A moment indulgence
A Moments Indulgence[edit]
A Moments Indulgence
Gitanjali title page Rabindranath Tagore.jpg
Title page of the Gitanjali
Author Rabindranath Tagore
Original title গীতাঞ্জলি
Translator Rabindranath Tagore
Country India
Language English, Bengali
Subject Spiritual
Genre Poem
Publication date
1910
Published in English
1912
A Moments Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore was written in 1910 as part of the Gitanjali collection, 157 poems in the original language of Bengali, and 103 in English translated by Tagore himself.
Contents [hide]
1 A Moments Indulgence
1.1 About the Author
1.2 Gitanjali
1.3 The Poem
1.3.1 Synopsis
1.3.2 See Also
2 References
About the Author[edit]
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861 in a wealthy family in Calcutta. He was the youngest of the thirteen children born to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. His father was a great Hindu philosopher and one of the founders of the religious movement, Brahmo Samaj.His grandfather Dwarakanath Tagore was a rich landlord and social reformer.
In 1886, he moved to Brighton, East Sussex, England, to read law. During his stay in England, he attended University College London for some time, following which he started to independent study the works of Shakespeare. He returned to Bengal in 1880 without a degree, but with the aspiration of fusing elements of European traditions in his literary works.[1]
Tagore is the most eminent Bengali renaissance poet, philosopher, essayist, critic, composer and educator, who dreamt of a harmony of universal humanity among the people of different origin through freedom of mind and spiritual sovereignty. Tagore started writing poetry when he was a child, and in the course of his life was often hailed as the Shakespeare of the East due to generating thoughts on: society, religion, aesthetics, education, rural welfare, nationalism and internationalism in his literary works, essays and poetry. [2] One of his most well-known and famous
A Moments Indulgence
Gitanjali title page Rabindranath Tagore.jpg
Title page of the Gitanjali
Author Rabindranath Tagore
Original title গীতাঞ্জলি
Translator Rabindranath Tagore
Country India
Language English, Bengali
Subject Spiritual
Genre Poem
Publication date
1910
Published in English
1912
A Moments Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore was written in 1910 as part of the Gitanjali collection, 157 poems in the original language of Bengali, and 103 in English translated by Tagore himself.
Contents [hide]
1 A Moments Indulgence
1.1 About the Author
1.2 Gitanjali
1.3 The Poem
1.3.1 Synopsis
1.3.2 See Also
2 References
About the Author[edit]
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861 in a wealthy family in Calcutta. He was the youngest of the thirteen children born to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. His father was a great Hindu philosopher and one of the founders of the religious movement, Brahmo Samaj.His grandfather Dwarakanath Tagore was a rich landlord and social reformer.
In 1886, he moved to Brighton, East Sussex, England, to read law. During his stay in England, he attended University College London for some time, following which he started to independent study the works of Shakespeare. He returned to Bengal in 1880 without a degree, but with the aspiration of fusing elements of European traditions in his literary works.[1]
Tagore is the most eminent Bengali renaissance poet, philosopher, essayist, critic, composer and educator, who dreamt of a harmony of universal humanity among the people of different origin through freedom of mind and spiritual sovereignty. Tagore started writing poetry when he was a child, and in the course of his life was often hailed as the Shakespeare of the East due to generating thoughts on: society, religion, aesthetics, education, rural welfare, nationalism and internationalism in his literary works, essays and poetry. [2] One of his most well-known and famous