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Ḍākaghara

Rabindranath Tagore

192136 pagesabout 35–50 minutes
1921
first published
  • 1996St. Martin's Press · 52 pages · ENGISBN 9780312147037
  • 2003Kessinger Publishing · 48 pages · ENGISBN 9780766179509
  • 2012CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 36 pagesISBN 9781478214274
  • 1971Irish Academic Pr · 48 pages · ENGISBN 9780716513476
  • 2006Hesperides Press · 92 pages · ENGISBN 9781406700312
  • 2018Franklin Classics · 96 pagesISBN 9780341671107
  • 2018Franklin Classics · 96 pagesISBN 9780341671114
  • 2018Franklin Classics Trade Press · 96 pagesISBN 9780343631802

**The Post Office** (Bengali: **Dak Ghar**) is a 1912 play by Rabindranath Tagore. It concerns Amal, a child confined to his adoptive uncle's home by an incurable disease. W. Andrew Robinson and Krishna Dutta note that the play "continues to occupy a special place in [Tagore's] reputation, both within Bengal and in the wider world." It was written in four days. (Source: Wikipedia)

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