I HAVE TOLD YOU A STORY IN WHICH A HOUSE WITH MEMORIES OF RABINDRA NATH TAGORE IN KHARDAHA HAD BECOME EXTINCT BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE. NOW THIS IS ANOTHER SUCH STORY IN WHICH ANOTHER HOUSE CONTAINING CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF TAGORE HAS VANISHED ( ONLY A STATUE IN ITS PLACE CAN BE SEEN ) IN MULAJORE OF SHAYAM NAGAR , A SUBARB OF KOLKATA.
THIS HOUSE BELONGED TO TAGORE’S THAKUR FAMILY WHO ARE LANDLORDS OF PATHURIA GHATA , CALCUTTA.TAGORE IN HIS BOYHOOD CAME TO THIS HOUSE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER HOOGHLY WITH HIS ELDER BROTHER. LATER HE WROTE THAT,-IN MULAJORE ON THE BANKS OF GANGES IN THE GARDEN ON THE ROOF, BARADADA WAS RECITING FROM MEGHDUTAM. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD OF IT, BUT THE EMOTIONS REACHED ME.
NOW TAGORE LOVERS CAN FEEL THIS HOUSE IF THEY GO TO FAMOUS MULAJORE KAALI BARI OF SHYAM NAGAR. THERE IS A FULL FIGURE STATUE OF TAGORE JUST OUTSIDE THE PREMISES OF KAALI BARI IN WHICH THOSE LINES IN ORIGINAL BENGALI ARE ENGRAVED . IN SHYAM NAGAR MANY SUCH OLD HERITAGE BUILDINGS e.g. THE OLD SANSKRIT COLLEGE, ARE DESTROYED RATHER ARBITRARILY TO CLEAR SPACE FOR NEW ONES i.e LOCAL TOWN HALL. THIS HOUSE MAY BE SUCH A VICTIM- TOLD A LOCAL HISTORIAN TO THIS WRITER.
