Rabindranath Tagore’s works have struck a chord with us over the decades. But few people know that the Nobel Laureate was extremely close to his granddaughter Nandini. He even penned a book, Shey (who), a collection of stories for her, for which he invented ‘Shey’, a fictitious character who cannot be seen but concocts tales. This book comprises stories, which he told Nandini as she grew from nine to 16. Gillo, a children’s media group, is premiering a play, Shey-He-Shey (this is the one) based on the same work, next week at Prithvi Theatre.

The cast of Shey-He-Shey read Rabindranath Tagore’s books to get a perspective about his works and learnt Bengali for the play