write a book review on My Boyhood Days by Rabindranath Tagore 250 words to 300 words
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My Boyhood Days, is Tagore's second memoir of his childhood days, written when he was nearing eighty. He mentions his early days as being under 'servocracy', his word for the reign of servants. He describes, without a trace of self-paty, the Spartan life he had to lead under his father's instruction.
Explanation:
This reminiscence by Tagore of his boyhood days when Calcutta was an emerging metropolis and capital of British India takes us to a Calcutta whose streets used to be lit up by gas-lamps, where horse-carriages took the elite around, which housed dreams of better lives for those on the outskirts. Both is Bengali and in English, Tagore's writing characteristically shows a depth of nostalgia and fondness for what is gone. In this world of Calcutta, Tagore places his lonely childhood which ironically fostered an imagination that led to the composition of invaluable works of literature. He takes readers on a journey of how a huge zamindari household functioned during the time, especially from the perspective of an adolescent. This short read will be fascinating to those who want to know more about old Calcutta and Tagore's early life as well as another chance to experience the master's art.