THE RIDDLE SOLVED – Samasyapuran

THE RIDDLE SOLVED is a translation of Rabindranath Tagore's short story 'Samasyapuran' written in 1893. Read on to know more... I Krishna Gopal Sircar, zamindar of Jhikrakota, made over his estates to his eldest son, and retired to Kashi, as befits a good Hindu, to spend the evening of his life in religious devotion. All the poor and the destitute of the neighbourhood were in tears at the parting. Everyone declared that such piety and benevolence were rare in these degenerate days. His son, Bipin Bihari was a young man well educated after the modern fashion, and had taken the...