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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Rabindranath Tagore |Famous as |Poet and Author | |Born on |07 May 1861 | |Born in |Calcutta (Kolkata)‚ India | |Died on |07 August 1941
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Nationalism Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore. “Nationalism.” (Kessinger Publishing‚ 1917). The book ‘Nationalism’ is a composition of three dimensions of nationalism whereas Rabindranath Tagore has focused onto the nationalism in west‚ nationalism in Japan and nationalism in India. This book was written in 1917 about the nation state and how the east should adjust to modernization. It is a well thought out and balanced view of society that reads more
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all existence” --Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore With his flowing white beard‚ robes and riveting brown eyes‚ the famous polymath Rabindranath Tagore awakened a dormant sense of childish wonder‚ saturating the air with all kinds of enchanting promises for the believer. Tagore has certainly given rebirth to our ideas of education and culture. In Tagore’s view‚ the higher aim of education was the same
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Critical Analysis of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “Where The Mind Is Without Fear” RabindranathTagore’s writing is highly imagistic‚ deeply religious and imbibed with his love of nature and his homeland. RabindranathTagore’s poem‚ ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ ‚included in the volume called Naibedya‚ later published in English ‘Gitanjali’ is a prayer to a universal father-figure‚ presumably‚ God to elevate his country into a free land. Here Tagore defines Freedom as a fundamental system of reasoning
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Shylock Although critics tend to agree that Shylock is The Merchant of Venice’s most noteworthy figure‚ no consensus has been reached on whether to read him as a bloodthirsty bogeyman‚ a clownish Jewish stereotype‚ or a tragic figure whose sense of decency has been fractured by the persecution he endures. Certainly‚ Shylock is the play’s antagonist‚ and he is menacing enough to seriously imperil the happiness of Venice’s businessmen and young lovers alike. Shylock is also‚ however‚ a creation of
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Analysis of 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
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World Literature Rabindranath Tagore: “Gitanjali” The life and times of Rabindranath Tagore greatly influenced his works. Tagore’s birthplace had a great impact on him. He was born in culturally rich area: “The mansion in which Rabindranath was born on 7 May 1861‚ No. 6 Dwarkanath Tagore’s Lane‚ Jorasanko‚ lay in the heart of the Bengali section of Calcutta” (Dutta 34). The place where they lived was diverse as the Tagores were Bengali Hindus. Tagore provides the best description
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Poetry Present state of knowledge: Tagore is the most outstanding name in modern Bengali literature‚ and he was the one writer who first gained for the modern India a place on the world literature scene. Till today he is the most widely read Indian author in India and abroad. He belongs to unquestionably to Bengali literature‚ but he belongs to Indo-Anglican literature too- indeed‚ he belongs to all India and the whole world. He was a critic of life and literature and was essentially an internationalist
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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 wrote many of his literary
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