Birpurush the hero

BIRPURUSH (THE HERO)

RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S……….

PERFORMED BY :STUDENTS OF

BIRLA HIGH SCHOOLKOLKATA

The story The word Birpurush means "Hero" or "Brave man". A child, the protagonist of the

poem, is imagining and describing a story to his mother. He is imagining that he is travelling far with his mother. The child is riding a red horse and the mother is travelling on a palanquin.

In the evening when the sun is setting they reach a barren place. Plodding silence reigns there. The mother is a bit afraid and wonders where they have arrived! The child assures her and tells that there is small river ahead. The mother sees a shimmering light and asks her son about it. Suddenly they hear the cry "Ha re, re re, re re“ as a band of dacoits attack their palanquin. The mother shivers inside the palanquin; the palanquin-bearers hide in the bush. The son assures the mother, and confronts the dacoits courageously. A fantastic fight follows in which the son emerges victorious. The son returns to mother who kisses his forehead and thanks.

The imagination now turns from this event as the poet wonders why some exciting things like this does not actually happen in the mundane way of real life! It would be like an adventure story that would fascinate everybody.

A trip to Shantiniketan to visit the Biswa Bharati University set up by Tagore

THE DRAMATIZATION IN THE BIRLA HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

T HE CHA R A C T E RS

DRAMATIZATION OF ‘THE HERO’ BY THE U.K. SCHOOL