The topic of postal system in Bengali literature/ বাংলা সাহিত্যে ডাকব্যবস্থার প্রসঙ্গ

Abstract

The imagery of Sukanta Bhattacharya's poem ‘Ranar' is now a thing of the past. Times have changed, society has evolved and modern technology has brought radical changes in postal services. Now a day’s postal Service has been fast and versatile. It reflected on Bengali literature. The postal service was mostly improved in India during the British period in 1766 AD. The postal system introduced by the British was called India Post and Telegraph Department, later it has been renamed as India Post. The new system introduced by the Postal Department in 1854 AD is the basic structure of the present postal system in India. Although the postal system was actively introduced in India from the Sultanate period but we find the transmission of letter, messages by pigeons from the very ancient times in our folk and ancient literature. Not only pigeons but Indian postal system from ancient times is moving towards the highest peak of development today based on horse, palanquin, and vehicles etc. The life of the people involved in the work of this postal service which is spread in every corner of the Indian subcontinent. The hardships of life, duties, loyalty, pain, happiness, joy, dignity, etc., can be found in novels, short stories, poetry and drama.