Classics in Indian languages retold for young readers

Dakghar ('The Post Office, 1912)

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Retold by KALYANI GHOSE Illustrated by DEBABRATA GHOSE

A little boy, sick to the core, forbidden to step out of his house, spends his time at a window, making friends with strange passers by a curd-seller, a fakir, a girl selling flowers, a group of boys, a postman, a timekeeper who rings his gong every hour-and imagines a whole rich world full of wonders that he will never visit. A sad story, but full of the sheer magic of imagination, a masterpiece by Tagore.