abindra Byaktitwe Paribar Parijaner Prabhab: Rabindranath Thakurer ‘Chelebela’— Ekti Alochana/ রবীন্দ্র ব্যক্তিত্বে পরিবার পরিজনের প্রভাব : রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের ‘ছেলেবেলা’ — একটি আলোচনা

Abstract

The Creation makes the creator immortal. But in order to express one’s own story one needs to write an autobiography. Because through an autobiography writer/ author reveals himself/ herself to the readers. So that autobiography is the best way to know the writer/ author deeply and personally. Rabindranath Tagore wrote three autobiographies during his life-span. Those are ‘Jibansmriti’ (1912), ‘Chelebela’ (1940) and ‘Atmaparichoy’ (1943). Rabindranath Tagore wrote the book 'Chelebela' for boys at the request of Nityanandabinod Goswami, the professor of literature of Shantiniketan Vidyalaya. In this book Rabindranath Tagore recollected his childhood. But here he didn’t describe the continuous account of boy Ravi. Instead he reminisced the reasons why Ravi became Rabindranath Tagore. No man can grow alone. One grows up in family and Society. So that the role of environment, society, family and relatives are enormous in the formation of personality. And Rabindranath Tagore is not an exception. In the book ‘Chelebela’ Rabindranath Tagore focused on the history of the boy Ravi's growth in vitality. So as usual the description of farmer Calcutta, the rules and systems of Tagore’s family and relatives brought up in his reminiscence of childhood. In ‘Chelebela’ while Rabindranath Tagore talking about his family specially mentioned his four elder brothers’ — Dwijendranth Tagore, Satyendranath Tagore, Hemendranath Tagore and Jyotirindranath Tagore. However, the contribution of Kadambari Devi is not left out. Ravi’s childhood was spent on a small scale surrounded by servants. But that couldn’t clasp the boy Ravi. The vast experience and the independent thinking of the elders influenced the imaginative mind of boy Ravi little by little. Especially for the boy Ravi becoming Rabindranath Tagore, the education system of Hemendranath Tagore, the philosophy of Dwijendranath Tagore, the modern mentality of Satyendranath Tagore, the musical education and the sense of realism of Jyotirindranath Tagore and the extraordinary personality of Kadambari Devi have been mentioned here.