More Tagore memorabilia surface

Recently found household items used by Tagore. Photo: STAR

The Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh recently recovered more Rabindranath Tagore memorabilia, including a teapot and chairs from Naogaon and Natore districts. Meanwhile the department's employees say that some Tagore memorabilia have been lost and efforts are on to collect them in the interests of preservation.
Tagore enthusiast M. Matiur Rahman Mamun earlier collected a considerable number of memorabilia, including a rare letter, accounts register, a bed and two mirrors from villages of Naogaon and Natore districts which were placed in rooms at the proposed Patisar Katcharibari Museum without proper care.
Gaius Uddin, an employee of the Department of Archaeology said that Dr. Zahurul Haque of Maskipur village under Atri Upazila of Naogaon district recently handed over a broken folding chair that belonged to Tagore to the department for preservation at the Patisar Katcharibari Museum. Late Mubarak Hossain, father of Dr. Zahurul Haque, was an employee of Tagore, said M. Matiur Rahman.
Mohammad Abdus Samad, son of the late Amir Hossain of Sadnagore village under Singra Upazila in Natore district, handed over another wooden chair for preservation in July this year. M. Matiur Rahman Mamun collected a teapot from Maskipur village few months ago which lay in Patisar Katcharibari along with other uncared for memorabilia.