RABINDRANATH TAGORE Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর‚ Robindronath Ţhakur) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚ sobriquet Gurudev‚ was a Bengali poet‚ novelist‚ musician‚ painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚ he was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual‚ and this together with his mesmerizing persona
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Tagore - A Life Of Learning An Azim Premji University Publication People and Ideas Azim Premji University Text: Selections from Tagore’s own writings ( original and translations) Concept and Design: Jayshree Nair-Misra‚ Azim Premji University Illustrations: Biswajith Manimaran‚ Srishti School of Design‚ Bangalore. Published by Azim Premji University 2012 Printed by SCPL DESIGN‚ 2nd Flr | 2/1 JC Indl Area Kanakapura Road‚ Bangalore - 560 062‚ India Tagore - A Life of Learning Azim
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The youngest of thirteen surviving children‚ Tagore was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta (now Kolkata) of parents Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875).ε[›][11] Tagore family patriarchs were the Brahmo founding fathers of the Adi Dharm faith. He was mostly raised by servants‚ as his mother had died in his early childhood; his father travelled extensively.[12] Tagore largely declined classroom schooling‚ preferring to roam the mansion or nearby idylls: Bolpur‚ Panihati
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Rabindranath Tagore as a creative mind Noted as the first Nobel Laureate of Asia‚ Rabindranath Tagore’s works span across many genres beside poetry. His acquaintance with literature and language started at a very early age. He learnt Bengali‚ Sanskrit and English apart from math‚ history‚ art‚ science and the Upanishads. His introduction to classic literature began with the plays of Macabeth and poetry of Kalidasa‚ both of which he partly translated into Bengali. During these early years Tagore published
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www.the-criterion.com The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN 0976-8165 Rabindranath Tagore: A Reappraisal of His Universality and Relevance Prakash Bhadury Lecturer (English) Department of Humanities & Social Sciences National Institute of Technology‚ Hamirpur‚ H.P‚ India- 177005 Abstract: Rabindranath Tagore stands as a millennium in himself reflecting the ancient Indian wisdom through the raptures of his lyrics and mystic vision. His metaphysical bent of mind
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GuruRabindranathTagore ♪♫ Shantiniketan ♫♪ *Home of Rabindranath* ♣Tagore ♣ Shantiniketan (Bangla: Shantiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal‚ India‚ approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore‚ whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Shantiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath
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“The Major Themes in the Plays of Rabindra Nath Tagore: A Critical Study” Mrs. Neetu Rastogi M.A.‚ M.Phil.B.Ed Department of English‚ H.L.Y.P.G. College‚ Lucknow. The purpose of the present project is a conscientious Endeavour to explore‚ evaluate and establish the greatness of Tagore’s genius in the literary world that has long been a subject of interrogation and negligence. Tagore made major contribution in the realm of English novel‚ poetry‚ drama‚ music‚ painting‚ poetics and philosophy
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Summary of poem ’Where the Mind is Without Fear’ by Rabindranath Tagore. Included in the volume called Naibedya‚ the original poem bears the title ’ Prarthana’ i.e. prayer. The poem is a prayer to a universal father-figure‚ presumably‚ God. The poet wishes to be awakened to a heaven where the mind can work fearlessly and the spirit can hold its head high‚ where one can acquire knowledge in all freedom of choice‚ where the big world of man is not fragmented or restricted to small mutually exclusive
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Critical Analysis of Rabindranath Tagore’s Story ’Kabuliwala’: Love and Waiting Rabindranath Tagore’s story Kabuliwala‚ set in the early twentieth century Kolkata‚ is about a little girl Mini and a Kabuliwala exploring the bonds of friendship‚ affection and parting in the relationship between them transcending the borders of race‚ religion and language. The prime characters are two: Kabuliwala and Mini. Kabuliwala’s name was Abdur Rehman Khan a middle-aged Pathan trader‚ a dry fruit seller from
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From my LP class days‚ I have heard of Tagore. The loud speaker from the local church used to play songs took from this great book in the early morning. I used to tell the story of ‘golden grain of corn’. Recently‚ I was reading Kahlil Gibran and saw that his books are ‘inspired’ by Tagore. I thought‚ ‘enough is enough…here I am determined to read ‘Gitanjali’ first‚ before reading its further ‘inspirations’. And the travel was beautiful! Tagore was born in a very Rich family but he was a child
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