“Thakurda” is a comic masterpiece by Tagore. “Thakurda” is a
descendant of a noble aristocratic family, but due to unfortunate reasons the
family lost its country seat years ago. After settling in Calcutta Thakurda started
bragging about his aristocratic lineage to his friends, neighbours and
relatives. His excessive storytelling nature has annoyed a lot of people
including the narrator himself. Read the short story to know further how the
narrator and his friends play a trick on Thakurda and how it personally affects
the narrator J
