BY RAVINDRANATH TAGORE

Tagore (1861 to 1941) was born in Kolkata, Indian into a family whose wealth and life style can now only be seen in movies. His father owned an estate so huge that at one point in his life Tagore traveled through it on a luxurious barge and was met on the river bank by tenants paying token rents to him. Tagore was raised mostly by servants as his mother died young and his father was very busy administrating the vast estates he owned. Tagore was educated in classical Indian literature and at age eight began to write poetry and ended up reshaping the Bengali Language. Later in his life he founded a school and devoted himself entirely to his writing and teachings. His moral authority became so great that he was able to write the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh, give Gandhi the title of Mahatma (teacher), and had a status as a moral leader on a par with Gandhi. He traveled to the west and met William Butler Yeats, Ezra Pound and other notable literary figures. This was in a period when western writers were fascinated by Indian thinkers and Yeats wrote the preface for one of his first translations in English. He wrote largely in Bengali. His body of work is a great literary treasure.

Subha was a dumb girl. she needs love and friendship. her two elder sisters were sukheshini and suhashini.for the sake of uniformity she was named submachine. people never cared for her feelings. they thought that because she did not speak, she did not feel. though subhead could not speak, she expressed her thoughts the movement of her lips. it might be difficult to express one's thoughts in words. but one could express them clearly in the eyes. subhead's house was by the river. she often went there. the sound of the water, the cry of the birds and the songs of the boatmen attracted her very much. she sat under the tree listening to them.subha had a few friends. she loved two cows very much. when she touched them lovingly, they understood her better than men could do. Besides them there were a young cat and goats. though subha had not the same friendship with them, they showed much attachment.pratap was the youngest boy of the Gosains. he was an idle fellow. he met subha by the river side.they became friends.he affectionately called her 'su'.subha parents decided to go to calcutta.subha was not willing to leave her village.she went to her father and burst out weeping.he triedto comfort her.before she left the village,she gone to the cow shed to bid farewell to her friends. she fed them,she looked into their faces.tears fell from her eyes. she went to the river.she loved the grass beside the river very much .later she was taken to calcutta.one day in a house in calcutta,subha's mother dressed her up with grate care.the bridgegroom who was like god to them,came to see her.he took a speacial note of the tears in subha's eyes.he thought that she had a tender heart.subha's marriage was over.subha went to her husband's house.they came to know that subha deceive them.her parents were responsible for the deception