“Cha chha ja jha” dale dale
bojha niye haate chale
In groups, the letters “cha chha ja jha”
Go to the market, carrying a load
Uneasy lessons from Tagore’s beloved Bengali primer
In ‘Sahaj Path’ – Rabindranath Tagore’s much-loved work for young readers of Bengali – his views on class, caste and gender are inextricably intertwined with his aesthetics and pedagogy
By
Ria Modak
