The Home-coming
ICSE · Class 10 · English Literature-Treasure Chest ( Poems and Short Stories)
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What to Focus On
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) — Bengali poet, writer, philosopher, artist
- Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 — first non-European to do so
- His collection Gitanjali (Song Offerings) won him the Nobel Prize
- Phatik Chakravorti — fourteen-year-old village boy, ringleader, mischievous
- Opening incident: rolling the log with Makhan sitting on it; Makhan is hurt
- Their uncle Bishamber arrives from Bombay and offers to take Phatik to Calcutta
- Phatik: fourteen, bold, mischievous, hungry for love — a natural leader stripped of his environment
- Bishamber: well-meaning but passive, makes a kind gesture but fails to follow through with care
- Aunt: not a villain but indifferent — sees Phatik as a burden, not as a suffering child
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Phatik dies because of physical illness (malaria) alone
The ending 'Mother, the holidays have come' simply means Phatik is happy because his mother has arrived
Phatik is simply a naughty, troublemaking boy who deserves the consequences he faces
Memory Tips
Author — Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize 1913, Bengali writer
Original Bengali title is 'Chhuti' meaning 'Holidays'
Phatik Chakravorti — protagonist, 14 years old, village ringleader
The opening incident — log rolling with Makhan sitting on it
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