Sunday, February 1, 2015

Outline the character sketch of Ratan in Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore.no

Ratan is all we imagine about the image of the village. She is the pearl of the pond. She is obey-everything-to-love character that any Indian writer of English has ever sketched. There is no chance for backdrops in her. She is well-behaved, but shy, silent, patient girl that any Indian girl of village should be. Very sensitive in nature that easily gets troubled by the pain she feels, is the most sensational orphan girl that recently has learnt writing. She is a companion not a servant, a butterfly who always stays around the lamp like Dada but not a spider. Perhaps devil has to think to go near her lovely nature that god has bestowed her. She is the shadow of Postmaster, a left hand of Dada, an apple of his eyes, sing of pure innocence and genuine reminiscence of the postmaster how will never forget her. She is the real gap filler of her Dada's sense of homesickness, separation, intimacy, companionship, soul fellow, unspoken and inexpressible possession of Dada's heart that would ever keep beating.


Ratan represents the real Indianness. Her way of living, routine, childish nature but quite acceptable often make her the Arya girl. She becomes the real diaspora of the writer, who by tactic, sketch such character to make his own character the postmaster at ease. She is the poetry that Dada writes unspeakably in his note-book. She is only female characters who can make the postmaster feel that he is making the earth cry constantly whose pouring tears can fill the river with flowing water on which the postmaster can float.

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