Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was a Nobel Laureate for Literature (1913) as well as one of India’s greatest poets and the composer of independent India’s national anthem, as well as that of Bangladesh. He wrote successfully in all literary genres, but was first and foremost a poet, publishing more than 50...
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Rabindranath Tagore was a Nobel Laureate for Literature (1913) as well as one of India’s greatest poets and the composer of independent India’s national anthem, as well as that of Bangladesh. He wrote successfully in all literary genres, but was first and foremost a poet, publishing more than 50 volumes of poetry. He was a Bengali writer who was born in Calcutta and later traveled around the world. He was knighted in 1915, but gave up his knighthood after the massacre of demonstrators in India in 1919.
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Birth date: May 07, 1861
Died: August 07, 1941
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The well know Chitrangada and Arjun’s love story from Mahabharat, recreated by Tagore in his play ‘Chitra’ has a poetic feel to it. The not so beautiful Chitrangada falls in love with the handsome Arjuna to attain him she goes to the God of love -Madana and God of eternal Youth- Vasnta, to beg for b...
Perhaps I had expected too much between the line messages from this book as well, like Tagore ji's other books which I have read till date but the between line philosophy was missing. All characters Sharmila, Urmila, Sasanka and Nirad were difficult to like, i could not understand anyone their behav...
Un inceput frumos pentru povestea mea si a lui Rabindranath Tagore. Prima carte pe care am citit-o de la el si sunt atat de fericita ca mi-a placut! Cartea in sine nu a fost menita sa mearga vreodata la tipar, avand in vedere ca este compusa din scrisori reale trimise de Tagore nepoatei lui, Indira ...
Wonderful!! With metaphors, between the line messages and poetry like prose, though less in pages this book had lot of depth and thought provoking messages than any of the long novels, I think that explains the beauty of Tagore’s writing. The story was about Srivilas (the narrator), Satish (Srivil...
I always wanted to read a book by Rabhindranath Tagore but as I am not much in to poetry yet, so I had to pick one of his prose for starters and this was the book that caught my attention. The summary looked very simple I almost wondered what was hidden in this 300 pages book but then I got to know ...
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