LIVING OR DEAD? - Jibito O Mrito

LIVING OR DEAD? is a translation of Rabindranath Tagore's short story 'Jibito O Mrito' written in 1892. Read on to know more... I The widowed younger sister-in-law of Sharadasankar, the Ranihat zamindar, had no family from her father's side―one by one they had all had died. Nor did she have anyone in her husband's family she could call her own, neither husband nor son. Sharadasankar’s son was the apple of her eyes. For a long time after his birth, his mother had been very ill, and the widow, his aunt Kadambini, had fostered him. If a woman fosters...