A girl of 14 years old came with complaints of inattentiveness, lack of concentration and unexpected marks in the school examination. By examining her mental status, I noted that she was intrinsically motivated to read and problem came when she read the chapters. As her parents asked many questions out of it resulting inhibition to read. The girl knew Rabindra sangeet as she learnt from her mother. So, I asked her to sing a song. She started-
" Pran chay chakkhu na chay, mori e ki tor dustara lajja, sundara ese phire jay, kar lagi mithya e sajya ". The song actually carries her personal feeling. She wants to read but with anticipation of questions from mother, she can not enjoy it. She is not in favour of developing extrinsic reading motivation as suggested by the parents. And Tagore song is used here as understanding personal feeling of the girl.
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