Short stories. - Page 2

Originally posted by: epiphany.

This one was in my sixth grade English textbook too. 😆 The teacher told us the protagonists were siblings. 😆

Originally posted by: LoveToLaugh

You are the probably the first person I am coming across in this forum who has read Tagore. I LOVE his stories. His "Kabuliwalah" is one of my very favorite stories. He had spectacular insight into the human mind. But then we are talking about a nobel laureate. The English translation of his Gitanjali was deemed good enough to be given the Nobel Prize.

My only regret is that I haven't read his stories in their original Bengali. But I am getting there. I am going to start with his stories again. This time in Bengali. :)

Originally posted by: epiphany.

^^ Yes, Sir.

Originally posted by: bookworm-ALS--

I've read a few of Tagore too- in English though.The Postmaster was so heartbreaking😭

Kabuliwallah I've read in Hindi😳

Originally posted by: epiphany.

The Postmaster was such a satire on people's transitory approach towards other people. Like, the postmaster is now sitting in a boat, taking him away from the girl. The concern inches away from him faster than he does from her. It's just sad, but that's how we are. He had his home to look forward to or he wouldn't have liked it without her. She, on the other hand had nothing.

Originally posted by: bookworm-ALS--

Oh, and...you should try Anton Chekov's stories too. Also Oscar Wilde- his stories make you think. Like, really deep thinking.

And have you read The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant?

Originally posted by: bookworm-ALS--

Yeah. Ditto the Castaway. People just...move on. That's life, I guess.

Originally posted by: epiphany.

People move on. Then there's Bella Swan. Enough said.