Rabindranath Thakur Rabindranath Thakur‚ anglicized to Tagore pronunciation (help info) (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚γ[›] sobriquet Gurudev‚δ[›] was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚[2] he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.[3] In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however‚ his "elegant prose
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Test Tube Baby? The crowded Washington D.C. airport reekedsmelled of greasy fast food. I sat beside my mom in the food court‚ eating a slice of pizza from one of the many vendors. We had just been visiting the city for my mom’s work. Our flight was scheduled to depart in about a half an hour. “Alright‚ stop eating and listen to me‚ because I have something really important to tell you‚” said my mom. “Okay? What is it?” I asked. “Your father and I‚ well it was very difficult for us
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were undertaken prior to a visit to England in 1912‚ where the poems were extremely well received. A slender volume was published in 1913 with an exhilarating preface by W B Yeats and in the same year‚ based on a corpus of three thin translations‚ Rabindranath became the first non-European to win the Nobel price for Literature. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where
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Rabindranath Tagore [pic]Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta‚ India into a wealthy Brahmin family. After a brief stay in England (1878) to attempt to study law‚ he returned to India‚ and instead pursued a career as a writer‚ playwright‚ songwriter‚ poet‚ philosopher and educator. During the first 51 years of his life he achieved some success in the Calcutta area of India where he was born and raised with his many stories‚ songs and plays. His short stories were published monthly in a friend’s
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A reasonable haired kid drops himself down a few rocks toward a tidal pond on a shoreline. At the tidal pond‚ he experiences another kid‚ who is plump‚ savvy‚ and wears thick glasses. The reasonable haired kid presents himself as Ralph and the tubby one presents himself as Piggy. Through their discussion‚ we discover that amidst a war‚ a vehicle plane conveying a gathering of English young men was shot down over the sea. It slammed in thick wilderness on a forsook island. Scattered by the disaster
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portraitist and Nobel Prize for literature‚ Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific writer (3‚000 poems‚ 2‚000 songs‚ 8 novels‚ 40 volumes of essays and short stories‚ 50 plays)‚ who drew inspiration both from his native Bengal and from English literary tradition. His major theme was humanity’s search for God and truth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of well-known poems Song Offerings. Given birth in Calcutta on May 7‚ 1861‚ Rabindranath was the youngest of fourteen children
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Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর ‚ pronounced [roːbin̪d̪rɔnaːtʰə ʈhaːkurə]; Hindi: रबिन्द्रनाथ ठाकुरα[›]β[›]; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚γ[›] sobriquet Gurudev‚δ[›] was a Bengali poet‚ novelist‚ musician‚ painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali with its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚[1] he was the first non-European and the only Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.[2] His poetry in translation
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore‚ a leader of the Brahmo Samaj‚ a religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal which attempted a revival of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads. He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to England for formal schooling‚ he did not finish his studies there‚ In addition to his many-sided literary activities‚ he managed the family estates‚ which brought
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even when it was hot. Her house had a shed in the backyard with garbage of her past‚ and at one time‚ belonged to her. She was awkward but felt an urge to laugh when she noticed this stockpile of garbage beginning to take on the image of a pink and baby blue mountain. She arrived and got out
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Rabindranath Tagore is a prolific writer‚ and he tries his hand successfully at almost all the major forms of literature. Born in an educated Bengali family he receives his education primarily at home and close to natural setting. He paces Bengali literature to its highest scale by his versatile genius. As Edward Thomas paints out‚ even Victor Hugo couldn’t have claimed a wider range of form and mood than is evinced by Tagore who writes plays of every kind – tragic‚ symbolic‚ comic‚ and farcical
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