Tumi sondharo meghomala sraboni sen biography

Parjaay: Prem O Prokriti (56)

Taal: Ektaal

Raag: Iman Kalyan

Written on: 24th September (9 Ashwin )

Place: Chalanbil

Published in: Beenabaadini

Collection: Kalpana

Swarabitan: 10

Notation by: Sarala Debi

Notes: While composing this song Rabindranath was on a boat sailing across a river to serve the purpose of a jamindar.

The first manuscript of this song was found in the notebook named 'Majumdar punthi'.

The poem named 'Manas-pratima' and the first line was 'Tumi sondhyar megh shanto sudur'. The manuscript was inscribed with the words 'Chalanbil, jhor-brishti'. It indicates that it was raining torrentially while this poem having such a serene description of an evening was being written, although, the poem contains none of its indications.

Sraboni sen song

In fact, its character appears to be so dry that once the poet himself asked a batch of singers to sing this song in order to represent the season 'Hemanta'. This song happens to be one of the popular songs in 'Prem' parjaay. Amita Sen, d