# My Reminiscences — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore.

- [Translator's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/translator-s-preface.md): The translator explains the circumstances under which Tagore wrote these reminiscences at age fifty, just before a trip to Europe and America for his health. The preface details the challenges of translating a work that 
- [My Reminiscences Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/my-reminiscences.md): The narrator begins his memoirs by reflecting on the nature of memory and the difficulty of recalling early childhood. He describes his earliest recollections, including his upbringing under the care of servants, his fir
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-i-i.md): The narrator reflects on the nature of memory, describing it as an artistic process rather than a historical record. He explains that his reminiscences are not an autobiography but a collection of memory pictures offered
- [Teaching Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-i-ii-teaching-begins.md): The narrator recalls his early education alongside two older companions, his first poetic encounter with 'The Rain Patters,' and the beginning of his school life at the Oriental Seminary. He also remembers the old cashie
- [Within and Without](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-i-iii-within-and-without.md): The narrator reflects on the simplicity of his childhood, marked by freedom from excessive care and the rule of servants. He describes the daily routine of observing neighbors bathing from a window, the mysterious allure

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- [Servocracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-servocracy.md)
- [The Normal School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-v-the-normal-school.md)
- [Versification](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-versification.md)
- [Various Learning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-various-learning.md)
- [My First Outing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-viii-my-first-outing.md)
- [IX: Practising Poetry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-practising-poetry.md)
- [X: Srikantha Babu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-x-srikantha-babu.md)
- [Our Bengali Course Ends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-xi-our-bengali-course-ends.md)
- [The Professor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-xii-the-professor.md)
- [My Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-xiii-my-father.md)
- [A Journey with My Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-xiv-a-journey-with-my-father.md)
- [At the Himalayas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iii-xv-at-the-himalayas.md)
- [My Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xvi-my-return.md)
- [Home Studies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xvii-home-studies.md)
- [My Home Environment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xvii-my-home-environment.md)
- [XIX: Literary Companions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xix-literary-companions.md)
- [Publishing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xx-publishing.md)
- [Bhanu Singha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xxi-bhanu-singha.md)
- [Patriotism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xxii-patriotism.md)
- [The Bharati](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-iv-xxiii-the-bharati.md)
- [Ahmedabad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-v-xxiv-ahmedabad.md)
- [England](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-v-xxv-england.md)
- [XXVI: Loken Palit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-v-xxvi-loken-palit.md)
- [XXVII: The Broken Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-v-xxvii-the-broken-heart.md)
- [European Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxviii-european-music.md)
- [Valmiki Pratibha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxix-valmiki-pratibha.md)
- [XXX: Evening Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxx-evening-songs.md)
- [An Essay on Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxxi-an-essay-on-music.md)
- [The Riverside](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxxii-the-riverside.md)
- [More About the Evening Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxxiii-more-about-the-evening-songs.md)
- [Morning Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vi-xxxiv-morning-songs.md)
- [Rajendrahal Mitra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxv-rajendrahal-mitra.md)
- [Karwar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxvi-karwar.md)
- [Nature's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxvii-nature-s-revenge.md)
- [Pictures and Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxviii-pictures-and-songs.md)
- [An Intervening Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xxxix-an-intervening-period.md)
- [XL: Bankim Chandra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-vii-xl-bankim-chandra.md)
- [The Steamer Hulk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-viii-xli-the-steamer-hulk.md)
- [XLII: Bereavements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-viii-xlii-bereavements.md)
- [The Rains and Autumn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-viii-xliii-the-rains-and-autumn.md)
- [Sharps and Flats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/part-viii-xliv-sharps-and-flats.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_reminiscences_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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