The
Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 -1941) was an Indian poet. He was a Philosopher and artist.
He wrote many stories, novel, dramas, and poems. His works are most of the
times influenced by Bengali culture. In 1913, he won the Noble prize in literature
and he was the first Asian writer to win this prize. Rabindranath Tagore is
known as "Gurudev". He has written "Gitanjali", which is
the famous book of poetry.
"The Postmaster" is written by Tagore in 1891. He has presented a
story of an unnamed Postmaster who has started working in the village named
"Ulapur." The postmaster was from the huge city Calcutta. The
postmaster is not happy in the remote village. Postmaster has nobody to talk
and he feels loneliness without any friend and company. He also tried to write
poetry in his free hours.
There is a girl named Ratan who works for Postmaster and can be
considered as his only company. He started teaching her alphabets. Ratan was an
orphan girl and she was feeling great attachment with Postmaster, as per Ratan,
Postmaster was her only Family. Ratan also has taken care of Postmaster when he
was ill. On the Other side Postmaster was not happy in the village. He has sent
an application but it was rejected and that is why he has resigned from the
post. New postmaster came and he left the village. Ratan asked him to take her
with him but he denied. Ratan was still with hope that one day his postmaster
will come and take her with him.
At the end, Tagore comments about human nature,
"Alas for our foolish human
nature! Its fond mistakes are persistent."
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