Becomes editor at magazine Bharati
Rabindranath Tagore begins his work as editor of Bharati. He also contributes a number of poems, short stories and essays.
Rabindranath writes Panchabhut aka Pancha Bhut
In Panchabhut (The Five Elements, serialized 1892–5), a poem by one of the five interlocutors stimulates variant readings in the other four. Read more
Birth of youngest child Samindranath
Rabindranath Tagore’s son Samindranath, called Sami, was, as Dutta and Robinson write, “a beautiful boy who had already shown signs of being the child who would take after his father.” While he was on a visit to Monghyr in Bihar, Samindranath died of cholera when he only was eleven years old – on 23 November 1907.
Rabindranath writes Nadi
A poem which has the focus of the river; something which is symbolic in Tagore’s poetry, signifying the humble rural communities which thrive along its banks
Rabindranath Writes Chitra
In 1896 Rabindranath writes Chitra, a one-act play which was later to be published in English in 1913 by the India Society of London. The play adapts part of the story from the Mahabharata and centers upon the character of Chitrangada, a female warrior who tries to attract the attention of Arjuna. Read more