Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific writer (3‚000 poems‚ 2‚000 songs‚ 8 novels‚ 40 volumes of essays and short stories‚ 50 plays)‚ who drew inspiration both from his native Bengal and from English literary tradition. His major theme was humanity’s search for God and truth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of well-known poems Song Offerings. Given birth in Calcutta on May 7‚ 1861‚ Rabindranath was the youngest of fourteen children. His father‚ Debendranath Tagore‚ was a Sanskrit
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Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore also known as Gurudev‚ was a renowned Bengali poet‚ playwright‚ novelist‚ visual artist‚ composer‚ educationist‚ social reformer‚ nationalist and business-manager. He contributed a lot to Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the first Asian Nobel Laureate who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore wrote several novels‚ short stories‚ songs‚ dance-dramas
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Rabindranath Thakur Rabindranath Thakur‚ anglicized to Tagore pronunciation (help info) (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚γ[›] sobriquet Gurudev‚δ[›] was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚[2] he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.[3] In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however‚ his "elegant prose
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Rabindranath Tagore was born in Kolkata on 6th May‚ 1861. As a child‚ he regarded schools as prisons where learning was forced on students. But he enjoyed poetry from the time he heard his first nursery rhyme. He started writing at the tender age of seven years. When he grew up‚ he opened a small school called Brahmacharya Ashram‚ in Shantineketan‚ based on the Gurukuls of ancient India. He wanted the children to study out in the open and learn from nature‚ which he considered the best teacher
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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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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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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 of
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in Tagore’s Poetry Chapter 3: Social Realism Chapter 4: Political Realism Chapter 5: Religious Realism Chapter 6: Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography Title: Realism in Tagore’s 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
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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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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 as that
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