This is flash fiction piece which describes the woes of memory and time through the story of a middle-aged Bengali man and his daughter. The narrative has an element of mystery which unfolds into the climax.
This is a story of an old mother who lost her all sons at the border of India and Pakistan. One day an injured and lost soldier from his enemies country enters her home to save
Every little boy's first hero is his father. This is the story of a boy who has grown into an adult, but still remembers his father as the hero he was for him, when he was little.
A story about a girl named Subha and she cannot speak (Dumb) and how she struggles in life.
Adhar Babu lives upon the interest of the capital left him by his father. Only the brokers, negotiating loans, come to his drawing room and smoke the silver-chased hookah, and the clerks from the attorney's office discuss the terms of some mortgage or the amount of the stamp fees. He is so careful with his money that even the most dogged efforts of the boys from the local football club fail to make any impression on his pocket.
First published in 1918, it is a narrative parable of life and death, time and forgiveness. It also contains a brief biographic profile of Tagore.
When we were children there was no need to know who the king in the fairy story was. It didn't matter whether he was called Shiladitya or Shaliban, whether he lived at Kashi or Kanauj. The thing that made a seven-year-old boy's heart go thump, thump with delight was this one sovereign truth, this reality of all realities: "Once there was a king."
The first homecoming Phatik experiences is at the beginning of the story. His younger, favored brother was injured in a scuffle and ran home to tattle to their mother. Phatik delays returning home because he knows that he'll face an unjust punishment. When he finally goes home, however, he has the opportunity to go to another home. His uncle Bhishamber offers to take him to Calcutta, where he'll be educated and live with his cousins. Phatik is very excited to go—and even makes peace with his brother Makhan for the first time when he gives him his treasured goods.
