Calcutta Diaries: Part 2

The Tagores reside in the blood and veins of every Bengali on earth. 

Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the house of the Thakurs. It is the ancestral residence of the Tagore family. The mansion was built during the 18th century by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore. The place now houses a museum that contains the various articles and articles that depict and describe the life and times of the Tagores. The house is though now located inside Rabindra Bharati University campus.

Last year in December our whole family visited Thakur Bari. It is located off Rabindra Sarani. We went by metro and the nearest metro was Girish Park.

Then as we walked, the bustling lane led our way to a huge red building. The gate has written in Bengali, Rabindra Bharati University.

For a few minutes I kept looking at the vastness, and then moved in. Mind you, a walk past this place is a sort of pilgrimage. I was taken aback by the rustling leaves which covered the ground, and a man with a sweeper started to clean it immediately.
I picked up a brown leaf from the ground when my brother took it away asking me to follow them inside. O, if I could only feel some more leaves!

Then there was a big courtyard, and the white pillars surrounded the entire place. Being an art lover and motivator I wanted to carry a person who could draw or capture this entire beauty in his canvas.

As if still if you walk past the corridors of this palace, thousands of poems written in pages still fly about the house.

My visit to Jorasanko was like a date with the timeline of History. The bricks might have still captured the breaths of the Thakurs. I could visualize Urmila falling down the stairs. I could visualize Kadambari crying, I could visualize Tagore writing...

And then it echoes,

Your laughter, my shadow, 
Combine in one image.
The poet in me celebrates in frenzy.