The show was in the evening time and the ambience was absolutely bliss with dhup-dhuno (incense) and the songs they played, sadher lau, tomai herid majare rakhebo, etc. We attended a Baul show, which was hosted by our hotel. Tagore mentioned about Baul very specifically in Bengali literature, it is the identity of the Bengalis around the globe. I realised how Tagore was so much influenced with a bowl. We entered the town with Baul song “ Moner manush”, we travelled by train from Kolkata to Bolpur, and through our journey mesmerising Baul song was with us. 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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