Shesher Kobita
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Shesher Kobita is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore. It was first published in book form in 1929. The novel was composed in 1928 and was serialised that year from Bhadro to Choitro in the magazine Probashi.
The poem 'Nirjharini' from this novel was later published as a separate poem in the collection of poems known as Mohua.
The novel deals with Amito Ray, a barrister educated in England and Labonnyo and is set primarily in Shillong though the novel was written when Rabindranath was in Bangalore. Both Amito and Labonnyo often recite poems. The novel also contains a self-reference. Amito Ray is critical of a much revered poet, Robi Thakur, a reference to himself. Rabindranath provides a critique for the reader reception of his own works. This novel and the featured original poems (those written by the fictitious poet Nibaron Chakrabarty, an alias of Amito himself) are said to have been a response to the rising tide of anti-Tagore sentiments in the younger generation of poets and writers.
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