Grand father

GRANDFATHER
Rabindranath Tagore is a celebrated Indian writer who wrote several poems, short stories and novels. He is the only Indian writer to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.
Tagore’s short stories are read all over the world and especially India simply for their middle class flavour and a simultaneous modern approach. Besides depicting a vivid picture of Bengal, the stories also represent a complex and varied picture of a society in transition. His stories evoke emotion and humour and are a treat for the readers. ‘Grandfather’ is the story of a ‘babu of Nayanjore’, Kailashchandra, who is driven to extreme poverty because of his extravagant lifestyle and has to finally leave his mansion and settle in Kolkata along with his granddaughter Kusum. Kailashbabu finds it difficult to forget his glorious zamindari days and talks about it at every other occasion. Everybody is fond of Kailashbabu except for the narrator who finds him boastful and pretentious. He, therefore, plays a trick on him to make him look foolish. While he makes fun of Kailashbabu’s foolishness, Kusum watches everything and is hurt.