He was the first Indian to be conferred the Nobel prize which he got in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. The selected quotes included in this book reveal Tagore's wisdom, deep insight and sensitivity towards people and the world around him.
My Reminiscences
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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.Every ...
The author does not disguise the tensions to be found in Tagore's writings, but endorses the great poet's own conviction that these are tensions resolvable at the level of a creative life, if not at that of abstract thought.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It must have been a conjunction of the stars that brought together so many Tagore experts and enthusiasts in the giant collaborative effort that went into the publication of The Essential Tagore.
Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Bengali litterateur.
subcontinent , in Assam , Bihar and Orissa in particular and also scattered in other parts of India , who read Tagore in Bengali and do not need translations at all . There are , however , translators who have made the Bengali works of ...
Throughout these stories, Tagore's main interest is people and the kaleidoscope of human emotions, as men and women struggle with the restrictions and prohibitions of contemporary Hindu society.
This volume is the first comprehensive exploration of Rabindranath Tagore’s works on education and pedagogy.