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My Boyhood Days is the autobiographical work that depicts the days of Rabindranath Tagore’s childhood. Summary of the Book This is Tagore's second account of his childhood days. He describes his early days as being under 'servocracy' – a word he coined for the supremacy of servants. He explains, without an ounce of self-pity, the austere life he had to lead under his father's strict supervision. He recounts how he was rather lonely, and his only friend was his own soul. In the kind of upbringing he had, Tagore describes how he realized that two of the main purposes of his artistic life as joy and misery. This awareness and sense of wonder and enchantment in the outwardly mundane experiences of his boyhood helped Tagore become a great poet in his later years. About Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, writer, and philosopher. His writings are considered the epitome of Bengali literature and several of his short stories and novels have been translated into many languages and have subsequently been adapted into hit movies. He is best remembered for Gora, Kabuliwala, and Chokher Bali. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the English translation of the Gitanjali. He was also conferred a knighthood by the British Empire, which he renounced to protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.