THE KINGDOM OF CARDS is a translation of Rabindranath Tagore's short story ' Tasher Desh' written in 1892. Read on to know more... I Once upon a time there was a lonely island in a distant sea where lived the Kings and Queens, the Aces and the Knaves, in the Kingdom of Cards. The Tens and Nines, with the Twos and Threes, and all the other members, had long ago also settled there. But these were not twice-born people, like the famous Court Cards. The Ace, the King, and the Knave were the three highest castes. The fourth caste...
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (/rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr/ (listen); born Robindronath Thakur, 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941; sobriquet Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi)[a] was a Benga...
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