THE TRUST PROPERTY - Sampatti Samarpan

THE TRUST PROPERTY is a translation of Rabindranath Tagore's short story 'Sampatti Samarpan' written in 1891-92. Read on to know more... I Brindaban Kundu came to his father in a rage and said: ‘I am off this moment.’ ‘Ungrateful wretch!’ sneered the father, Jaganath Kundu. ‘When you have paid me back all that I have spent on your food and clothing, it will be time enough to give yourself these airs.’ Such food and clothing as was customary in Jaganath's household could not have cost very much. Our rishis of old managed to feed and clothe themselves on an incredibly...