365 Writing Prompts: It builds Character

Tell us about a favorite character from film,theater or literature, with whom you’d like to have a heart-to -heart.What would you talk about?

My favorite author is Rabindranath Tagore from Bengal. He has written a lot of poems, song lyrics and stories. I read a lot of his writings, one of the poems I liked most was his portrayal of a servant named Keshto.

This poem is full of humor and is sad as well. I read this poem when I was a very young child. We had moved from Rawalpindi  to Comilla Bangladesh after my father passed away.

Tagore is with whom I’d love to have a heart to heart. I’d discuss his poem: “puraton Bhrittho”( old servant) it is one of my favorite poems. I’ll discuss about the poem.

Ranu: Thank you Mr. Tagore for agreeing to see me.

Tagore: It is my pleasure to meet my fans, I do it whenever I have time .

Ranu: I want to discuss your poem, ‘old servant with you.’

Tagore: This is my favorite poem too, what do you want to know?

Ranu: Is it real or imaginary?

Tagore:Why do you ask?

Ranu: The way you have described him sounds like you really had a servant named Keshto.

Tagore: No it’s not real, I did not have a servant named Keshto, but there are Keshto’s in real life who work for people in our homes. They are paid very little, yet they are expected to do a lot more. Whenever anything is missing in the house the servant is the one everyone in the family blames.

Ranu: Why do you think they are always blamed?

Tagore: The answer is simple, they are poor and they cannot say anything, also they are afraid to lose their job.

Ranu: Do you think no one treats them well?

Tagore: There may be some who are kinder than others but in general it is the case.

Ranu: In the last verse of the poem you mentioned Keshto was ill and died soon after. The poem was sad in the end,

Tagore: In the verse before I mentioned he took care of his master, who had a contagious disease, Keshto was loyal he was not afraid to catch the disease, he spent day and night looking after his master.

Ranu: Do you think the servants are expected to look after their masters if they’re suffering from a contagious disease?

Tagore: Yes they are, because no one cares, when they get sick they are not given proper care, and they die, they are replaced at once and the poor souls are never mentioned.

Ranu: Thank you Mr. Tagore for taking your valuable time talking to me.

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DP Daily Prompt: My Number One

My father was the most important person in my life. He was a very busy man. He went to work at 8 am in the morning, Came home at 5  pm. Every day I looked forward to the time,he’d come home and say, ‘Ranu,how are you today?”  I’d sit down and tell him about everything  that happened in school. He’d sit by my side and listen.

One day he came back  and found me crying. It disturbed him. I always smiled and came running to him. I told him about my day. It was unusual , he asked, ‘Ma ,what’s wrong?’  I told him the servant served cold food, cold food gives me a stomach  ache. Dad was not impressed. The servant was warned. From that day my food was never cold.

I’ll give a short introduction about the next one. I always washed my clothes,I didn’t let the servant wash them. I knew they cannot wash better than me. That day it was raining, it was my day to wash my clothes. Mom was cooking in the kitchen. I asked her where will I put my clothes to dry, because it was raining outdoors.  Mom yelled at me and told me to leave. I was sad. I carried the clothes and walked in front of my Dad’s room. He smiled and said, ‘What are you doing Ma’. I was in a bad mood, I said, ‘don’t talk to me.’ Hours later I was my old self again, I laughed and talked with my Dad. he looked at me and said,  ‘why were you angry earlier?’ I told him Mom was angry with me.  He smiled and said, ‘your Mom was angry and you got angry with me.’    ‘ Well   that’s okay as long as it made you feel better.’

This was my Dad the most affectionate person in my world. How can anyone else take his place?

DP Daily Prompt: Freaky Friday Post by Ranu

I would like my friend Mini to spend a day as me. She has known me for a while. My friend like they say,”Was born with a silver spoon in her mouth”. She doesn’t quite know how to survive without that spoon.

Silver spoon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I on the other hand am completely different. I would like to see her reaction,after she spends a day as me. First of all a nine to four job,secondly come home and look after three kids,feed them,spend time with them.The third to cook our meal,eat,do the dishes,sit with the kids to assist them with homework.The point to remember here is these things are to be done by her.There are no servants to pick up, clean up,the whole bit.All these things will be her responsibility.

After spending the day doing what I do. She will not like the experience.She will realize how helpful her servants are.She would stop yelling at them every few minutes. She will treat them kindly. She will give them some time to rest.

Last thing she will learn from this, is how lucky she is and should be thankful to the Creator and His creation!