It is from the likes of great souls like Tagore that one can expect everyday affairs and simplest of chores to celebrated with words that build one’s love and reverence for it. Glimpses of Bengal is a compilation of the letter written by Tagore himself when he spent the time travelling on his houseboat through the river Padma and its network of tributaries to tend to his family’s agriculture affairs. In these letters he has spoken about the beauty and grace of the river and the life around it, be it in the form of the simple villagers or the cattle like buffaloes that enjoy their daily twist with the Ganges. An ardent reader is sure to feel exhilarated with the way the writer takes them along him into the highs and lows of his heart.