaidah during Chaitra of 1302 to Baishakh of 1303 in 20 days  he wrote 53 poems.
This series started with the sonnet Prachin Bharat written on 1 Shraban [15 July]
The poems written in 1 and 3 Shraban was probably  in Silaidah. Nadi Yatra was written while going to Sajadpur in boat. Apart from this he wrote
Mrityumadhuri, Smriti, and Bilay - all the poems are full of thoughts of death.
From 10th Shraban to 15th Shraban in 6 days Rabindranath wrote 17 songs.
Rabindranath said about the poem Oisharya, " our zamandary was at a bad state. .." The poems are written on that basis.  The first two text books  in Sanskrit were written by Rabindranath on 18th Aug.

Rabindranath founded a school in Jorasanko for educating children. It was situated in the  Baitakkhana of Gsganendranath. As there was no demand for writings from any magazine, he required on writing on prose. After writing the last poem of Chaitali in 29 July , the flow of writing Kabyas was also stopped.At this time  he created some Brahmma Sangeet.

ke jay amritadhama yatri

The song was created on the occasion of  63rd death anniversary of Rsmmohan Roy. The condolence meeting was held on 27th sept in City College Hall situated on Mirzapur street. The meeting was presided by Piarymohan Mukhopadhyay. The first speaker was Hirendranath Datta.After the deliberations of Kalibar Badantabagis, Dinanth Gangopadhyay Rasamay Bandyopadhyay , Rabindranath delivered his lecture. He spoke for about an hourand all the while kept the whole audience spell boundby that marvellous power of his oratorywhich has made him the idol of Young Bengal.

The essay on Rammohan Roy written by  Rabindranath was published in Bharati, Kartik issue.

Sandhya Sangeet, Pravat Sangeet, Chabi O Gaan, Bhanu singha Thakurer Padabali, Karhi O Komal,Manasi, sonar tari and Chitra etc each one was edited.

Wide additions and alterations were made in Raja O Rani, Bisarjan,Chitrangada etc 

In the edition of the Collections of Essays Rabindranath wrote in introduction of Malini, " the source of Malini drama is a dream. "While I was staying in London in 1890 in the house of Tarak Nath Palit at Primroj Hill, I was in a deep sleep and  had a dream . I saw a drama  being staged before me. The subject was a conspiracy of a revolution . One of the friends of two disclosed about the revolution to the King. He thought it to be his duty. The revolutionary after being arrested was  brought to the king. he was asked his last will before his death. According to his will  his friend was brought before  him. He then stroke the chains of his both hand on the head of his friend who fell on the ground."

This story was used at the end of the drama. But he collected the main theme from the Budhist literature Malinabastu.

Rabindranath attempted to collect rhymes for children,fairy tells,Bratakatha etc. In this aspect , he was helped by others. He made Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, employee of Santiniketan, to comply Ramdurga, Purnimar Brata, Dashputtal  brata,Haricharan Brata, under the headline Meyelee Brata, Sanjpujani, Mangalcchandir  Brata to be published in Sadhana. He made Dinendra Kumar  Roy of Krishnanagar to write Paushsankranti, Charhak Sangkranti, Charhak sangkranti, Bartalar Mela Palligramer Rathajatra etc in the form of essays.    

In the context of Durasha [Bharati1305 Baishakh issue, ], small story , Rabindranath said to Bipin Behari Gupta , "One day the queen of  Coochbehar told me in Darjeeling

let us create all at a time a story and it is you to start at first. I started a romantic story apart from our Bengali family and said , ok , I began to start,  a Hindusthani woman was weeping sitting in a deep fog." and I left after saying this. But it was found that there is none to continue and I had to do. this is the plot of Durasha.   

On 28 Dec 1896 , 12 th Session of Indian National Congress was held at Beadon Square, Calcutta, under the chairmanship of Rahmatullah Sayani  Rabindranath created a song on this occasion. " ayee Bhubanamanamohini "

Creativity of Rabindranath (1895-96)

19 Chaitra 1301 Pravat Kumar Mukhopadhyay wrote to Rabindranath ," A few days is over I translated 8 English poems into Bengali . In the new year and in the new morning I think to present these poems to you. Having received these at the beginning of Baishakh Rabindranath wrote in Sadhana - in this month's issue, Prema-panjika [ following Charles Kent's  written poem Love's Calender] Another translated poem "Esecchilo giyecche chalia" was published.
Rabindranath published in Sadhana, Jaishtha, 1301,
1.Thakurda , galpaguccha
2. Gupta ratnodhwar, lokasahitya
3. Jyotsna ratre, chitra
4. Alochana, sahitya,
5. Chabuk paripak
6. Grantha Samalochana, Nirjharini-written by Mrinlini
Sureshchandra Samajpati wrote about the story Thakurda ," There may not be any attraction in the story, but Kailas Choudhury, the dyeing man of the clan of zamindar of Nayanjor, full bloom."
Rabindranath started for Patisar on 11 May,1895 and wrote to Indira Debi on 1st Jun, "After man
y days I felt happy in the solitary boat. As if the solitary situation caress my face and body."
He again wrote her on 3rd Jun when it was raining cats and dogs, "
The subject of Grantha Samalochana of this issue was Nirjharini Kabya written by Mrinalini. Mrinalini was the daughter of Ladlimohan Ghosh. She aged about 13 was married with Raja Indra Chandra Singh of Paikpara who died within 2 years of  marriage. After his death she began to write poems. These poems are collected in a book form , Nirjharini. Rabidranath wrote in this context , " So long as the expression of personal sorrows and joys do not take  the form of universal and eternal
way , it is not able to gather sympathy from others in the context of literature. For this reason experienced persons generally avoid use of personal affairs in literature. The Kabya of Tennyson's  "In Memorium" was liked by all. It has not only expressed the bereavement of his friend , it has expressed in different tunes of the bereavement of any kind of separation of human being. Otherwise it would have been the bashfulness of the expression of personal bereavement. ".
Probably Rabindranath started for Patisar on 31 May 1895 and he wrote to Indira on 1 Jun, "I feel delighted after many days having come to my solitary boat. " He wrote on 3 rd Jun,  " It is raining heavily and I feel to write you in Poetry and not in prose. But the storm will end before I finish my writing in poem. The storm would not require any rhymes and rhythm to proceed. He was thinking of a plot and put it in black and white attentively on 6 th Jun, titled "Pratihingsa" which was published in Sadhana in Asharh issue. Rabindranath wrote in this issue,
1. Pratihingsa;
2. Dui bigha jami
3. Apurba Ramaayan
4. Alochana
5.England-e O Bharatbarse civil service exam.
6. Engraji bhasa Siksha
7. Grantha Samalochana
8. Krishnabehari Sen
"Alochana" was mostly a news form write up. The first elected member of British Parliament Dadabhai Nauraji moved a resolution of starting civil service exam. simultaneously in England and India.This motion was seconded by many signatories.

Rabindranath delivered a lecture, Bangla jatiya Sahitya,  in the annual session of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. Joginimohan Chattopadhyay, Brother of Mohinimohan and son in law of Dwijendranath,  criticized heavily of Rabindranath's essay, which was published in "Sahitya", Jaishtya issue, titled "Bangla Bhasa O Jatiya Sahitya". Joginimohan said about the statement of Rabindranath ," if one teaches in Bengali , it is possible to become easily understandable...."

Rabindranath came back to Calcutta at the beginning of Shraban . He stayed for the whole month at Calcutta. On the occasion of 5th death anniversary of Vidyasagar Rabindranath read a long  essay titled "Vidyasagarcharit" at Emarald Theater on 28th July organised by Vidyasagar Library and Jhamapukur Club.

Rabindranath thought Vidyasagar as one of the greatest man in the modern age . He dedicated  this essay to this greatest person. In writing this essay he used  quotations vigorously from "Vidyasagarcharit" written by himself, "Vidyasagar jibancharit written by Shambhucharan  Vidyaratna and Vidyasagar written by Chandicharan Bandyopadhyay. There is great  difference in this biography with other biographies written by him. He ornamented this biography with foot notes containing dates of his life. This biography is rare in the history of biographies. 
Suresh Chandra Samajpati wrote in his monthly magazine ," this essay deserves no criticism  I only express my love and gratefulness.
The following writings of Rabindranath was published in Sadhana, Shraban issue;
1.Bhadratar Adarsha
2. Kshudita Pashan
3.Site O Basante
4.Alochana
5.Bhrama Swikar
6. Chiral Adhikar

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7. Engrejer Lokapratha
8. Engrejer swadoshbatsalya
9. Engrejer Lokalajja
10. Prachi O Pratichi.
The story Kshudita Pashan was taken from the translated form of 'A tale of the ragged Mountains written by Edger Allan Poe and  Le pied de La momie written by Lafeadio  Hearn . The title of the translated form is The Mummy's foot done by Lafeadio Hearn.Pratap The whole statement is expressed by Pratap Narayan Biswas. After searches it is found that the statement of Pratap Babu is not correct.
Though the flow of writings of lyrics of Rabindranath was stopped in the month of Kartik, after returning to Jorasanko he began writing of lyrics. From 16 Kartik to 29 Kartik , in this 14 days he wrote 9 songs;

1. E ki akulata Bhubane
2. Tumi rabe nirabe
3.Se ase dhire

9.ki ragini bajale hridaye