Blog Honouring the Wisdom of Children: Tagore’s ‘The Post Office’
October 30, 2025
Noted Oral historian, Indira Chowdhury revisits Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless play The Post Office (Dak Ghar), exploring its quiet power to speak of longing, freedom, and the acceptance of mortality. Through the story of young Amal, whose illness confines him indoors even as his imagination soars beyond walls, Tagore captures the very essence of what palliative care strives for—to bring meaning, connection, and peace even in the face of life’s finitude.
